09/16/2021 - Dr. Korinta Maldonado's (AIS/Anthropology) and Pixan Konob's work helping CU's Q'anjob'al community overcome language barriers during the pandemic will be honored on Saturday when Dr. Maldonado...
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06/10/2021 - Please join CLACS in congratulating Dr. Antonio Sotomayor (Latin American and Caribbean Studies Librarian), whose book Olimpismo: The Olympic Movement in the Making of Latin American and the...
05/24/2021 - Congratulations to CLACS MA student, Cintia Martins Freitas, who recently published a piece on the role that collective candidacies played in Brazil's recent municipal elections in Red Pepper, ...
05/11/2021 - CLACS is pleased to welcome a new cohort of Summer Graduate Research and Global South Language Fellows in the new academic year. We are able to offer Summer Graduate Research Fellowships thanks to...
05/11/2021 - The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies invites current and prospective CLACS faculty affiliates to submit proposals for possible inclusion in our application to the U.S. Department of...
02/19/2021 - Three current and former Latin American History Ph.D. students are making waves with important publications in Hispanic American Historical Review, the flagship journal for Latin American...
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 fight to protect...
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 Development...
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 We share the anguish of our families, our coworkers, and our community as George Floyd’s killing is added to so many others. We urge all to listen to communities...
05/19/2020 - Julie L. Williams Julie L. Williams is a friend of CLACS and UIUC alumna who received her Ph.D. from the Department of Anthropology. She is also a former FLAS fellow. Currently, she serves as...
05/12/2020 - CLACS extends heartfelt congratulations to affiliate Dr. Kora Maldonado (Anthropology/American Indian Studies) for her recent receipt of the J. Fedrick Miller Award for Distinguished Volunteer...
05/12/2020 - Dear Colleagues, As this difficult semester winds down, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies is thrilled to share three items of good news from the past few months. First, CLACS...
05/05/2020 - by Joe Coyle Joe Coyle is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology who has recently returned from Brazil after the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted his dissertation fieldwork. Joe's...
04/27/2020 - By Ian Middleton Ian Middleton (Ph.D. 2018, Musicology) is a UI grad and longtime friend of CLACS, having both TA'ed and taught LAST 170: Introduction to Latin American Studies. He now is an...