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 will acception nominations from UChicago faculty until June 17, 2020.
Congratulations to Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky (Cinema and Media Studies) on her new book!
The Latin American Civilization teaching assistant application is has been re-ropened and is now available for the 2020-21 academic year.
Deadline: May 1, 2020
Events Calendar
Multimedia
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. |
EntreVistas: Life in Academia after the LACS MASarah Osten (LACS AM'04, History PhD'10) discusses her time on campus as an MA student, her transition into the History doctoral program, and her experience navigating the job market post-graduation. |
Contextos: A Language Puzzle in PanamaCarlos Cisneros, a doctoral candidate in Linguistics, reflects on the details of the Chibchan language family that piqued his interest. |
Contextos: Hearing, Seeing, and Smelling 1950s Tijuana: An Exercise in Historical ImaginationChristian Rocha, a doctoral candidate in History, discusses the texture of city life around his research site, both today and in the 1950s. |
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. |
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. |