News and Announcements
Contextos: CLAS Blog Features New Post
Keegan Boyar, Doctoral Candidate in History, discusses police-public relations and perceptions of the "police problem" in Mexico City for Contextos. Keegan's dissertation research focuses on the institutional and social construction of public order and security in Mexico City from 1870 to 1950. Read more here.
Submit your student photos to the 2018 Vistas competition
The 2018 Vistas student photography competition is now open!
CLAS Major/Minor Open House
Learn more about the undergraduate major and minor programs in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the 2018 major/minor open house!
Tracye A. Matthews Appointed as Executive Director of the CSRPC
Melissa Gilliam, Vice Provost for Academic Leadership, Advancement and Diversity, announces that Tracye A. Matthews, PhD, has been named the Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture (CSRPC) at the University of Chicago. She will assume this position on July 1.
Contextos: CLAS Blog Features New Post
Maggie Borowitz, PhD Student in Art History, iterprets Jose Alejandro Restrepo's immersive installation, Musa Paradisiaca, for Contextos. Read more here.
Contextos: CLAS Blog Announces Our Podcast, entreVistas
The Center for Latin American Studies is pleased to announce the launch of EntreVistas, the CLAS podcast. Our May Contextos blog post is dedicated to the first EntreVistas episode which features Miguel Caballero Vazquez (Humanities, UChicago). In this latest post, CLAS communications assistant Ámber Miranzo, LACS MA’ 18, guides you through the launching of EntreVistas and introduces you to the new podcast series. Read more here.
TFRG Award Recipients 2018
Please join the Center for Latin American Studies in congratulating this year's Tinker Field Research Grant recipients! These nine students, representing five academic departments, will have the opportunity to conduct pre-dissertation fieldwork in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere. In total, these students will travel to seven countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru.
The 2018 Award Recipients are:
Tania Islas Weinstein Publishes Essay on Cecilia Vicuña Exhibit
Tania Islas Weinstein (PhD candidate, Political Sciecne), who works on the politics of art in Latin America, wrote an essay on the Cecilia Vicuña: Palabrarmas exhibit that is currently on view at the Neubauer Collegium (through June 2, 2018). The essay was published in Campo de relámpagos. Read the essay here.
Contextos: CLAS Blog Features New Post
Kerry LePain, LACS MA'17, takes the reader on a journey through the chocolate trail in the Amazon. Read more here.
CLAS-affiliated Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Among 15 UChicago faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, two are affiliates of the Center for Latin American Studies.
Contextos: CLAS Blog Features New Post
Danielle M. Roper, Provost's Postdoctoral Scholar, Romance Languages and Literatures enthusiastically writes about the music of Bolivia's black populace, "saya." Read more here.
Spring Quarter Courses in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
This spring, CLAS will host or cross-list over 20 courses across the Social Sciences and Humanities, including two courses taught by Tinker Visiting Professors Miriam Escudero (Department of Music) and Olivia Gomes da Cunha (Department of Anthropology, the 2018 Ignacio Martín-Baró Prize Lectureship course, taught by Karma Frierson, PhD Candidate in
Brodwyn Fischer featured in Dialogo
CLAS director Brodwyn Fischer (History) is featured in the most recent issue of Dialogo, the biannual publication for University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences alumni. To read excerpts of Fischer's convsersation with Marco Garrido (Sociology) about their mutual interests in the city, click here.
Contextos: CLAS Blog Features New Post
Fidel J. Tavárez, Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar, History, writes about the nuevo sistema in Spanish America. Read more here.
Apply now for teaching positions in Latin American and Caribbean Studies 2018-19
Applications are now open for the CLAS BA Preceptorship, Latin American Civilizations Teaching Assistantships, and Tinker Visiting Professor Teaching Assistantships. Deadline: March 15, 2018
Propose your own course on Latin America through the Martín-Baró Prize Lectureship
The application for the 2018-19 Ignacio Martín-Baró Prize Lectureship is now open for UChicago doctoral students. Learn more about the fellowship and the application here. Deadline: March 1, 2018
New CLAS Working Paper by Visiting Scholar Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak
Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak (Cedeplar/Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) and Ramón García Fernández (Universidade Federal do ABC) contributed a paper on "The ‘Vanderbilt Boys’ and the Modernization of Brazilian Economics" to the CLAS Working Paper series.
Our Working Papers series, launched in 2014–15, focuses primarily on translations of works-in-progress by Latin American scholars who visit the University of Chicago. To access the working papers, please visit our Publications and Videos page.
Mauricio Tenorio receives Humboldt Award
Former CLAS director Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo (History) has received a prestigious award from a German foundation for his research on Latin American history.
Contextos: CLAS Blog Features New Post
Daniela Gutiérrez Flores, PhD Student, Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Studies, writes about the tribunal Provisorato de Indios, and a case study of an indigenous woman's confession in eighteenth-century Mexico. Read more here.
Apply Now for Summer Field Research Support!
The 2018 CLAS Tinker Field Research Grants are now open through February 28. 2018. MA, cotoral, and professional students interested in conducting pre-dissertation fieldwork in Spanish-and Portuguese-speaking countries of Latin America are encouraged to apply!
More information about information sessions and the application process can be found here.
Explore indigenous languages of Mexico through the papers of anthropologist and linguist Norman McQuown
The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that the professional papers of anthropologist and linguist Norman McQuown and the records of the University of Chicago Chiapas Project have been organized and are available for research.
CFA: FLAS Fellowships, Summer 2018 and AY 2018–19
FLAS Fellowships are awards for graduate students concentrating on modern foreign language and international/area studies.
Contextos: CLAS Blog Features New Post
Chris Gatto, PhD Candidate in History, writes about the difficulties that archival research faced during the September 7 2017 earthquake, in the southern states of Mexico. Read more here.
Contextos: CLAS Blog Features New Post
Agnes Mondragon Celis Ochoa, PhD student in Anthropology, explores themes of violence and the practices surrounding la Santa Muerte in Mexico in her Contextos blog post, ""The Aesthetics of Communal Survival: Recasting the Relation between Santa Muerte and Violence." Read more here.
Contextos: CLAS Blog Features New Post
Franco Bavoni Escobedo, MAPSS AM’16 and Program Manager for the Katz Center for Mexican Studies, delves into Mexican Chicago and its soccer culture in "Exploring Mexican Chicago through Soccer." Read more here.
The PATHS/Area Centers Public Lectureship Prize
Are you a Ph.D. student working on Latin America, East Asia, the Middle East, or Eastern Europe and Russia/Eurasia? Are you interested in improving your public speaking skills by presenting your research to community audiences? Apply for the PATHS/Area Centers Public Lectureship Prize to share your global research with local populations. Recipients will receive a $200 stipend and logistical support for planning a talk at a Chicago-area school, public library, or other community venue.
Larissa Brewer-García in Tableau
CLAS affiliate Larissa Brewer-García (Romance Languages & Literatures) is featured in an article about translation in Tableau, the magazine of the Humanities Division. Read more here.
Latin America UChicago Now Available
The Center for Latin American Studies is pleased to announce the release of the 2016–2017 edition of Latin America UChicago. This annual publication features news and stories about our affiliated faculty, students, Tinker Visiting Professors, and students, as well as the Center’s academic and public engagement activities. View the newsletter in PDF format.
2017 CLAS Vistas Competition Now Open
CLAS is now accepting submissions for the 2017 CLAS Vistas student photo competition/exhibition. Students may submit their captivating research/work/volunteer/travel photos to the competition until November 10. Further information about the competition and the application can be found here.
Disaster Relief
Out of concern for the suffering and despair left in the wake of the Mexican earthquakes and Caribbean hurricanes, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures (RLL) and the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) are collecting donations to support relief efforts. In Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla, Dominica, Puerto Rico and many other locales, there is a great need for our help and solidarity.New CLAS Working Paper
Hernán Gabriel Vázquez (Universidad Nacional de Rosario – Instituto Nacional de Musicología “Carlos Vega") contributed a paper on "The Adventures of Latin American Music in the Sixties: Gilbert Chase, Alberto Ginastera, and the Fellows of Buenos Aires’ Latin American Center for Advanced Musical Studies" to the CLAS Working Paper series. Vázquez delivered this paper at our Spring 2017 colloquium, "The Worlds of Latin American Music in the 20th Century."
Latin America in Chicago: Current Events, Activities & Exhibitions
Chicago is the third most populous city in the US and it is widely regarded as an international epicenter for finance, tourism, and culture. This multicultural metropolis is also known for the diversity and distinctive history of its 77 neighborhoods. Since the early twentieth century, Latin America has had a notable and active presence in Chicago. Please visit here for more information about events in Chicago.