by Jacob Sorrells, LACIS M.A. student On Wednesday night, March 19th, LACIS came together with students and faculty from all corners of university life to celebrate the remarkable career of our beloved Associate Director, Alberto …
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Reflections on the 2024 Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition (IAMoot) in Washington D.C.
by Valeria Martinez, J.D., Immigrant Justice Clinic, Law School, UW-Madison How should the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) interpret the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR) given our increasingly digital world? Does a country …
LACIS Faculty Director Fall 2024 Message
Dear LACIS Community, Welcome to the beginning of the 2024-2025 Academic year! It was an exciting first year as your faculty director and I look forward to what this coming year will bring. Hopefully you …
14 UW–Madison students win Fulbright awards
FLAS Recipient, Rosalie Powell’s, UW–Madison Adventure – WISc, NASA, and Beyond!
LACIS Honorary Fellow, Dr. Federico Subervi, Receives Continuation Award for Research on Risk Communication in Puerto Rico
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Federico Subervi, an Honorary Fellow at the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS), has been awarded a $10,000 Continuation Award for his collaborative research on risk …
Fall-in-Review from LACIS’ Faculty Director, Dr. Sara McKinnon
Dear LACIS Community, It has been just over two months since I began as Faculty Director and each day, I am getting a clearer sense of the diverse research and teaching activities of our LACIS …
Welcome from LACIS’ New Faculty Director, Dr. Sara McKinnon
Greetings all, I am pleased to offer my first back-to-school fall welcome as the new Faculty Director of LACIS. For those of you I’ve yet to meet, I am Sara McKinnon, Professor of Rhetoric, Politics …
Farewell from Dr. Kata Beilin, LACIS Faculty Director
Dear LACIS Community, I am writing to let you know that after three years, I am stepping down from the position of LACIS Faculty Director to work on my research in Yucatan as a Fulbright …
LACIS Announces Spring/Summer 2022 Graduates!
Please join us in congratulating the following students who completed their degree (or will complete their degree in August) with the LACIS major! HANNA ANHALT LAURYN AZU ELENA CATA ANTHONY CHAMBERS ERIKA ESPARZA KAVANAUGH FITZPATRICK …