LACIS – Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program

LACIS' Spring Lunchtime Lecture Series Announced

Please join us each Tuesday between 12:30 and 1:30 for our weekly lunchtime lecture. We serve lunch on first-come, first-served basis at Noon which is followed by the lecture at 12:30. FREE and Open to the Public.

Spring 2020 Teacher Workshop: "The US and World Fascism: Human Rights from the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond"

What is fascism? Where did it come from? How does it impact human rights? How did ideology shape the Spanish Civil War and WWII? What legacies did they pass on in the decades since–in Spain, the U.S., Europe, and globally? What does it look like today, given the worldwide rise of a new radical right?

FREE and open to 25 registrants! Spots are filling up quickly!

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:

January
- January 28
  LACIS Lunchtime Lecture Series: “Colombia after the conflict: Implementing the most ambitious peace deal in the world”Presented by Mariana Palau, Colombian-American journalist based in Colombia.12:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
- January 28
  Spanish Conversation TableLa mesa de conversación5:00 PM, The Sett, 2nd floor, Union South
- January 28
  Continuing Studies, Languages and CulturesSpanish 06:30 PM, Pyle Center
February
- February 4
  LACIS Lunchtime Lecture Series: TBD12:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
- February 4
  Spanish Conversation TableLa mesa de conversación5:00 PM, The Sett, 2nd floor, Union South

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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.