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
Events Calendar
Multimedia
Contextos: Strong Leaders in Decline? It’s Complicated: A look at Brazil’s Evangelicals and the Election of Jair BolsonaroGuilherme Baratho, a MAPSS alumnus, considers not just the when, but how and why strong leaders are elected. |
Contextos: The Corridors of Funk in Rio de Janeiro: Meaning, Violence, and Contestations of SpacePatrick Murphy, a doctoral student in Music, reflects on questions related to his upcoming dissertation research on the baile de corredor. |
Contextos: Criminality and Evangelisms in the Favela: Ethnographical Notes from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilAna Beraldo, a former visiting doctoral student at CLAS, reflects on bandits and believers in the favelas of Belo Horizonte. |
EntreVistas: Surinamese Artist Marcel Pinas on His Roots, His Work, and His CommunityMarcel Pinas, a Surinamese artist with Maroon roots, traces his professional and personal journey to becoming an internationally-recognized artist as well as a community activist and advocate. Full episode available here. |
Contextos: Making Wind Energy with Venezuelan HorsepowerSteven Schwartz, a doctoral candidate in Anthropology, discusses the significant presence of Venezuelan cars in La Guajira, Colombia's wind energy center. |
CLAS by the Numbers
53
Years—CLAS was founded in 1968
60+
Affiliated Faculty—across the University
80
Events in 2020–21—lectures, conferences, film screenings and more
89
Latin America-focused Courses in 2020-21—offered across disciplines