LACIS – Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program

Please join us!

LACIS invites all alumni, staff, faculty and students to a FREE ice cream social open house. It's scheduled for Thursday, September 19th from 3:00-5:00 p.m. at the University Club -- Rain or Shine.

9/24: Panel on Indigenous Studies

As part of LACIS' Fall Lecture Series:

This panel will focus on the following questions: What are the most important issues in relation to race and indigeneity? If indigeneity in each local context results from very specific conditions that are different across the world, why do we need the concept of indigeneity? What are the most important conditions, and what are the best practices and discourses of decolonization in Latin America?

Announced! LACIS' Fall 2019 Lecture Series

LACIS organizes a weekly lecture series during the academic year. These events take place on Tuesdays from 12:30-1:30 p.m., feature a catered luncheon on a first-come first-served basis, and are FREE and open the public. Please join us!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

September
- September 24
  LACIS Lecture Series: “Panel on Indigenous Studies”Presented by Jessica Hurley, Reynaldo Morales, and Armando Muyolema and Moderated by Kata Beilin, LACIS’ Faculty Director and Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UW-Madison12:30 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
- September 24
  Spanish Conversation TableLa mesa de conversación5:00 PM, The Sett, 2nd floor, Union South
- September 24
  Global Health TuesdayGlobal Diagnostic Challenges and Needs for Curbing the HIV Epidemic5:00 PM
- September 26
  Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) Fall Welcome Celebration5:00 PM, theater, Wisconsin Historical Society
October
- October 1
  LACIS Lecture Series: “The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez: Telling Stories from the US-Mexico Border”Presented by Presented by Aaron Bobrow-Strain, Professor of Politics, Whitman College12:30 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall

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OUR MISSION:

The mission of the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program as both a Title VI Resource Center*, and as an academic program is:

To train Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian specialists for academic, government, and private sector work.
To support the intellectual development and intercultural knowledge of students and faculty interested in the region.
To serve as a local, regional, and national resource center that provides outreach, support, and information to other university units, K-12 educators, government, community, and business constituencies.

*LACIS is funded in part by a Title VI Resource grant through the U.S. Department of Education’s International Foreign Language Education (IFLE) program.