by Valeria Martinez, J.D., Immigrant Justice Clinic, Law School, UW-Madison How should the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) interpret the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR) given our increasingly digital world? Does a country …
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LACIS Faculty Director Fall 2024 Message
Dear LACIS Community, Welcome to the beginning of the 2024-2025 Academic year! It was an exciting first year as your faculty director and I look forward to what this coming year will bring. Hopefully you …
LACIS-Oconomowoc High School-Guatemalan Service Project Collaboration
During the spring of 2023 and spring of 2024, LACIS partnered with Oconomowoc High School Spanish teacher, Danielle Chaussee, and her advanced Spanish students (some of whom are in the WI Department of Public Instruction’s …
LACIS’ Director of Quechua, Dr. Armando Muyolema, Sworn in as Rector of Universidad Amawtay Wasi, Ecuador
by Vera Leone, LACIS MA-Dual Degree Student On Friday, June 7, 2024, the indigenous peoples and nationalities of Ecuador held an inauguration ceremony for the new leaders of Universidad Amawtay Wasi, Ecuador’s public indigenous community …
UW Alum, Dr. Carlos A. Argüelles-Delgado featured in La Republica (March 24, 2024)
UW Alum, Dr. Carlos A. Argüelles-Delgado featured in La Republica (March 24, 2024): “Meet the first Peruvian physicist to teach at Harvard and earn more than S/3 million to continue his research”. READ THE ARTICLE
UW Alum, Dr. Eduardo Santana, Appointed Emeritus Professor, University of Guadalajara
LACIS congratulates our colleague, Eduardo Santana, for his prestigious appointment as Emeritus Professor at the University of Guadalajara. See the note below and additional materials for more information about his long collaboration with LACIS. We …
Remembering Tinker Visiting Professor, Dr. Carlos Urzúa
It is with deep sadness that we share news of the passing of esteemed Professor Carlos Urzúa, who spent time in our community in 2021 as a Tinker Visiting Professor. Professor Urzúa completed his PhD …
14 UW–Madison students win Fulbright awards
FLAS Recipient, Rosalie Powell’s, UW–Madison Adventure – WISc, NASA, and Beyond!
Article published in El Pais by UW alum, Marcos Colon: “Criminal mining, militarization and Indigenous challenges in the Ecuadorian crisis”
The government is faced with the task of comprehensively addressing these problems in the face of the voices and concerns of Indigenous communities and other affected sectors…