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March 2023
LACIS Lunchtime Lecture: “Opportunity and Inequality in Cuba’s Changing Economy: Examining Havana’s Highly Stratified Residential Real-Estate Market”
Presented by: Dr. Martina Kunovic, Sociology Faculty, Madison College About the presentation: The economic restructuring that started in Cuba in the 1990s and especially the most recent wave of reforms since 2010 have radically transformed opportunities…
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Lecture: “A Comparative Perspective on the Dirty Wars of Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina”
Dr. Adela Cedillo Presented by Dr. Adela Cedillo, Assistant Professor of Modern Mexican History at the University of Houston About the presentation: This presentation compares the dirty wars of Brazil, Chile, and Argentina—countries that experienced…
Find out more »Lecture: “Indigenous Music Traditions from the Huasteca region, Mexico”
Dr. Raquel Paraiso Presented by: Dr. Raquel Paraíso, a researcher, musician, and educator About the presentation: Located in northeastern Mexico, the Huasteca region occupies a territory that crosses over six different Mexican states. Several indigenous…
Find out more »“Ritualizing Redistribution? Late Pre-hispanic Settlements in the Middle Sechin Valley, Peru”
Dr. David Pacifico Presented by Dr. David Pacifico, Director, Mathis Gallery, and Assistant Professor, Latin American Art, UW-Milwaukee About the presentation: This paper proposes that late pre-Hispanic settlements (ca. 1000-1400 CE) in the Casma Valley’s…
Find out more »“Presentacion del Diccionario del espanol de Mexico en Wisconsin”
Presented by Francisco Segovia, Poet and Translator. El Consulado de México en Milwaukee invita a la comunidad a asistir a la presentación del Diccionario del español de México (DEM), a cargo del Prof. Francisco Segovia,…
Find out more »Lecture: “Massiveness and Transversality: Reimagining Political Articulation”
Presented by: Veronica Gago, Professor of Sociology, Instituto de Altos Estudios, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM); Faculty of Political Science at University of Buenos Aires. REGISTER HERE
Find out more »May 2023
LACIS Lunchtime Lecture: “Musical Entrepreneurs and the Cultural Politics of Inequality in Northeastern Brazil”
Presented by Dr. Falina Enriquez, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UW-Madison About the presentation: This presentation will summarize the recently published book, "The Costs of the Gig Economy: Musical Entrepreneurs and the Cultural Politics of…
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