2020 Nabuco Research Travel Grant Competition
This year we are introducing a new format for funding research in any field related to Brazil. Candidates may apply within one of three categories:
Undergraduate Award (candidates need to be degree-seeking students);
Graduate Award (candidates need to be degree-seeking students);
Assistant Professor, Researcher, and Post-Docs in ANY field.
The winner in each category will receive a $2,000 grant.
Applications are due February 17th!
(4/27-4/28) Conference on Migration: Latin America and the U.S.
Millions of people every year are forcibly displaced from their homes. Because of the extent of the phenomenon throughout the Americas today, migration is seen by politicians and lawmakers as a problem that needs regulation and control. This symposium examines human stories of displacement and the histories, relationships, and interests underlying the politicization of migration in the Americas.
Panelists will examine what makes migration unique in regions throughout Central, North and South America. They will provide historical, political and socio-cultural analysis to examine the contexts of immigration in these regions.
FREE and Open to the Public. Registration appreciated.
Summer 2020 Intensive Portuguese Institute (SIPI)
This special eight-week course is designed for people wishing to study beginning Brazilian Portuguese.
The Institute will take place at UW-Madison during the eight-week summer session, June 15-August 7, 2020.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- February
- February 19
- February 25“Amazon: The Importance of the Rainforest Ecosystem, from the Soils Perspective”Tinker Visiting Professor Mauricio Fontes, Professor of Soil Science, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Brazil.12:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
- February 25Spanish Conversation TableLa mesa de conversación5:00 PM, TBD (due to Mardi Gras events in The Sett)
- March
- March 3“The fight for land and water rights in the Yaqui River Area of Sonora, Mexico"Presented (in Spanish with simultaneous English translation) by Mario Luna Romero12:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
- March 3
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.