Above all, CLAS is a place of gathering.
Students, faculty, staff, and visiting scholars from throughout the Americas
come here to teach, study, and expand their knowledge through our many programs and events.
News & Announcements
Kourí (History) was awarded the prize for best historiographical/theory of history article published in 2017 for “S
Events Calendar
Multimedia
Contextos: Romance in Absentia: A Cultural History of Puerto Rican Cinema Found and LostPedro Noel Doreste, PhD Student, Cinema and Media Studies, and Dalina Aimée Perdomo, Curatorial Fellow for Diversity in the Arts, Museum of Contemporary Photography on the "recovery" of Romance Tropical. |
Contextos: Land and Water: The Property Dilemma Underlying Mexico City’s Water CrisisJack Mensick, MA student, CLAS, on rainwater harvesting in the periphery of Mexico City. |
Contextos: Slave Nostalgia: When the Plantation Doctor Tries to Read the Minds of the EnslavedIsabela Fraga, PhD Student in Romance Languages & Literatures, on death from nostalgia. |
EntreVistas: Participatory Security in Latin AmericaYanilda María González, School of Social Service Administration, discusses her research on participatory security in Buenos Aires, São Paulo, and Bogotá. Full conversation here. |
CLAS by the Numbers
50+
Years—CLAS was founded in 1968
62
Affiliated Faculty—across the University
97
Events in 2018-19—lectures, conferences, film screenings and more
61
Latin America-focused Courses in 2018-19—offered across disciplines