Since criminalization and repression under the Castro “regime”, Cuba has had a long and treacherous history in discrimination of the queer community. Now that Castro is dead the relationship is even more complicated as Cuba …
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Northwestern professor discusses artistic expressions of activism at UW event
The Truth Behind The Migrant Caravans
The Migrant Caravans traveling from South-Central America to the United States in search of an escape from the unstable and dangerous environments in their native countries have captivated the attention of much of the world. …
Understanding The Bolsonaro Presidency and Brazil’s Transition From Times of Hope to Hate
Recently-elected Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is often referred to as the “Trump of the tropics”. The ideals which he ran on, known as Bolsonarismo, include furthering the military, and generalizing marginalized groups including indigenous peoples, …
Social Media in Chile: An Avenue for Enhanced Democratic Engagement, Or Fake News?
Tinker visiting professor Sebastian Valenzuela has been analyzing the effects of social media on political engagement for the past five years. However, in his lecture, he immediately acknowledges that the way people use social media …
Genetics in the Conservation Biology of the Andean Condor
At the size of a medium dog, the Condor is the largest flying bird in the world. For 100s of years, the birds have a documented relationship first with indigenous people in South America, to colonizers, to …
“Inequalities and digital Media in the mobile era: The case of Chile”
This we closed off our weekly LACIS guest lecture series with speaker Teresa Correa, associate professor in the school of Communication at Diego Portales University, in Chile. Teresa spoke of her research in Chile meant …
Peace, Freedom, and the Politics of Culture in Early Cold War Latin American
Assistant Professor Patrick Iber led the lecture on his book Neither Peace nor Freedom: The Cultural Cold War in Latin America, which was published by Harvard University Press in October 2015 and won the 2017 Luciano Tomassini …
“In Thy Tent I Dwell” by Artist Jonatas Chimen
Jonatas Chimen is our first ever annual distinguished LACIS Alumni in residence. Chimen has a BA degree in LACIS and found it very applicable to his artwork and journey. Chimen is a Brazilian American artist …
Associate Professor, Pablo F. Gómez on his Award-Winning book The Experiential Caribbean
We spoke with the author of the award-winning book, The Experiential Caribbean: Creating Knowledge and Healing in the Early Modern Atlantic, PhD. Pablo F Gomez, who is an Associate Professor of the History of Medicine …