11/18/2020 - The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign stands in solidarity with our colleagues, friends, and family in Peru as they f

08/14/2020 - The Illinois Maya Initiative, an interdisciplinary projected housed in CLACS is in the news!  The core research/engagement team, Ryan Shosted (Linguistics), Margarita Teran-Garcia (Human Developmen

07/28/2020 - Atmospheric Sciences Professor (and CLACS Affiliate), Stephen Nesbitt, was recently featured in the New York Times for his research storm chasing with the RELAMPAGO project in Argentina. 

06/08/2020 -   In Solidarity

05/19/2020 - Julie L. Williams  

05/12/2020 -   Dear Colleagues,

05/12/2020 - CLACS extends heartfelt congratulations to affiliate Dr. Kora Maldonado (Anthropology/American Indian Studies) for her recent receipt of the J.

05/05/2020 - by Joe Coyle  

04/27/2020 - By Ian Middleton  

04/20/2020 - By Kelsey O'Berry

04/13/2020 - by Claire Branigan (Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology)  

04/13/2020 - CLACS is pleased to announce that we have award SGRF fellowships to 18 students from across campus.  The SGRF fellowship program consists of four awards, Tinker Foundation Field Research Grants, Wh

03/30/2020 - Dear Colleagues,

12/04/2019 -  University of Illinois political science professor and Venezuelan native Damarys Canache s

11/20/2019 - CLACS faculty member Andrew Orta's new book-“Making Global MBAs: The Culture of Business and the Business of Culture”- studies the cultu