CONTACT US
Center for Latin American Studies
1103 E. Second St
P.O.Box 2100076
Tucson, AZ 85721
Tel: (520) 626-7242
Fax: (520) 626-7248
Department Director
Dr. Linda Green
Harvill Building, Room 343
P.O.Box 2100076
Tucson, AZ 85721
Tel: (520) 626-7242
Fax: (520) 626-7248
Borderlands Community Film Series
In partnership with Indocumentales/Undocumentaries Sponsored by the UA Center for Latin American Studies FREE Monthly Film Series at El Pueblo Neighborhood Center (101 W. Irvington Rd. Room 1C) Thursdays from 6-8pm Refreshments Served and Everyone is Welcome! Thursday, February 2: Mi vida dentro/ My Life Inside Thursday, February 16: Farmingville Thursday, March 22: The Sixth Section Thursday, April 19: Al otro lado/ To The Other Side ... more
Brazil Studies Group Speaker on Racial Consciousness in Brazil
Brazil Studies Group Speaker: Antonio Jose B. da Silva Voicing Racial Consciousness: The Dialogic Nature of Black Consciousness in Brazil Today 1/26, 3:30 pm in Harvill 302 Antonio José B. da Silva's work interrogates shifts in political and racial consciousness in the context of the resurgence of anti-racist activism among Afro-Brazilians spurred by recent, twenty-first-century legal and social reforms in Brazil, which include racial quotas at Brazilian public universities and a... more
TALK: José Drummond, "Studies About Brazilian Biodiversity, Natural Resources, and Environmental Policies: Trends in Recent Research"
The Brazilian Studies Group is proud to present "Studies About Brazilian Biodiversity, Natural Resources, and Environmental Policies: Trends in Recent Research" Dr. José Drummond Associate Professor, Center for Sustainable Development, Universidade de Brasília; Researcher, National Research Council of Brazil (CNPq); Visiting Professor, Department of History and School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University Monday, November 21,... more
FILM: La vida útil (A Useful Life), Global Lens 2011 Film Series
Global Lens 2011 Film Screening: A Useful Life, Uruguay 2010 After financial troubles and a dwindling audience force an art-house cinema to shut its doors permanently, its most devoted employee is suddenly left without a ‘home' and forced to adjust to life outside of the theater. A film by Federico Veiroj, Spanish with subtitles in English Harvill Building, Room TBA Th., Nov. 15, 4:00 pm Sponsored by LAS and International Affairs as part of International Education Week... more
TALK: Raúl Saba, "The History of Liberation Theology in Latin America"
Wednesday, November 16, 4pm Harvill Building 316 "The History of Liberation Theology in Latin America" Dr. Raúl Saba, Associate Director and Associate Research Scientist, Center for Latin American Studies Sponsored by the Religious Studies Program, the Center for Latin American Studies, and the Center for Mexican American & Latin American Religion... more
Welcome to Center for Latin American Studies
The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) was named a U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center and received a Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Grant (2010-2014). CLAS hosts an outstanding faculty with particular expertise regionally in Mexico, Brazil and Central America. Thematic strengths include Environmental Studies, Border Studies, Power & Inequality, and History & Culture. The Center offers an undergraduate major and minor; a Masters Degree, with dual degree programs in Journalism, Law, Public Health and Public Administration; as well as a PhD minor option. The Center for Latin American Studies coordinates a broad range cultural events, faculty & student research, outreach and teaching.
Department News
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On Friday, October 14, Dr. Margaret Wilder, associate professor at CLAS and the School of Geography and Development and associate research professor of environmental policy with the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, presented findings with the binational, multidisciplinary research team of the two-year NOAA Climate-Societal Interactions Program. Read more about the research...
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The University of Arizona Center for Latin American Studies (LAS) was recently awarded an Arizona Humanities Council grant to promote the Borderlands Community Film Series. Together with Hanson Film Institute and the Consulado de Mexico en Tucson, LAS will screen 8 films over as many months in the community of South Tucson at El Pueblo Neighborhood Center and Harkins Spectrum Theater....
Upcoming Events
- CONFERENCE & CALL FOR PAPERS: World Meeting of the World Council of Academic Scholars and Researchers in Education (COMAU)(Event on Calendar)(4 days)
- Borderlands Community Film Series: Mi vida dentro(Event on Calendar)(5 days)
- Borderlands Community Film Series: Farmingville(Event on Calendar)(19 days)
- Borderlands Community Film Series: The Sixth Section(Event on Calendar)(54 days)
- Borderlands Community Film Series: Al Otro Lado/To the Other Side(Event on Calendar)(82 days)
