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Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program
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LACIS' Spring Lecture Series

This spring, our lunchtime lecture series will feature a variety of lectures including a special seminar series: "Science and Technology in the Hispanic World" which is being organized in collaboration with the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies.

Please join us!

LACIS Announces Summer 2021 Course Offerings!

Learn more about the courses we are offering for summer and fall 2021!

Mapping LACIS Research

LACIS is proud to highlight selected publications from our Affiliated Faculty.

Here you can learn more about their various areas of research, as well as their most recent publications.

News from Mexico

Indigenous Leaders in Mexico Win the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize.

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News from Peru

Written by Nicole Fadellin, PhD in Spanish: Latin American Literature, and Jaime Vargas Luna, Public Servant.

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News from Mexico

Written by Lucia Melgar, Edited by Claire Campbell, LACIS' Social Media Intern.

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Updated News from Brazil

Video and Writing by Jean Vilbert, Judge, Writer, and Professor in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
UPDATED 5/28

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News from Ecuador

Written by Tod Swanson, Associate Professor, ASU. Edited by Claire Campbell, LACIS' Social Media Intern.

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News from Colombia

Written by Paula Ungar, Colombian Biologist, PhD in Environmental Sciences.

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News from Argentina

Written by Alejandro Meitin, an artist, lawyer, social innovator, and founder of the art collective Ala Plastica

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News from Spain

Written by Vicente Lopez Abad

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LACIS Blog

  • 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

  • LACIS Lunchtime Lecture Series (11/17): An Interview with speaker Cymene Howe

  • LACIS’ Promotional Video is Live!

  • LACIS Lunchtime Lecture Series (10/27): An Interview with speaker Lucia Melgar

  • LACIS Lunchtime Lecture Series (10/20): Learn about conservation and armed conflict in the Colombian Amazon

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LACIS Upcoming Events

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    • April 20
      Facing the Environmental Mission: Small Farmers in Nicaragua & Agro-Ecological Challenges of the Neoliberal Food RegimeAs part of the LACIS & the Holtz Center's "Science and Technology in the Hispanic World" series12:00 PM, Online
    • April 20
      Online: "Cor-po/etics: A Poetics of the Body in Performance"Lecture by Violeta Luna4:00 PM, Online
    • April 27
      “Short-term prospects for the Mexican economy"As part of the LACIS Lunchtime Lecture Series12:00 PM, Online
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  • Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies
    209 Ingraham Hall - 1155 Observatory Drive
    Madison, WI 53706
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  • Email: lacis@lacis.wisc.edu
  • Phone: +1(608)2622811 / +1(608)2655851
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