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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.
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Salikoko Mufwene (Linguistics) and Stephan Palmié (Anthropology) are among a group of 23 faculty who have been honored with named and distinguished service professorships.
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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. |
Contextos: On Archives, Dissertations, and All We Cannot ControlHanna Manente Nunes, a doctoral candidate in History, discusses the role of luck and uncertainty in research. |
EntreVistas: Indigenous Citizenship and Political Activism in BoliviaMareike Winchell (Anthropology) discusses her research in Bolivia, where she studies questions of indigeneity and governance and how histories of agrarian servitude have shaped the terms of citizenship and political inclusion in the present. |
Contextos: Powers of Terror: Esotericism and the Argentine DictatorshipLaura Colaneri, a doctoral candidate in Romance Languages and Literatures, discusses José López Rega and sinister forces in Argentine politics. |