Events

Dr. Lorgia García Peña, Princeton University
VIRTUAL
October 8, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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Presented by Nave Visiting Scholar, Dr. Lorgia Garcia-Pena, Princeton University. This event is presented in collaboration with the Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies Program (CLS), IRIS Global Connect at UW-Madison and with generous support from CLS and LACIS. …

On Wisconsin Rooms AB, Red Gym
October 12, 2026 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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This special event will feature a screening of highlights from Emeritus Professor, Carolyn Kallenborn’s film “Woven Lives” which was produced in part through financial support of LACIS. Join the event for the film screening, snacks …

Dr. Agustin Lao-Montes
206 Ingraham Hall
October 13, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: In this presentation, I will examine the significance of Haiti as a key referent of WEB Du Bois’ epistemic perspective (theoretical, methodological, research agenda) as well as his politics of liberation. I …

Presented by Nave Visiting Scholar, Dr. Eduardo Santana
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL
October 20, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation:  Socially committed museums strive to support community-building processes that contribute to community health and welfare by stimulating civic participation and building social and economic capital. This requires methods that help distinguish what …

Dr. Alejandro Velasco
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL
October 27, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation:  At dawn on January 3rd, US troops flew into Venezuela’s capital Caracas, seized President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, and flew them to New York where they await trial on charges ranging …

Featuring Mexican Musicians, Rodrigo y Gabriela
The Sylvee, 25 S. Livingston Street, Madison, WI 53703
November 1, 2026 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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LACIS is thrilled to announce our first partnership with The Sylvee in Madison! On November 1st, Grammy-award winning, Mexican acoustic guitar duo, Rodrigo y Gabriela, will perform live at The Sylvee in Madison. Recorded in …

Nave Visiting Scholar, Ana Gomez
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL
November 3, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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About the presentation: U.S. border security and immigration enforcement policies are increasingly outsourced beyond U.S. territory, forcing Mexican and Central American governments to implement checkpoints, surveillance, detention and other campaigns in exchange for aid and …

Presented by Nave Visting Scholar, Dr. Ines Dussel, Department of Educational Research, CINVESTAV, Mexico
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL
November 10, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation:  The curriculum for the Nueva Escuela Mexicana, launched by the MORENA government in 2022, has implied a discursive shift from a PISA-oriented curriculum–centered on improving performance in learning tests and competitive performance …

Rodrigo Nunes, Pontifical University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
Social Sciences, Room 8108 and via Zoom
November 10, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Presented by Rodrigo Nunes, Pontifical University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). This event is presented in collaboration with IRIS Global Connect at UW-Madison.  

Dr. Pablo Gomez
206 Ingraham Hall | VIRTUAL
November 17, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: This talk examines how early Iberian Atlantic slave trading communities made human corporeality articulable with a new set of ideas about finance, facts, objectivity, and measurable risk that emerged in the early …