Dr. Sarah Wells, Professor at the Department of Comparative Literature at UW-Madison, won the award in the Best book in the Humanities category, from the Southern Cone Section of the Latin American Studies Association. The author …
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Circulation and Race in Colonial Mexico
In this week’s LACIS lecture we had guest speaker Daniel Nemser, Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan. Nemser focused on the discourse surrounding the …
US Political Parties, Polarization, and Immigration
Guest lecturer Barry Burden, Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin Madison and Director of Elections Research Center at the University, offered his expertise on political parties, public opinion, US elections to understand …
Antonio Skármeta and the novel of the post-boom: Notes to the Postman
This week, our LACIS lecture series continued with Cesar Ferreira a Professor of Latin American Literature at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Ferreira lectured on his book Antonio Skarmeta y la novela del posboom: Apuntes …
Environmental Progress in Brazil & the Slow View of the Amazon in Resistance to Fordlandia
In our second LACIS lecture we had Guest lecturers Ella Noris, and Marcos Colon producer of the eye-opening documentary Beyond Fordlandia speaking on central issues facing Brazil. Ella Norris introduced and provided context on the …
The Power of International Observes, and Citizens United in the Struggle for Transparency in Mexican Government
By: Lilia Martinez / We began our LACIS lecture series on the topic of Mexico’s Elections, International Observers and the case of Atlixco, Puebla. Our lecture was given by Barbara Alvarado an International Observer Honorary …
LACIS student receives scholarship
Written by Gillian Quinn. Mary Morales, a master student in the LACIS program, has received a scholarship to get her PhD at UT-Austin. Mary got involved with LACIS in fall of 2016 because she was …
Alberto Vargas Recieves the Kaleidoscope Faculty Support Award
Written by Gillian Quinn The Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program is very excited to announce that Alberto Vargas, the Associate Director of LACIS, is a recipient of The Kaleidoscope Faculty Support Award in …
Ancestry and Art: Leigh Garcia’s MFA Exhibition
Written by Gillian Quinn Leigh Garcia, a third year graduate student in the art department at UW-Madison, was recently awarded a Tinker Nave Short-Term Field Research Grant through LACIS for her collaborative project with Maria …
The Struggle for Water on a Water-Rich Continent: Professor Paul Block and his Research on Water Scarcity in Latin America
Written by Gillian Quinn and edited by Margarita Orozco Water scarcity in Latin America may sound like a paradoxical phrase. The region contains a third of the planets water and is home to four of …