by Emma Nelson, LACIS’ Communications Assistant This past summer, LACIS faculty affiliate Tom Popkewitz, a Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education, taught a course in Brazil, focused on different schools of …
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Welcome from LACIS’ Incoming Faculty Director, Dr. Victor Goldgel Carballo
Dear LACIS Community, Welcome back! I am delighted to begin my term as the new Faculty Director of the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program. It is an honor to join this wonderful team. Many …
Message from Outgoing LACIS Faculty Director
Dear LACIS Community, As I come to the end of my term as Faculty Director of Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, I have been thinking a great deal about what a privilege it has …
“LACIS Faculty Affiliate, Dr. Ksenija Bilbija, analyzes the connection between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Belgrade, Serbia through tango”
by LACIS Communications Assistant, Emma Nelson With generous support from the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (LACIS) Program, Professor Ksenija Bilbija traveled to Belgrade, Serbia. Bilbija represented the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the IV …
Puppets, Masks, and Movement: LACIS Hosts Visionary Spring Artists‑in‑Residence
by Emma Nelson, Communications Assistant Recently, LACIS was pleased to host Alejandro Jimenez Molina and Carolyn Kallenborn as Spring Artists-in-Residence from April 20th through May 2nd. Alejandro Jimenez Molina– Mexican sculptor, puppeteer, and actor– alongside …
LACIS student Angeline Morgado receives 2025-2026 Chancellor’s Undergraduate Award
by Emma Nelson, LACIS Communications Assistant Congratulations to LACIS undergraduate Angeline Morgado Romero for being selected as a 2025-2026 Chancellor’s Undergraduate Award winner, being recognized in the Sophomore Research Award category. This award is funded …
LACIS’ Faculty Director, Dr. Sara McKinnon publishes article in “Violent Histories, Livable Futures: Forging the Power of the People”
Within the section “The Voice of ‘the People’ of the Americas,” Dr. Sara McKinnon’s chapter, “Creating Democratic Conditions in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,” appears in the edited volume Violent Histories, Livable Futures: Forging …
Two LACIS Faculty Affiliates Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Congratulations to LACIS Faculty Affiliates Michael Apple and Holly Gibbs, recent inductees into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Michael Apple, John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, and …
LACIS Faculty Affiliate, Dr. Sarli Mercado, Becomes Full Teaching Professor
Remembering Tinker Visiting Professor, Dr. Carlos Urzúa
It is with deep sadness that we share news of the passing of esteemed Professor Carlos Urzúa, who spent time in our community in 2021 as a Tinker Visiting Professor. Professor Urzúa completed his PhD …