Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean (WLAC)

The Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean is an interdisciplinary forum and intellectual community for graduate students and faculty whose work and research are focused on Latin America or the Caribbean. The workshop hosts regular presentations of work in progress by students, faculty, and invited guests, as well as special events and gatherings. Participants come from a wide range of disciplines from across the social sciences and humanities, enabling an interdisciplinary conversation and exchange around questions of common interest to those whose work focuses on the region.

Alternate Thursdays, 5–6:30 pm
Center for Latin American Studies, 5828 S University Ave, Pick Hall for International Studies, Room 118
Workshop coordinators for 2023-24: Leora Baum

 

Spring 2024 Events:

 

"Resisting the Colonial-Carceral Gaze: Chicano Rap as Decolonial Sonic Resistance"

Jonah Francese (PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology) & Amy Andrea Martínez (Professor of Criminal Justice, San José State University)

Thursday, April 4, 5:00-6:30pm, Logan Center 801

Cosponsored by the UChicago Justice Project

 

"Rio de Janeiro Funk: Corridor Events, Criminal Governance, and Identity in the Violent City."

Patrick Murphy (PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology)

Thursday, April 17, 3:30-4:50pm, Pick 118

 

“Sovereign Spaces: Black Place-Making in Colonial Brazil.” 

Miguel Valerio (Professor of Spanish and Afro-Latin American Studies, Washington University in Saint Louis)

Tuesday, April 30, 5:30-7:00pm (room TBA)

Sponsored by the African Studies Workshop

 

"Segismundo Despierto: La vida es sueño in the Chilean Imaginary, 1973-2023"

Leora Baum (PhD Candidate in RLL)

Thursday, May 2, 5:00-6:30pm, Pick 118

 

"Emancipation in Slavery’s City"

Brodie Fischer, Professor of Latin American History

Thursday, May 9, 2024: Pick Hall 118, 4:30-6:00pm

Cosponsored by LAHW

 

Qualifying Paper Session:

"¿Vanguardia literaria o retroceso estético? Oralidad y lírica popular en la obra de Agustín Yáñez" - Azucena Garza (PhD Candidate in RLL)

"La Virgen del Cerro en la Villa Imperial de Potosí: revisiones en torno al sincretismo y representación de lo sagrado en los Andes" - Ricardo Soler (PhD Candidate in RLL)

Thursday, May 16, 5:00pm-6:30pm, Pick 118