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
CLAS is now accepting applications for the Tinker Visiting Professor Teaching Assistantship.
The Latin American Civilization teaching assistant application is now available for the 2020-21 academic year.
The Vistas Photo Exhibit has been mounted and we’re celebrating with an open house.
Events Calendar
Multimedia
Contextos: Photographs of the Castillo: Close Looking at the Art and Architecture of Chichén ItzáFrida Plata, a student in the MA Program in the Humanities, reflects on photos of El Castillo and a visit to Chichén Itzá. |
EntreVistas: Decolonizing AnthropologyRyan Jobson, Anthropology, discusses what decolonization means within the academic sphere generally and within anthropology as a discipline. |
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. |