Past Events Category: LACIS Lunchtime Lecture Series

Presented by Dr. Theresa Delgadillo
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual
October 22, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: Published this year, Geographies of Relation (2024) examines interrelationships among diaspora and borderlands subjects in the process of cultural formation. In this book presentation, Delgadillo will consider the significance of a relational …

Dr. Frank Salomon
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual
October 15, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

About the presentation: Andean people of the Inca era, like many New World peoples, prized the heads of captive enemies. From the Quechua Manuscript of Huarochirí we know that Inca-era victors made immortal masks out …

Presented by Federico Subervi-Vélez, LACIS Honorary Fellow
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual
October 8, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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*Please note: We plan to reschedule this talk and will provide details as soon as it is confirmed.* About the presentation: The presentation will offer an overview of the recently published book Comunicación Política en …

Maria Morfin
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual
October 1, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: Over the years, the civil organization La Jugarreta has created a model that is based on the right of children and adolescents to participate. I will provide information on participation processes with …

Dr. Sarah Clayton
206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual
September 24, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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About the presentation: Around the turn of the first millennium CE, Teotihuacan emerged in central Mexico as the first centralized state to politically dominate the surrounding region. It prospered until the 500s CE, when its …

Dr. Jorell Meléndez-Badillo
VIRTUAL
September 17, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Please note: This lecture will ONLY be given virtually via Zoom. About the presentation: Puerto Rico is a Spanish-speaking colony of the United States with a history shaped by conquest and resistance. For centuries, Puerto …

206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual
April 30, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Presented by Dr. Barbara Galindo, ACLS Emerging Voices Postdoctoral Fellow in Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity at the Institute for Research in the Humanities (IRH) at UW-Madison. About the presentation:  The Andean salt flats of Argentina, …

206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual
April 23, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Presented by LACIS Review Editorial Board Members including Guest Editor, Dr. Beatriz Botero About the presentation:In this presentation, Beatriz Botero (Guest Editor) and the members of the Editorial Board of LACIS Review will provide an …

206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual
April 16, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Presented by Nave Visiting Scholar, Juan C. Dávila, award-winning documentary filmmaker, news producer, and activist. About the presentation: This documentary film is the untold story of the Puerto Rican protest wave of 2016-2019, which culminated …

206 Ingraham Hall | Virtual
April 9, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Presented by Dr. Raquel Paraiso, Researcher, and Musician About the presentation: Traditional music in Mexico –once nearly the exclusive domain of men– is no longer what it was when rowdy characters reveled in fiestas or …