by Alberto Vargas, LACIS Associate Director LACIS Associate Director, Alberto Vargas, participated in the launching of the Mexico Chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni Association, on November 16, 2019 in Mexico City. The event gathered a …
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Panel on Indigenous Studies: Debates on Indigeneity
Written by Laura Bunn, LACIS Graduate Project Assistant The LACIS Race and Indigeneity Speaker Series raise essential questions about how focusing on survival and resurgence of ethnic and indigenous cultures can address some of the …
LACIS Alum Jacob Kushner Returns for Week-Long Residency
Written by Claire Campbell 2010 UW alum and international freelance reporter Jacob Kushner returned to campus last week to participate in a brief residency. He not only visited classrooms to talk to current students more …
Remembrance and Celebration: Community Altar Project
Written by Serena Larkin, SoHE Communications, and Claire Campbell, LACIS Communications Intern Every October, the lobby in front of the Student Academic Affairs office at the School of Human Ecology ebbs and flows with stacks …
Madison community stands in solidarity with Chilean protesters
Written by Laura Bunn, LACIS Graduate Project Assistant, and Will Kenneally for the Badger Report Violent clashes continue in Chile as protesters fight for their dignity and rights. The movement has grown, with more than …
LACIS Welcomes New Staff!
This fall LACIS is pleased to welcome several new individuals to its staff: Katarzyna Beilin, a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, will join LACIS as the Faculty Director. According to her online …
Getz/Gilberto and the Evolution of Bossa Nova
Getz/Gilberto, named for the two featured artists on the album, American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist Joao Gilberto is one of the albums that best defines the Bossa Nova genre. According to blank, (insert …
Intersections of Queerness in Latin America
Ruth Llana Fernandez and Emi Frerichs are both Ph.D. Candidates in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UW-Madison. Their research, much of which they both completed in Argentina, centers on queerness, queer bodies, and …
Detailing the Themes in the Novels of Lucrecia Zappi
Lucrecia Zappi is a journalist and novelist from Buenos Aires, although she grew up in both Mexico City and Brazil. Her two novels, Acre and Jaguar Negro focus on mythical worlds with vast geographies, using …
Does Migrating Get You A Better Job? Looking At The Occupational Outcomes of Migration in Southern Mexico
The decision for migrants to pick up their lives and leave the familiarity of their homes is never an easy one to understand. However, one of the most commonly justified reasons for migration is the …