Below is a list of past CLACS events for the current academic year 2025-2026:
| Date | Event Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 01-27-2025 | Talk | Dr. Sabina Cerruto Ribeiro – Women Environmental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon: Brazil |
| 02-03-2025 | Talk | Ignacio Sánchez Prado – The Aesthetics and Intimacies of Food Sovereignty: Maíz Criollo in Gastronomy and Art |
| 02-07-2025 | Conference | Summer Graduate Research Conference |
| 02-08-2025 | Story Time | Latin American Story Time: "Drummer Boy of John John" |
| 02-10-2025 | Briefing | Legal Briefing on Immigration and Undocumented Student Support |
| 02-13-2025 | Info Session | IGI Student Q&A: Recent Federal Changes |
| 02-14-2025 | Talk | Comprehensive Sexual Education from an Intercultural and Anti-racist Perspective |
| 02-18-2025 | Webinar | Supporting Our Students If ICE Comes to Campus: For Campus Staff & Faculty |
| 02-19-2025 | Workshop | Knowing Your Rights and Responsibilities When Interacting with ICE (For Students) |
| 02-20-2025 | Talk | Lowery Stokes Sims – Celebrating Afro-Cuban Artist Wifredo Lam |
| 02-21-2025 | Talk | Grief as a Method: Human and Non-Human Loss and Alternative Forms of Time in Mexico |
| 02-25-2025 | Info Session | Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean (Portuguese) |
| 02-27-2025 | Talk | Brazilian Women Defenders of the Amazon: Virtual Talk |
| 02-27-2025 | Lecture | Ussama Makdisi – Why is Palestine Important? (IGI Lecture Series on Palestine in the World) |
| 02-27-2025 | Talk | I-MMAS CHAIR/CÁTEDRA: Cooperation, Multiculturalism and Respect to Diversity in Mexico and the United States |
| 02-27-2025 | Event | The Taste of Language 2025 |
| 02-28-2025 | Event | CARNALVAL 2025! |
| 03-03-2025 | Talk | María José Méndez – Embroideries of War: Salvadoran Women Refugees’ Memories of Care (LAC Women Justice) |
| 03-07-2025 | Conference | Archaeology Conference |
| 03-07-2025 | Symposium | SMAART Symposium: Climate Justice and Climate Futures |
| 03-08-2025 | Story Time | Latin American Story Time: Quechua |
| 03-10-2025 | Lecture | Alex Borucki – Silver and the Slave Trade in the Spanish Americas during the Age of Imperial Fracture |
| 03-11-2025 | Panel | How to Move Forward as a Community |
| 03-12-2025 | Forum | Open Forum On The University Library (hybrid event) |
| 03-24-2025 | Book Talk | Prof. Ellen Moodie – Indignant Liberalism: Protest, Political Change, and El Salvador’s Post-postwar Generation |
| 03-25-2025 | Webinar | 2025 Global Reads Webinar for K-12 Educators |
| 03-25-2025 | Info Session | Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean (Q'anjob'al) |
| 03-26-2025 | Talk | Indigenous Aymara Communities and the Political Crisis in Bolivia |
| 03-27-2025 | Talk | Ecuadorian Women Defenders of the Amazon: Virtual Talk |
| 03-27-2025 | Film | Film Screening: Lyd |
| 03-28-2025 | Career Day | 2025 Illinois Global Institute Career Day |
| 04-01-2025 | Book Talk | Nadim Bawalsa – Transnational Palestine |
| 04-02-2025 | Event | Let's Talk About...Resistance |
| 04-03-2025 | Talk | Anita Chan – Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future |
| 04-03-2025 | Talk | I-MMAS Chair/Cátedra: Addressing Key Development Challenges in the U.S. and Mexico |
| 04-04-2025 | Workshop | Graduate Student Lunch & Learn: Publishing on Gender-Related Topics |
| 04-07-2025 | Talk | Dr. Maritza Paredes – Nature or Territory? Indigenous Representations of Forest through Critical Cartography. Peru |
| 04-08-2025 | Lecture | *Interseminars |
| 04-08-2025 | Talk | Dr. Felecia Russell – The Fever Pitch of the Moment Requires a CounterBalance |
| 04-09-2025 | Workshop | Supporting Undocumented Students on College Campuses: Workshop for Staff & Faculty |
| 04-10-2025 | Exhibit | Opening Reception: "The Art of Recreating Transnational Solidarity Against Global Apartheids” |
| 04-11-2025 | Talks | Graduate Research Lightning Talks |
| 04-11-2025 | Panel | Turmoil and Solidarity: Being Palestinian in Champaign-Urbana in a time of genocide |
| 04-12-2025 | Story Time | Latin American Story Time: "Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son" |
| 04-15-2025 | Panel | Navigating Federal Challenges Together: Collective Struggles, Collaborative Solutions |
| 04-17-2025 | Talk | The Closing of USAID: A conversation about Impacts and Implications |
| 04-21-2025 | Talk | Apocalyptic Locas and Garbages of Eden: Travesti Trash Ecologies in La virgen cabeza |
| 04-22-2025 | Info Session | Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish) |
| 04-24-2025 | Film | Christopher Murray – Foxtail Film Festival Opening Night: Brujería |
| 04-28-2025 | Talk | Dr. Sarah Muir – Mileiconomics: Beating Inflation in an Illiberal Economy |
| 04-30-2025 | Talk | Peruvian Women Environmental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon |
| 05-02-2025 | Talk | The Palestinian National Movement Between Constitutionalism and Revolt, 1929-1939 |
2024-2025
| Date | Event Type | Description | Event Name/Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 9, 2024 | Book Club | NRC Conflicts and Change: Book Club for Educators | NRC Conflicts and Change: Book Club for Educators |
| January 19, 2024 | Info Session | LAST 395: Archaeology Field School in Peru | LAST 395: Archaeology Field School in Peru |
| January 22, 2024 | Info Session | LAST 395: Archaeology Field School in Peru | LAST 395: Archaeology Field School in Peru |
| January 25, 2024 | Workshop | CLACS K-12 PDH "Carnivals in Brazil & in the Andes" | CLACS K-12 PDH "Carnivals in Brazil & in the Andes" |
| January 29, 2024 | Talk | Debbie Sharnak | Fútbol under Authoritarian Rule and Its Global Implications: The Case of Uruguay |
| January 31, 2024 | Talk | Debbie Sharnak | Light and Struggle: Social Justice, Human Rights, and Accountability in Uruguay |
| February 1, 2024 | Talk | Adrienne Washington | "A world beyond this one": Sustaining afro-brasilidade through language, ritual, and culture teaching in northeastern Brazil |
| February 2, 2024 | Talk | Mollie J. Cohen | How Partisan Poll Watchers Affect Citizen Confidence in Elections |
| February 5, 2024 | Talk | Charlas Políticas: Elections in El Salvador | Charlas Políticas: Elections in El Salvador |
| February 6, 2024 | Book Club | NRC Conflicts and Change: Book Club for Educators | NRC Conflicts and Change: Book Club for Educators |
| February 8, 2024 | Talk | Sidney Chalhoub | Fiction as Archive: Slavery in Literary and Legal Texts |
| February 9, 2024 | Workshop and Reception | SGRF Workshop and Reception | SGRF Workshop and Reception |
| February 10, 2024 | Story Time & Celebration | Latin American Story Time: "To Carnival! A Celebration in Saint Lucia" | To Carnival! A Celebration in Saint Lucia |
| February 10, 2024 | Celebration | Carnaval 2024! | Carnaval 2024! |
| February 10, 2024 | Performance | Latin American Ensemble | Valentine's Day |
| February 14, 2024 | Talk | Daniel Morales-Armstrong | Because We Are Now Free: Post-Emancipation Refusal in Puerto Rico |
| February 22, 2024 | Talk | Andrea Ballestero | Joining forces with water! Deciphering aquifers and stretching the imagination downwards |
| February 23, 2024 | Workshop | Indigenous Language and Culture in Ecuador and Peru: A Workshop on Quechua and Kichwa | Indigenous Language and Culture in Ecuador and Peru Workshop |
| February 24, 2024 | Talk | Magdalena Novoa | "Exercising Memory, Imagining Futurities: Black and Latinx Stories of Hope and Care" at the 2024 Black & Latinx Summit |
| February 27, 2024 | Story Time | Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean: "Challwaschay/ Pececito" | Challwaschay/ Pececito Story Time |
| March 3, 2024 | Cooking & Talk | Pilar Eguez Guevara and Tereza Quizhpe Guaman (Saraguro Kichwa) | Maize Comfort Food |
| March 4, 2024 | Film Screening & Conversation | "Tarpuna: el maiz" | Film Screening and Conversation with Producer and Protagonist |
| March 5, 2024 | Book Club | NRC Conflicts and Change: Book Club for Educators "Isla to Island" | Isla to Island Book Club for Educators |
| March 6, 2024 | Talk | Emi Frerichs | Of Travestis and Monsters: Reimagining the Power of Literary Monstrosities in Camila Sosa Villada's Las Malas |
| March 9, 2024 | Story Time | Latin American Story Time: "El mamboretá" | El mamboretá Story Time |
| March 21, 2024 | Talk | Ana Valderrama and Felipe Mesa | Design build studios in Latin America: teaching through social agenda |
| March 25, 2024 | Workshop | Arpillera Urbana | Stitches of Healing: Memory, Spatial and Women's Rights in Post Dictatorship Chile |
| March 26, 2024 | Workshop & Story Time | Taller: "Compartiendo Memorias de Mujeres Latinas a través de la Practica textil" | Compartiendo Memorias de Mujeres Latinas Taller |
| March 26, 2024 | Story Time | Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean: "El reino del revés" | El reino del revés Story Time |
| March 27, 2024 | Workshop | Weaving Threads of Joy: Exploring Black and Chilean Quilting Traditions | Weaving Threads of Joy Workshop |
| March 27, 2024 | Talk | Chris Blattman | 2024 Linowes Lecture: "How Organized Crime is Organized: Lessons from the Gangs of Medellin" |
| April 3, 2024 | Talk | Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s) | Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s) |
| April 4, 2024 | Talk | Nieves Ayress and María Teresa Pizarro | On 50 Years of the Chilean Dictatorship: Immigration, Cultural Production, and Latina Feminisms |
| April 9, 2024 | Talk | Arturo Galindo | Latin America and the Caribbean: Macroeconomic Challenges and Opportunities |
| April 10, 2024 | Talk | Joaquín Prieto | A step-by-step approach to measuring economic insecurity |
| April 10, 2024 | Book Club | NRC Conflicts and Change: Book Club for Educators | NRC Conflicts and Change Book Club |
| April 11, 2024 | Talk | Joaquín Pietro | New approach to measuring welfare in LAC: Degrees of vulnerability to poverty |
| April 13, 2024 | Cultural Event | Quechua Alliance - 8vo Encuentro Anual de la Alianza Quechua - Estados Unidos | Quechua Alliance 8vo Encuentro Anual |
| April 13, 2024 | Story Time | Latin American StoryTime: "My Two Border Towns" | My Two Border Towns Story Time |
| April 15, 2024 | Talk | Irina Carlota Silber | After Stories: Transnational Intimacies of Postwar El Salvador |
| April 17, 2024 | Talk | Perspectives on the Politics of Indigeneity | Politics of Indigeneity Talk |
| April 18, 2024 | Talk | Coffee, Tea & IP: Indigenous Knowledge, Intellectual Property, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR): Challenges and Opportunities for Africa | Indigenous Knowledge and IP in Africa |
| April 19, 2024 | Talk (Postponed) | Ellen Moodie | Liberalism, Political Futures, and El Salvador’s Post-postwar Generation |
| April 19, 2024 | Performance | Latin American Ensemble: Bailando en Tres | Bailando en Tres Performance |
| April 22, 2024 | Talk | Gloria Porras | A Conversation with Former Guatemalan Constitutional Court Justice |
| April 23, 2024 | Story Time | Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean: "Caranguejo não é peixe" | Caranguejo não é peixe Story Time |
| April 24, 2024 | Talk | Floridalma Boj Lopez | Mobile Archives of Indigeneity: Genesis, Methodology, and Application |
| April 24, 2024 | Talk | Sabine Hyland | Iconicity in Andean Khipus |
| April 25, 2024 | Talk | Talk: "Sefardita: A Journey from Anthropology to Fiction" by Ruth Behar (CAS MillerComm) | Sefardita: A Journey from Anthropology to Fiction Talk |
| April 29, 2024 | Talk | Zaida Muxi: Beyond the Threshold. Women, Houses and Cities | Beyond the Threshold: Women, Houses, and Cities Talk |
| May 2, 2024 | Lecture | Florian Znaniecki Annual Lecture: "Immigrant Integration, Exclusion, or Accommodation? Ethnographic Observations from the Rural Midwest" | Immigrant Integration: Exclusion or Accommodation Lecture |
| May 4, 2024 | Cultural Event | 2024 CU Tango Music Festival | 2024 CU Tango Music Festival |
| May 7, 2024 | Book Club | NRC Conflicts and Change: Book Club for Educators | NRC Conflicts and Change Book Club |
| June 9, 2024 | Cultural Event | Mayan Cultural Celebration | Mayan Cultural Celebration |
| June 24, 2024 | Story Time | Latin American Story Time | Latin American Story Time |
| July 17, 2024 | Workshop | IGI Summer 2024 Global Educators Workshop: "Critical Thinking in the Technological World" | Critical Thinking in the Technological World Workshop |
| September 11, 2024 | Conference | II Encuentro sobre Migracion y Pueblos Originarios | II Encuentro sobre Migracion y Pueblos Originarios |
| September 14, 2024 | Story Time | Latin American Story Time "9 Kilometers" | 9 Kilometers Story Time |
| September 17, 2024 | Workshop & Talk | IA + Bibliotecas: AI in Latin American and Caribbean Studies | IA + Bibliotecas: AI in Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
| September 17, 2024 | Workshop | CLACS K-12 PD workshop "Mexican Muralism" | CLACS K-12 PD workshop "Mexican Muralism" |
| September 17, 2024 | Cultural Event | El Sabor de Latinoamerica - Taste of Latin America | El Sabor de Latinoamerica - Taste of Latin America |
| September 19, 2024 | Talk | DURP Guest Lecture: Dr. Jennifer Tucker | DURP Guest Lecture by Dr. Jennifer Tucker |
| September 24, 2024 | Story Time | Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean: "Dame la mano" | Dame la mano Story Time |
| September 25, 2024 | Cultural Event | Intercultural Dialogue Series - Food of the Andes / Comida de los Andes (Colombia/Ecuador) | Food of the Andes Intercultural Dialogue |
| September 25, 2024 | Talk | "The Palestinian Citizens in Israel In Time of Crisis" by Mohammad Darawshe | The Palestinian Citizens in Israel In Time of Crisis Talk |
| September 25, 2024 | Performance | Las Guaracheras | Las Guaracheras Performance |
| September 26, 2024 | Talk | Women Justice Group Series: Sexual violence against indigenous women and transitional justice. The case of Guatemala | Sexual Violence and Transitional Justice in Guatemala |
| September 26, 2024 | Talk | THE MAP WAS VERY DARK: Place, Knowledge, and Decoloniality in Planning Research | The Map Was Very Dark: Place, Knowledge, and Decoloniality Talk |
| October 1, 2024 | Talk | Part I Women Environmental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon Series: La Paz es "Ser Campesina" | Women Environmental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon Series |
| October 2, 2024 | Workshop | Intercultural Dialogue Series - Food of the Andes / Comida de los Andes (Perú) | Food of the Andes Intercultural Dialogue |
| October 3, 2024 | Talk | Curatorial Strategies in Design: Reconstruction as Performative Practice | Curatorial Strategies in Design |
| October 3, 2024 | Talk | How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design | How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design |
| October 5, 2024 | Festival | Youth Literature Festival 2024 - Community Day Celebration! | Youth Literature Festival 2024 Community Day Celebration |
| October 5, 2024 | Celebration | Celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Lemann Center | 15th Anniversary Celebration of the Lemann Center |
| October 9, 2024 | Workshop | Intercultural Dialogue Series - Food of the Andes / Comida de los Andes (Bolivia, Chile, Argentina) | Food of the Andes Workshop |
| October 12, 2024 | Celebration | Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration 2024 | Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration 2024 |
| October 14, 2024 | Talk | Women Environmental Defenders: Colombia Social Leaders - Virtual Talk | Women Environmental Defenders: Colombia Social Leaders |
| October 17, 2024 | Cultural Event | IGI International Music Night 2024 | IGI International Music Night 2024 |
| October 21, 2024 | Talk & Reception | LAC Women Justice Series: Leaders |
2023-2024
| Date | Event Type | Description | Event Name/Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/22/2023 | Conversation Table | Portuguese conversation table | Bate Papo (Portuguese Conversation Table) |
| 03/23/2023 | Lecture/Workshop | Making Art with Immigrants and Creating Antiracist Praxis | BRIDGE – Making Art with Immigrants and Creating Antiracist Praxis |
| 03/24/2023 | Lecture | IGI Series featuring Jose Duran from CEPAL | IGI Series: Jose Duran (CEPAL) |
| 03/25/2023 | Lecture | CLACS K-14 Series with Dr. Jose Atiles Osoria | CLACS K-14 Series: Dr. Jose Atiles Osoria |
| 03/27/2023 | Lecture | CLACS Lecture Series with Dr. Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez | CLACS Lecture Series: Dr. Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez |
| 03/28/2023 | Lecture | IGI Series on Ukrainian Refugees in Poland | IGI Series: Ukrainian Refugees in Poland |
| 03/29/2023 | Symposium | Puerto Rico Symposium | Puerto Rico Symposium |
| 04/01/2023 | Professional Development | K-12 PDH: The Arts of Creating Antiracist Immigrant Communities | K-12 PDH: The Arts of Creating Antiracist Immigrant Communities |
| 04/04/2023 | Lecture | MillerComm Lecture on "Playing Across the Tofu Curtain" | MillerComm Lecture Series: Playing Across the Tofu Curtain |
| 04/05/2023 | Workshop | LAC Cities Collective with Dr. Sofía Zaragocín | LAC Cities Collective: Dr. Sofía Zaragocín |
| 04/17/2023 | Lecture | CLACS Lecture Series with Dr. Paulina L. Alberto | CLACS Lecture Series: Dr. Paulina L. Alberto |
| 04/19/2023 | Conversation Table | Portuguese conversation table | Bate Papo (Portuguese Conversation Table) |
| 04/20/2023 | Workshop | Vanessa Zuñiga, Tinkuy: Meeting in Diversity | Vanessa Zuñiga, Tinkuy: Meeting in Diversity |
| 04/20/2023 | Workshop | Empowering Digital Equity & Access | Empowering Digital Equity & Access |
| 04/21/2023 | Performance | Latin American Ensemble performance | Latin American Ensemble |
| 04/22/2023 | Lecture | CLACS K-14 Series with Dr. Monica González Ybarra | CLACS K-14 Series: Dr. Monica González Ybarra |
| 04/25/2023 | Film Screening | Film screening of Serán las dueñas de la tierra | Film screening: Serán las dueñas de la tierra |
| 04/28/2023 | Conversation Table | Portuguese conversation table | Bate Papo (Portuguese Conversation Table) |
| 04/29/2023 | Festival | CU Tango Music Festival 2023 | CU Tango Music Festival 2023 |
| 04/29/2023 | Festival | Tango for All! event as part of CU Tango Music Festival | CU Tango Music Festival: Tango for All! |
| 04/29/2023 | Event | ¡CU: Argentina! | ¡CU: Argentina! |
| 04/29/2023 | Event | iCU: Argentina! | iCU: Argentina! |
| 05/01/2023 | Book Club | Caught Between Cultures: Book Club for Educators | Caught Between Cultures: Book Club for Educators |
| 05/05/2023 | Lecture | An appraisal of the Argentinean economic situation | An appraisal of the Argentinean economic situation |
| 05/08/2023 | Lecture | Rosenthal Lecture by author Achy Obejas | Rosenthal Lecture by author Achy Obejas |
| 05/11/2023 | Book Presentation | Book Presentation event | Book Presentation |
| 05/13/2023 | Panel Discussion | QINTI Discussion Panel | QINTI Discussion Panel/ Panel de discusión |
| 06/05/2023 | Book Club | Caught Between Cultures: Book Club for Educators | Caught Between Cultures: Book Club for Educators |
| 07/18/2023 | Workshop | IGI Summer 2023 Global Educators Workshop | IGI Summer 2023 Global Educators Workshop: "Education at the Edge" |
| 08/04/2023 | Workshop | CLACS Summer 23 Educators & Community Workshop | CLACS Summer 23 Educators & Community Workshop: "Children do well in school when they know their heritage" |
| 08/18/2023 | Event | Welcome Celebration for 2023 | Welcome Celebration 2023 |
| 08/18/2023 | Event | LAS Liftoff 2023 | LAS Liftoff 2023 |
| 08/21/2023 | Social Event | Paleta Social event | Paleta Social |
| 08/28/2023 | Lecture | Isadora Lira talk on mapping social markers of difference | Isadora Lira |
| 08/28/2023 | Reception | FALL 2023 Reception with CLACS & LEMANN | FALL 2023 RECEPTION: CLACS & LEMANN |
| 08/29/2023 | Lecture | Mental Health and Well-being among Latino/a/e Immigrant Communities | Mental Health and Well-being among Latino/a/e Immigrant Communities |
| 09/07/2023 | Symposium | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Murals Symposium | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Murals Symposium and Reception |
| 09/08/2023 | Lecture | Sustaining Mesoamerican Indigenous Languages | Sustaining Mesoamerican Indigenous Languages |
| 09/08/2023 | Conversation Table | Brazilian Portuguese conversation group | Luso Brazilian Association: Brazilian Conversation Group (Bate Papo) |
| 09/14/2023 | Conversation Table | Brazilian Portuguese conversation group | Luso Brazilian Association: Brazilian Conversation Group (Bate Papo) |
| 09/15/2023 | Celebration | El Grito de la Independencia event | El Grito de la Independencia! |
| 09/27/2023 | Fair | Fall 2023 Majors and Minors Fair | Fall 2023 Majors and Minors Fair |
| 09/28/2023 | Lecture | Diana Taylor on Reparative Memory | School of Art & Design Visitors Series: Diana Taylor |
| 09/28/2023 | Conversation Table | Brazilian Portuguese conversation group | Luso Brazilian Association: Brazilian Conversation Group (Bate Papo) |
| 10/02/2023 | Lecture | Victoria Sanford on Textures of Terror | Victoria Sanford |
| 10/04/2023 | Film Screening | Film screening of Madan Sara with Director Etant Dupain | Madan Sara Film Screening and Discussion with Director Etant Dupain |
| 10/05/2023 | Event | Scholarship-in-Progress event on Family Transfers | Center for Global Studies Scholarship-in-Progress Event Series |
| 10/07/2023 | Performance | Latin American Ensemble presents Noche Porteña | Latin American Ensemble presents: Noche Porteña |
| 10/09/2023 | Lecture | Charlas Políticas on Elections in Guatemala | Charlas Políticas: Elections in Guatemala |
| 10/11/2023 | Colloquium | LLS Postdoctoral Colloquium with Dr. Camila Gavin-Bravo | LLS Postdoctoral Colloquium: Dr. Camila Gavin-Bravo |
| 10/12/2023 | Conversation Table | Brazilian Portuguese conversation group | Luso Brazilian Association: Brazilian Conversation Group (Bate Papo) |
| 10/12/2023 | Lecture | MillerComm Lecture by Ada Limón on Poetry | MILLERCOMM LECTURE |
| 10/14/2023 | Celebration | Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration | Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration 2023! / ¡Celebración del mes de la herencia hispana 2023! |
| 10/16/2023 | Lecture | Gilberto Rosas on White Nationalism and the El Paso Massacre | Gilberto Rosas |
| 10/17/2023 | Meeting | USAID Student Meetings | USAID Student Meetings: Sign up now and reserve your spot! |
| 10/18/2023 | Fair | Illinois Graduate and Professional School Fair 2023 | Illinois Graduate and Professional School Fair 2023 |
| 10/23/2023 | Lecture | Susan Aguinaga on Cumbia, Salsa, and Bachata | Susan Aguinaga |
| 10/26/2023 | Conversation Table | Brazilian Portuguese conversation group | Luso Brazilian Association: Brazilian Conversation Group (Bate Papo) |
| 10/28/2023 | Event | Food & Culture in Latin America, Brazilian Bobó de camarão | CLACS K-12 Series - Food & Culture in Latin America: Brazilian Bobó de camarão |
| 10/30/2023 | Lecture | Charlas Políticas on Elections in Argentina | Charlas Políticas: Elections in Argentina |
| 10/30/2023 | Event | Dia de Muertos Trick or Treat | Dia de Muertos Trick or Treat |
| 11/03/2023 | Film Screening | Film screening of Añil by Paula Cuellar | Film Screening |
| 11/03/2023 | Discussion | Community Data Clinic & Just Infrastructures with Paola Ricaurte | Community Data Clinic & Just Infrastructures: Paola Ricaurte |
| 11/06/2023 | Lecture | Pamela Martinez on Social Inequity and SARS-CoV-2 Dynamics | Pamela Martinez |
| 11/07/2023 | Lecture | Ramon Soto-Crespo on Environmental Humanities and the Caribbean | Modern Critical Theory |
| 11/08/2023 | Music Event | IGI International Music Night 2023 | IGI International Music Night 2023 |
| 11/09/2023 | Conversation Table | Brazilian Portuguese conversation group | Luso Brazilian Association: Brazilian Conversation Group (Bate Papo) |
| 11/11/2023 | Story Time | Latin American Story Time featuring "ABC El Salvador" | Latin American Story Time: "ABC El Salvador" |
| 11/11/2023 | Performance | Latin American Ensemble performance | Latin American Ensemble ¡Fiesta y canción! |
| 11/15/2023 | Performance | Krannert Center Performance featuring Pablo Ziegler Jazz Trio | Krannert Center |
| 11/17/2023 | Symposium | Politics of Inclusion Symposium | Politics of Inclusion Symposium |
| 11/29/2023 | Lecture | LAC Cities Collective with Priscilla Ferreira | LAC Cities Collective: Priscilla Ferreira |
| 11/30/2023 | Event | Food & Culture in Brazil, COXINHA | K-16 Series: Food & Culture in Brazil "COXINHA" |
| 12/01/2023 | Performance | Live Performance by the Latin American Ensemble | Live Performance by the Latin American Ensemble |
| 12/09/2023 | Story Time | Latin American StoryTime featuring Portuguese | Latin American StoryTime: Portuguese! |
2022-2023
| Date | Event Type | Description | Event Name/Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/26/2022 | Lecture Series | Yasmin Rubio-Palis | Epidemiological Surveillance for the Control of Malaria Carried Out by Amerindian Leaders in Southern Venezuela |
| 10/17/2022 | Lecture Series | Bianet Castellanos | Waiting Out the State: Indigenous Struggles for Housing and Land Rights in Mexico |
| 10/24/2022 | Lecture Series | Sony Coráñez Bolton | Crip Colony: Mestizaje, US Imperialism, and the Queer Politics of Disability in the Philippines |
| 10/31/2022 | Lecture Series | Gonzalo Lamana | Race, ethnicity, and indigenous agency: the 1561 meetings of the Andean communities of Cuzco |
| 11/14/2022 | Lecture Series | Dominique Rissolo | Ice Age Discoveries Deep Beneath the Yucatan |
| 09/06/2022 | Roundtable | Julieta Suárez-Cao, Javier Sajuria | Charlas Políticas: Analyzing the Results of the Referendum on the New Chilean Constitution |
| 10/10/2022 | Roundtable | José Antonio Cheibub, Magna Inácio, Leany Lemos | Charlas Políticas: Analyzing the Results of the Brazilian Elections |
| 09/15/2022 | LAC Cities Collective | Catalina Ortiz | Disobedient Urban Research: Provocations for Setting a Decolonial Agenda |
| 09/16/2022 | LAC Cities Collective | Catalina Ortiz | Urban Storytelling: A decolonial turn for urban learning? |
| 11/10/2022 | LAC Cities Collective | Claudio Alvarado Lincopi | Santiagónico: Baroque City and the Plebeian Production of Public Space |
| 11/11/2022 | LAC Cities Collective | Claudio Alvarado Lincopi | Is it possible to decolonize the museum? Body, memory, and territory |
| 09/29/2022 | Outreach - Educators Workshop | Christian V. Ramirez | Educators Workshop - Bridging Our Worlds: Hispanic Heritage Month in the Classroom |
| 10/01/2022 | Outreach - Educators Workshop | Salvatore Callesano, Aris Clemons, Victor Fernández-Mallat | Educators Workshop - Our Ideas of Speaking: Language Variation and Identity |
| 11/19/2022 | Outreach - Educators Workshop | National Museum of Mexican Art | Educators Workshop - Artesanías de Papel: Paper crafts for Day of the Dead for K-12 |
| 09/10/2022 | Story Time | David Bowles | Story Time - Spanish/English reading of My Two Border Towns |
| 10/08/2022 | Story Time | Urbana Free Library | Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration |
| 10/30/2022 | Story Time | Urbana School District 116, Urbana Park District | Day of the Dead Celebration |
| 11/12/2022 | Story Time | Philipp Winterberg | Story Time - Portuguese/English reading of Am I small?/Sou Pequena? |
2021-2022
| Date | Event Type | Description |
| September 18th, 2021 | Story Time | Spanish/English reading. In collaboration with the Urbana Free Library. |
| September 27th, 2021 | Lecture Series | Insurgent Heritage: Grassroots Movements and Citizenship in Chile, Dr. Magdalena Novoa (Urban & Regional Planning) - video recording |
| November 13th, 2021 | Story Time | Portuguese/English reading. In collaboration with the Urbana Free Library. |
| February 12th, 2022 | Story Time | Spanish/English reading. In collaboration with the Urbana Free Library. |
| February 19th, 2022 | Educators Workshop | "Cultural and Artistic Diversity in Latin America: Afro-Latinx Legacies," in collaboration with the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies |
| March 12th, 2022 | Story Time | Quechua/Spanish/English reading. In collaboration with the Urbana Free Library. |
| April 9th, 2022 | Story Time | Portuguese/English reading. In collaboration with the Urbana Free Library. |
| May 14th, 2022 | Story Time | Spanish/English reading of Rescatando palabras / Digging for Words, by Angela Burke Kunkel. In collaboration with the Urbana Free Library. |
| June 18th, 2022 | Educators Workshop | "Culturally Responsive Strategies to Work with ESL Students" |
| July 19th-21st, 2022 | Educators Workshop | IGI Summer Virtual Educators Workshop, "World Languages & Area Studies: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Perspectives" |
2020-2021
| Date | Event Type | Description |
| August 22nd, 2020 | Story Time | Spanish/English reading of La Luz de Lucía / Lucy's Light, by Margarita del Mazo. In collaboration with the Urbana Free Library. |
| October 5th, 2020 | Lecture Series | Black Exodus: Liberalism, Military Conscription, and Racial Formation in the Late Nineteenth-Century Rio de La Plata, Dr. Keyanah Nurse (History, Illinois) - video recording |
| October 12th, 2020 | Lecture Series | Libros Cartonerso y La Promocion de La Lengua Quecha entre los Ninos/Handmade Books and the Promotion of Quechua Language Among Children, Yesenia Montes Naupa (Puriyninchik Educational Association, Peru) - video recording |
| October 19th, 2020 | Lecture Series | National Survey of Living Conditions in Venezuela (ENCOVI 2019/2020) A Portrait of the Deterioration of Social Conditions in Venezuela, Maria Gabriela Ponce (Development Studies, Universidad Central de Venezuela) - video recording |
| October 24th, 2020 | Story Time | Guarani/Spanish/English reading of Canta, rana, canta / Sing, Froggie, Sing, traditional folksong, illustrated by Carolyn Dee Flores. In collaboration with the Urbana Free Library. |
| October 26th, 2020 | Lecture Series | COVID-19 in Brazil, Dr. Marcia Castro (T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard) - video recording |
| October 29th, 2020 | Educators Workshop |
Taller virtual en español para educadores (padres y maestros) en tiempo de pandemia: Aplicaciones para motivar una participacion activa en clases remotas, Dr. Norma Scganoli (Gies College of Business, Illinois) - video recording |
| November 5th, 2020 | Educators Workshop | Taller virtual en español para educadores (padres y maestros) en tiempo de pandemia: Estrategias y sugerencias para educadores y padres en tiempo de pandemia - video recording |
| November 9th, 2020 | Roundtable | Analyzing the Results of Chile's Oct. 25 Plebiscite on the Constitution/ Analysis of the results of the constitutional plebiscite in Chile - video recording |
| November 12th, 2020 | Educators Workshop | Taller virtual en español para educadores (padres y maestros) en tiempo de pandemia: Herramientas que ayudan a aprender desde casa |
| November 16th, 2020 | Lecture Series | Virtual Qualitative Data Collection: Some Ideas for a (Post-)Covid World, Dr. Jennifer Cyr (Arizona) - video recording |
| November 21st, 2020 | Story Time |
Spanish/English reading of Sembrando historias: Pura Belpré: bibliotecaria y narradora de cuentos / Planting Story: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré, by Anika Aldamuy Denise, illustrated by Paola Escobar.In collaboration with the Urbana Free Library. |
| February 8th, 2021 | Graduate Student Workshop | Research in the Time of COVID: Virtual/Digital Research and the IRB Process, Jennifer Ford (Office for the Protection of Research Subjects) - video recording |
| February 13th, 2021 | Story Time | Quechua/English reading of ¿Uchuy kanichu? / Am I Small?, by Philipp Winterberg. In collaboration with the Urbana Free Library. |
| February 15th, 2021 | Lecture Series | ¿Por qué no se ha producido una transición a la democracia en Venezuela?: Diez mitos sobre las transiciones a la democracia / Why Hasn't There Been a Transition to Democracy in Venezuela?: Ten Myths about Transitions to Democracy, John Magdaleno (Universidad Central de Venezuela) - video recording |
| February 22nd, 2021 | Lecture Series | After Evo, A Return to the Grassroots? Understanding Bolivia's New Left Coalition, Dr. Carwil Bjork-James (Anthropology, Vanderbilt) - video recording |
| March 13th, 2021 | Story Time | Spanish/English reading of Across the Bay, by Carlos Aponte. In collaboration with the Urbana Free Library. |
| April 3rd, 2021 | Educators Workshop | Central American Migration / Entendiendo las causas de la migración Centroamericana |
| April 10th, 2021 | Story Time | Portuguese/English reading of Eu adoro comer frutas e vegetais / I Love to Eat Fruits and Vegetables, by Shelley Admont. In collaboration with the Urbana Free Library. |
| April 12th, 2021 | Lecture Series | Politica Crisis and Environmental Governance in Peru, Dr. Maritza Paredes (Sociology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Peru) - video recording |
| April 15th, 2021 | Educators Workshop | Reconsidering, Reorganizing and Re-structuring your Instruction: Lessons Learned / Reconsiderando, reorganizando, y re estructurando la forma de enseñar: lecciones aprendidas durante la pandemia |
| May 8th, 2021 | Story Time | Spanish/English reading. In collaboration with the Urbana Free Library. |
| July 20th-22nd, 2021 | Educators Workshop | IGI Summer Virtual Educators Workshop, "Education in Uncertain Times: How to Prepare for the New Normal Around the World" |