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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
An Evening with Javier Sicilia: "Mexico's Future: Peace or Endless War?"
“Mexico’s Future: Peace or Endless War?” Monday, April 30 5:00-6:30 pm University of Arizona, Harvill Building Room 150, 1103 E. 2nd Street Free and Open to the Public Javier Sicilia, who was profiled in Time Magazine’s 2011 Person of the Year: The Protester, will speak at the University of Arizona on April 30. Mexican poet Sicilia has become the most prominent voice against the government’s war against Mexican drug cartels. He is the founder of the Movimiento... more
FILM: "Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo: The Search for Identity"
Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo: The Search for Identity A documentary film by the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism April 6, 3:30-4:30 pm Harvill 101, University of Arizona Media professionals at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication in collaboration with history and cultural scholars, have produced a 60-minute film to bring awareness to the world about the repercussions from the Dirty War and its on-going cultural, social, political, ethical, human rights, and economic... more
Binational Migration Institute Week
Save the Date Binational Migration Institute Week Monday, April 16th - Saturday, April 21st Featuring an international lineup of speakers including Joseph Nevins Hosted by the Department of Mexican American Studies Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies... more
TALK: Dr. Ruth Piedrasanta Herrera, "Architecture of Remittances: Indigenous Migration and Urbanization in Rural Guatemala"
Join the Center for Latin American Studies for a brown bag lunch featuring Dr. Ruth Piedrasanta Herrera “Architecture of Remittances: Indigenous Migration and Urbanization In Rural Guatemala” Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 1:00 pm- 1:50 pm Harvill 102, University of Arizona Dr. Piedrasanta Herrera is a faculty researcher at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, Rafael Landivar University, Guatemala City. She is an expert in the history, ethnology and rural development... more
TALK: Dr. Carlos Martín Beristain "Truth, Justice and Human Rights Reparations in Latin America"
Truth, Justice and Human Rights Reparations in Latin America Dr. Carlos Martín Beristain Thursday, March 8 3:30-4:30 Integrated Learning Center Room 141 University of Arizona In Spanish, with translation provided Carlos Martín Beristain is a medical doctor who also holds a Ph.D. in Health Psychology. He is Professor of Psycho-Social Health in the European Masters Program in International Humanitarian Aid, Universidad de Deusto, Spain. During the 1990s, Dr. Martín... 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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Six Latin American Studies students graduated with Honors and wrote senior theses. They include three majors: Angela Barrraza, Francisco Lara, and Leanne Trujillo; and three minors: Chelsea Halstead, Jillian Moore, and Forest Sobol. Several LAS students were also inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society: two majors – Katharine Heffernan and Leanne Trujillo and one minor...
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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...
