With the generous support of an endowment established at CLAS by a gift from the Tinker Foundation, CLAS and the University of Chicago have become a site of convergence for scholarly exchange in the Americas. Read more
30 years of the Tinker Visiting Professor program
CLAS Director Mauricio Tenorio welcomes back faculty, staff, and incoming students for a new academic year. Read more
This Year at CLAS
Latin American Studies MA alumna connects Cuban thesis research to career in information policy research Read More
MA Alumna: Connecting Research and Career
‘A Lot of Soldiers, But Not A Lot of Generals’: Mexican Americans and the Machine in Chicago’s 14th Aldermanic Ward sheds light on the complex role of Mexican-Americans in Chicago politics. Read more
Former CLAS student publishes work
Latest News and Announcements
Sandro de Souza, Tinker Visiting Professor, on Evolution and Creationism in Brazil
Tinker Visiting professor Sandro de Souza’s lecture“Beyond reason and borders: the evolutionism/creationism debate worldwide” provided a critical assessment of how the American debates between evolutionism and creationism have impacted the rest of the world.
Applications for the FLAS Fellowships 2012-13 are now online!
The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (also known as FLAS or Title VI) is an award for students concentrating in modern foreign language and international or area studies.
FLAS Fellowship applications for Summer 2012 and Academic Year 2012-13 are now available on the Graduate Student Affairs (GSA) website: http://grad-affairs.uchicago.edu/programs/flas.shtml.
Michael Shifter, President of the Inter-American Dialogue, at LABS
At the first Latin American Briefing Series talk of the 2011-2012 academic year "In Search of Democracy: Post-Populism and Pragmatic Leftism in the Andes," Michael Shifter, President of the Inter-American Dialogue discussed two trends found in the Andean region: a political agenda that focuses on social inclusion and a distancing of the region from the U.S.
MA Admissions opens for 2012-13
The online admissions application is now open for matriculation to the 2012-13 cohort of Master of Arts students in Latin American & Caribbean Studies. Click here for more details.
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