Below is a list of past CLACS events for the current academic year 2025-2026:

DateEvent TypeDescription
01-27-2025TalkDr. Sabina Cerruto Ribeiro – Women Environmental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon: Brazil
02-03-2025TalkIgnacio Sánchez Prado – The Aesthetics and Intimacies of Food Sovereignty: Maíz Criollo in Gastronomy and Art
02-07-2025ConferenceSummer Graduate Research Conference
02-08-2025Story TimeLatin American Story Time: "Drummer Boy of John John"
02-10-2025BriefingLegal Briefing on Immigration and Undocumented Student Support
02-13-2025Info SessionIGI Student Q&A: Recent Federal Changes
02-14-2025TalkComprehensive Sexual Education from an Intercultural and Anti-racist Perspective
02-18-2025WebinarSupporting Our Students If ICE Comes to Campus: For Campus Staff & Faculty
02-19-2025WorkshopKnowing Your Rights and Responsibilities When Interacting with ICE (For Students)
02-20-2025TalkLowery Stokes Sims – Celebrating Afro-Cuban Artist Wifredo Lam
02-21-2025TalkGrief as a Method: Human and Non-Human Loss and Alternative Forms of Time in Mexico
02-25-2025Info SessionDiscovering Latin America and the Caribbean (Portuguese)
02-27-2025TalkBrazilian Women Defenders of the Amazon: Virtual Talk
02-27-2025LectureUssama Makdisi – Why is Palestine Important? (IGI Lecture Series on Palestine in the World)
02-27-2025TalkI-MMAS CHAIR/CÁTEDRA: Cooperation, Multiculturalism and Respect to Diversity in Mexico and the United States
02-27-2025EventThe Taste of Language 2025
02-28-2025EventCARNALVAL 2025!
03-03-2025TalkMaría José Méndez – Embroideries of War: Salvadoran Women Refugees’ Memories of Care (LAC Women Justice)
03-07-2025ConferenceArchaeology Conference
03-07-2025SymposiumSMAART Symposium: Climate Justice and Climate Futures
03-08-2025Story TimeLatin American Story Time: Quechua
03-10-2025LectureAlex Borucki – Silver and the Slave Trade in the Spanish Americas during the Age of Imperial Fracture
03-11-2025PanelHow to Move Forward as a Community
03-12-2025ForumOpen Forum On The University Library (hybrid event)
03-24-2025Book TalkProf. Ellen Moodie – Indignant Liberalism: Protest, Political Change, and El Salvador’s Post-postwar Generation
03-25-2025Webinar2025 Global Reads Webinar for K-12 Educators
03-25-2025Info SessionDiscovering Latin America and the Caribbean (Q'anjob'al)
03-26-2025TalkIndigenous Aymara Communities and the Political Crisis in Bolivia
03-27-2025TalkEcuadorian Women Defenders of the Amazon: Virtual Talk
03-27-2025FilmFilm Screening: Lyd
03-28-2025Career Day2025 Illinois Global Institute Career Day
04-01-2025Book TalkNadim Bawalsa – Transnational Palestine
04-02-2025EventLet's Talk About...Resistance
04-03-2025TalkAnita Chan – Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future
04-03-2025TalkI-MMAS Chair/Cátedra: Addressing Key Development Challenges in the U.S. and Mexico
04-04-2025WorkshopGraduate Student Lunch & Learn: Publishing on Gender-Related Topics
04-07-2025TalkDr. Maritza Paredes – Nature or Territory? Indigenous Representations of Forest through Critical Cartography. Peru
04-08-2025Lecture*Interseminars
04-08-2025TalkDr. Felecia Russell – The Fever Pitch of the Moment Requires a CounterBalance
04-09-2025WorkshopSupporting Undocumented Students on College Campuses: Workshop for Staff & Faculty
04-10-2025ExhibitOpening Reception: "The Art of Recreating Transnational Solidarity Against Global Apartheids”
04-11-2025TalksGraduate Research Lightning Talks
04-11-2025PanelTurmoil and Solidarity: Being Palestinian in Champaign-Urbana in a time of genocide
04-12-2025Story TimeLatin American Story Time: "Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son"
04-15-2025PanelNavigating Federal Challenges Together: Collective Struggles, Collaborative Solutions
04-17-2025TalkThe Closing of USAID: A conversation about Impacts and Implications
04-21-2025TalkApocalyptic Locas and Garbages of Eden: Travesti Trash Ecologies in La virgen cabeza
04-22-2025Info SessionDiscovering Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish)
04-24-2025FilmChristopher Murray – Foxtail Film Festival Opening Night: Brujería
04-28-2025TalkDr. Sarah Muir – Mileiconomics: Beating Inflation in an Illiberal Economy
04-30-2025TalkPeruvian Women Environmental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon
05-02-2025TalkThe Palestinian National Movement Between Constitutionalism and Revolt, 1929-1939
2024-2025

DateEvent TypeDescriptionEvent Name/Title
January 9, 2024Book ClubNRC Conflicts and Change: Book Club for EducatorsNRC Conflicts and Change: Book Club for Educators
January 19, 2024Info SessionLAST 395: Archaeology Field School in PeruLAST 395: Archaeology Field School in Peru
January 22, 2024Info SessionLAST 395: Archaeology Field School in PeruLAST 395: Archaeology Field School in Peru
January 25, 2024WorkshopCLACS K-12 PDH "Carnivals in Brazil & in the Andes"CLACS K-12 PDH "Carnivals in Brazil & in the Andes"
January 29, 2024TalkDebbie SharnakFútbol under Authoritarian Rule and Its Global Implications: The Case of Uruguay
January 31, 2024TalkDebbie SharnakLight and Struggle: Social Justice, Human Rights, and Accountability in Uruguay
February 1, 2024TalkAdrienne Washington"A world beyond this one": Sustaining afro-brasilidade through language, ritual, and culture teaching in northeastern Brazil
February 2, 2024TalkMollie J. CohenHow Partisan Poll Watchers Affect Citizen Confidence in Elections
February 5, 2024TalkCharlas Políticas: Elections in El SalvadorCharlas Políticas: Elections in El Salvador
February 6, 2024Book ClubNRC Conflicts and Change: Book Club for EducatorsNRC Conflicts and Change: Book Club for Educators
February 8, 2024TalkSidney ChalhoubFiction as Archive: Slavery in Literary and Legal Texts
February 9, 2024Workshop and ReceptionSGRF Workshop and ReceptionSGRF Workshop and Reception
February 10, 2024Story Time & CelebrationLatin American Story Time: "To Carnival! A Celebration in Saint Lucia"To Carnival! A Celebration in Saint Lucia
February 10, 2024CelebrationCarnaval 2024!Carnaval 2024!
February 10, 2024PerformanceLatin American EnsembleValentine's Day
February 14, 2024TalkDaniel Morales-ArmstrongBecause We Are Now Free: Post-Emancipation Refusal in Puerto Rico
February 22, 2024TalkAndrea BallesteroJoining forces with water! Deciphering aquifers and stretching the imagination downwards
February 23, 2024WorkshopIndigenous Language and Culture in Ecuador and Peru: A Workshop on Quechua and KichwaIndigenous Language and Culture in Ecuador and Peru Workshop
February 24, 2024TalkMagdalena Novoa"Exercising Memory, Imagining Futurities: Black and Latinx Stories of Hope and Care" at the 2024 Black & Latinx Summit
February 27, 2024Story TimeDiscovering Latin America and the Caribbean: "Challwaschay/ Pececito"Challwaschay/ Pececito Story Time
March 3, 2024Cooking & TalkPilar Eguez Guevara and Tereza Quizhpe Guaman (Saraguro Kichwa)Maize Comfort Food
March 4, 2024Film Screening & Conversation"Tarpuna: el maiz"Film Screening and Conversation with Producer and Protagonist
March 5, 2024Book ClubNRC Conflicts and Change: Book Club for Educators "Isla to Island"Isla to Island Book Club for Educators
March 6, 2024TalkEmi FrerichsOf Travestis and Monsters: Reimagining the Power of Literary Monstrosities in Camila Sosa Villada's Las Malas
March 9, 2024Story TimeLatin American Story Time: "El mamboretá"El mamboretá Story Time
March 21, 2024TalkAna Valderrama and Felipe MesaDesign build studios in Latin America: teaching through social agenda
March 25, 2024WorkshopArpillera UrbanaStitches of Healing: Memory, Spatial and Women's Rights in Post Dictatorship Chile
March 26, 2024Workshop & Story TimeTaller: "Compartiendo Memorias de Mujeres Latinas a través de la Practica textil"Compartiendo Memorias de Mujeres Latinas Taller
March 26, 2024Story TimeDiscovering Latin America and the Caribbean: "El reino del revés"El reino del revés Story Time
March 27, 2024WorkshopWeaving Threads of Joy: Exploring Black and Chilean Quilting TraditionsWeaving Threads of Joy Workshop
March 27, 2024TalkChris Blattman2024 Linowes Lecture: "How Organized Crime is Organized: Lessons from the Gangs of Medellin"
April 3, 2024TalkTransnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s)Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s)
April 4, 2024TalkNieves Ayress and María Teresa PizarroOn 50 Years of the Chilean Dictatorship: Immigration, Cultural Production, and Latina Feminisms
April 9, 2024TalkArturo GalindoLatin America and the Caribbean: Macroeconomic Challenges and Opportunities
April 10, 2024TalkJoaquín PrietoA step-by-step approach to measuring economic insecurity
April 10, 2024Book ClubNRC Conflicts and Change: Book Club for EducatorsNRC Conflicts and Change Book Club
April 11, 2024TalkJoaquín PietroNew approach to measuring welfare in LAC: Degrees of vulnerability to poverty
April 13, 2024Cultural EventQuechua Alliance - 8vo Encuentro Anual de la Alianza Quechua - Estados UnidosQuechua Alliance 8vo Encuentro Anual
April 13, 2024Story TimeLatin American StoryTime: "My Two Border Towns"My Two Border Towns Story Time
April 15, 2024TalkIrina Carlota SilberAfter Stories: Transnational Intimacies of Postwar El Salvador
April 17, 2024TalkPerspectives on the Politics of IndigeneityPolitics of Indigeneity Talk
April 18, 2024TalkCoffee, Tea & IP: Indigenous Knowledge, Intellectual Property, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR): Challenges and Opportunities for AfricaIndigenous Knowledge and IP in Africa
April 19, 2024Talk (Postponed)Ellen MoodieLiberalism, Political Futures, and El Salvador’s Post-postwar Generation
April 19, 2024PerformanceLatin American Ensemble: Bailando en TresBailando en Tres Performance
April 22, 2024TalkGloria PorrasA Conversation with Former Guatemalan Constitutional Court Justice
April 23, 2024Story TimeDiscovering Latin America and the Caribbean: "Caranguejo não é peixe"Caranguejo não é peixe Story Time
April 24, 2024TalkFloridalma Boj LopezMobile Archives of Indigeneity: Genesis, Methodology, and Application
April 24, 2024TalkSabine HylandIconicity in Andean Khipus
April 25, 2024TalkTalk: "Sefardita: A Journey from Anthropology to Fiction" by Ruth Behar (CAS MillerComm)Sefardita: A Journey from Anthropology to Fiction Talk
April 29, 2024TalkZaida Muxi: Beyond the Threshold. Women, Houses and CitiesBeyond the Threshold: Women, Houses, and Cities Talk
May 2, 2024LectureFlorian Znaniecki Annual Lecture: "Immigrant Integration, Exclusion, or Accommodation? Ethnographic Observations from the Rural Midwest"Immigrant Integration: Exclusion or Accommodation Lecture
May 4, 2024Cultural Event2024 CU Tango Music Festival2024 CU Tango Music Festival
May 7, 2024Book ClubNRC Conflicts and Change: Book Club for EducatorsNRC Conflicts and Change Book Club
June 9, 2024Cultural EventMayan Cultural CelebrationMayan Cultural Celebration
June 24, 2024Story TimeLatin American Story TimeLatin American Story Time
July 17, 2024WorkshopIGI Summer 2024 Global Educators Workshop: "Critical Thinking in the Technological World"Critical Thinking in the Technological World Workshop
September 11, 2024ConferenceII Encuentro sobre Migracion y Pueblos OriginariosII Encuentro sobre Migracion y Pueblos Originarios
September 14, 2024Story TimeLatin American Story Time "9 Kilometers"9 Kilometers Story Time
September 17, 2024Workshop & TalkIA + Bibliotecas: AI in Latin American and Caribbean StudiesIA + Bibliotecas: AI in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
September 17, 2024WorkshopCLACS K-12 PD workshop "Mexican Muralism"CLACS K-12 PD workshop "Mexican Muralism"
September 17, 2024Cultural EventEl Sabor de Latinoamerica - Taste of Latin AmericaEl Sabor de Latinoamerica - Taste of Latin America
September 19, 2024TalkDURP Guest Lecture: Dr. Jennifer TuckerDURP Guest Lecture by Dr. Jennifer Tucker
September 24, 2024Story TimeDiscovering Latin America and the Caribbean: "Dame la mano"Dame la mano Story Time
September 25, 2024Cultural EventIntercultural Dialogue Series - Food of the Andes / Comida de los Andes (Colombia/Ecuador)Food of the Andes Intercultural Dialogue
September 25, 2024Talk"The Palestinian Citizens in Israel In Time of Crisis" by Mohammad DarawsheThe Palestinian Citizens in Israel In Time of Crisis Talk
September 25, 2024PerformanceLas GuaracherasLas Guaracheras Performance
September 26, 2024TalkWomen Justice Group Series: Sexual violence against indigenous women and transitional justice. The case of GuatemalaSexual Violence and Transitional Justice in Guatemala
September 26, 2024TalkTHE MAP WAS VERY DARK: Place, Knowledge, and Decoloniality in Planning ResearchThe Map Was Very Dark: Place, Knowledge, and Decoloniality Talk
October 1, 2024TalkPart 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, 2024WorkshopIntercultural Dialogue Series - Food of the Andes / Comida de los Andes (Perú)Food of the Andes Intercultural Dialogue
October 3, 2024TalkCuratorial Strategies in Design: Reconstruction as Performative PracticeCuratorial Strategies in Design
October 3, 2024TalkHow to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to DesignHow to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design
October 5, 2024FestivalYouth Literature Festival 2024 - Community Day Celebration!Youth Literature Festival 2024 Community Day Celebration
October 5, 2024CelebrationCelebrate the 15th anniversary of the Lemann Center15th Anniversary Celebration of the Lemann Center
October 9, 2024WorkshopIntercultural Dialogue Series - Food of the Andes / Comida de los Andes (Bolivia, Chile, Argentina)Food of the Andes Workshop
October 12, 2024CelebrationHispanic Heritage Month Celebration 2024Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration 2024
October 14, 2024TalkWomen Environmental Defenders: Colombia Social Leaders - Virtual TalkWomen Environmental Defenders: Colombia Social Leaders
October 17, 2024Cultural EventIGI International Music Night 2024IGI International Music Night 2024
October 21, 2024Talk & ReceptionLAC Women Justice Series: Leaders 

 

2023-2024

 

DateEvent TypeDescriptionEvent Name/Title
03/22/2023Conversation TablePortuguese conversation tableBate Papo (Portuguese Conversation Table)
03/23/2023Lecture/WorkshopMaking Art with Immigrants and Creating Antiracist PraxisBRIDGE – Making Art with Immigrants and Creating Antiracist Praxis
03/24/2023LectureIGI Series featuring Jose Duran from CEPALIGI Series: Jose Duran (CEPAL)
03/25/2023LectureCLACS K-14 Series with Dr. Jose Atiles OsoriaCLACS K-14 Series: Dr. Jose Atiles Osoria
03/27/2023LectureCLACS Lecture Series with Dr. Hiram Beltrán-SánchezCLACS Lecture Series: Dr. Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez
03/28/2023LectureIGI Series on Ukrainian Refugees in PolandIGI Series: Ukrainian Refugees in Poland
03/29/2023SymposiumPuerto Rico SymposiumPuerto Rico Symposium
04/01/2023Professional DevelopmentK-12 PDH: The Arts of Creating Antiracist Immigrant CommunitiesK-12 PDH: The Arts of Creating Antiracist Immigrant Communities
04/04/2023LectureMillerComm Lecture on "Playing Across the Tofu Curtain"MillerComm Lecture Series: Playing Across the Tofu Curtain
04/05/2023WorkshopLAC Cities Collective with Dr. Sofía ZaragocínLAC Cities Collective: Dr. Sofía Zaragocín
04/17/2023LectureCLACS Lecture Series with Dr. Paulina L. AlbertoCLACS Lecture Series: Dr. Paulina L. Alberto
04/19/2023Conversation TablePortuguese conversation tableBate Papo (Portuguese Conversation Table)
04/20/2023WorkshopVanessa Zuñiga, Tinkuy: Meeting in DiversityVanessa Zuñiga, Tinkuy: Meeting in Diversity
04/20/2023WorkshopEmpowering Digital Equity & AccessEmpowering Digital Equity & Access
04/21/2023PerformanceLatin American Ensemble performanceLatin American Ensemble
04/22/2023LectureCLACS K-14 Series with Dr. Monica González YbarraCLACS K-14 Series: Dr. Monica González Ybarra
04/25/2023Film ScreeningFilm screening of Serán las dueñas de la tierraFilm screening: Serán las dueñas de la tierra
04/28/2023Conversation TablePortuguese conversation tableBate Papo (Portuguese Conversation Table)
04/29/2023FestivalCU Tango Music Festival 2023CU Tango Music Festival 2023
04/29/2023FestivalTango for All! event as part of CU Tango Music FestivalCU Tango Music Festival: Tango for All!
04/29/2023Event¡CU: Argentina!¡CU: Argentina!
04/29/2023EventiCU: Argentina!iCU: Argentina!
05/01/2023Book ClubCaught Between Cultures: Book Club for EducatorsCaught Between Cultures: Book Club for Educators
05/05/2023LectureAn appraisal of the Argentinean economic situationAn appraisal of the Argentinean economic situation
05/08/2023LectureRosenthal Lecture by author Achy ObejasRosenthal Lecture by author Achy Obejas
05/11/2023Book PresentationBook Presentation eventBook Presentation
05/13/2023Panel DiscussionQINTI Discussion PanelQINTI Discussion Panel/ Panel de discusión
06/05/2023Book ClubCaught Between Cultures: Book Club for EducatorsCaught Between Cultures: Book Club for Educators
07/18/2023WorkshopIGI Summer 2023 Global Educators WorkshopIGI Summer 2023 Global Educators Workshop: "Education at the Edge"
08/04/2023WorkshopCLACS Summer 23 Educators & Community WorkshopCLACS Summer 23 Educators & Community Workshop: "Children do well in school when they know their heritage"
08/18/2023EventWelcome Celebration for 2023Welcome Celebration 2023
08/18/2023EventLAS Liftoff 2023LAS Liftoff 2023
08/21/2023Social EventPaleta Social eventPaleta Social
08/28/2023LectureIsadora Lira talk on mapping social markers of differenceIsadora Lira
08/28/2023ReceptionFALL 2023 Reception with CLACS & LEMANNFALL 2023 RECEPTION: CLACS & LEMANN
08/29/2023LectureMental Health and Well-being among Latino/a/e Immigrant CommunitiesMental Health and Well-being among Latino/a/e Immigrant Communities
09/07/2023SymposiumUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Murals SymposiumUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Murals Symposium and Reception
09/08/2023LectureSustaining Mesoamerican Indigenous LanguagesSustaining Mesoamerican Indigenous Languages
09/08/2023Conversation TableBrazilian Portuguese conversation groupLuso Brazilian Association: Brazilian Conversation Group (Bate Papo)
09/14/2023Conversation TableBrazilian Portuguese conversation groupLuso Brazilian Association: Brazilian Conversation Group (Bate Papo)
09/15/2023CelebrationEl Grito de la Independencia eventEl Grito de la Independencia!
09/27/2023FairFall 2023 Majors and Minors FairFall 2023 Majors and Minors Fair
09/28/2023LectureDiana Taylor on Reparative MemorySchool of Art & Design Visitors Series: Diana Taylor
09/28/2023Conversation TableBrazilian Portuguese conversation groupLuso Brazilian Association: Brazilian Conversation Group (Bate Papo)
10/02/2023LectureVictoria Sanford on Textures of TerrorVictoria Sanford
10/04/2023Film ScreeningFilm screening of Madan Sara with Director Etant DupainMadan Sara Film Screening and Discussion with Director Etant Dupain
10/05/2023EventScholarship-in-Progress event on Family TransfersCenter for Global Studies Scholarship-in-Progress Event Series
10/07/2023PerformanceLatin American Ensemble presents Noche PorteñaLatin American Ensemble presents: Noche Porteña
10/09/2023LectureCharlas Políticas on Elections in GuatemalaCharlas Políticas: Elections in Guatemala
10/11/2023ColloquiumLLS Postdoctoral Colloquium with Dr. Camila Gavin-BravoLLS Postdoctoral Colloquium: Dr. Camila Gavin-Bravo
10/12/2023Conversation TableBrazilian Portuguese conversation groupLuso Brazilian Association: Brazilian Conversation Group (Bate Papo)
10/12/2023LectureMillerComm Lecture by Ada Limón on PoetryMILLERCOMM LECTURE
10/14/2023CelebrationHispanic Heritage Month CelebrationHispanic Heritage Month Celebration 2023! / ¡Celebración del mes de la herencia hispana 2023!
10/16/2023LectureGilberto Rosas on White Nationalism and the El Paso MassacreGilberto Rosas
10/17/2023MeetingUSAID Student MeetingsUSAID Student Meetings: Sign up now and reserve your spot!
10/18/2023FairIllinois Graduate and Professional School Fair 2023Illinois Graduate and Professional School Fair 2023
10/23/2023LectureSusan Aguinaga on Cumbia, Salsa, and BachataSusan Aguinaga
10/26/2023Conversation TableBrazilian Portuguese conversation groupLuso Brazilian Association: Brazilian Conversation Group (Bate Papo)
10/28/2023EventFood & Culture in Latin America, Brazilian Bobó de camarãoCLACS K-12 Series - Food & Culture in Latin America: Brazilian Bobó de camarão
10/30/2023LectureCharlas Políticas on Elections in ArgentinaCharlas Políticas: Elections in Argentina
10/30/2023EventDia de Muertos Trick or TreatDia de Muertos Trick or Treat
11/03/2023Film ScreeningFilm screening of Añil by Paula CuellarFilm Screening
11/03/2023DiscussionCommunity Data Clinic & Just Infrastructures with Paola RicaurteCommunity Data Clinic & Just Infrastructures: Paola Ricaurte
11/06/2023LecturePamela Martinez on Social Inequity and SARS-CoV-2 DynamicsPamela Martinez
11/07/2023LectureRamon Soto-Crespo on Environmental Humanities and the CaribbeanModern Critical Theory
11/08/2023Music EventIGI International Music Night 2023IGI International Music Night 2023
11/09/2023Conversation TableBrazilian Portuguese conversation groupLuso Brazilian Association: Brazilian Conversation Group (Bate Papo)
11/11/2023Story TimeLatin American Story Time featuring "ABC El Salvador"Latin American Story Time: "ABC El Salvador"
11/11/2023PerformanceLatin American Ensemble performanceLatin American Ensemble ¡Fiesta y canción!
11/15/2023PerformanceKrannert Center Performance featuring Pablo Ziegler Jazz TrioKrannert Center
11/17/2023SymposiumPolitics of Inclusion SymposiumPolitics of Inclusion Symposium
11/29/2023LectureLAC Cities Collective with Priscilla FerreiraLAC Cities Collective: Priscilla Ferreira
11/30/2023EventFood & Culture in Brazil, COXINHAK-16 Series: Food & Culture in Brazil "COXINHA"
12/01/2023PerformanceLive Performance by the Latin American EnsembleLive Performance by the Latin American Ensemble
12/09/2023Story TimeLatin American StoryTime featuring PortugueseLatin American StoryTime: Portuguese!

 

2022-2023

 

DateEvent TypeDescriptionEvent Name/Title
09/26/2022Lecture SeriesYasmin Rubio-PalisEpidemiological Surveillance for the Control of Malaria Carried Out by Amerindian Leaders in Southern Venezuela
10/17/2022Lecture SeriesBianet CastellanosWaiting Out the State: Indigenous Struggles for Housing and Land Rights in Mexico
10/24/2022Lecture SeriesSony Coráñez BoltonCrip Colony: Mestizaje, US Imperialism, and the Queer Politics of Disability in the Philippines
10/31/2022Lecture SeriesGonzalo LamanaRace, ethnicity, and indigenous agency: the 1561 meetings of the Andean communities of Cuzco
11/14/2022Lecture SeriesDominique RissoloIce Age Discoveries Deep Beneath the Yucatan
09/06/2022RoundtableJulieta Suárez-Cao, Javier SajuriaCharlas Políticas: Analyzing the Results of the Referendum on the New Chilean Constitution
10/10/2022RoundtableJosé Antonio Cheibub, Magna Inácio, Leany LemosCharlas Políticas: Analyzing the Results of the Brazilian Elections
09/15/2022LAC Cities CollectiveCatalina OrtizDisobedient Urban Research: Provocations for Setting a Decolonial Agenda
09/16/2022LAC Cities CollectiveCatalina OrtizUrban Storytelling: A decolonial turn for urban learning?
11/10/2022LAC Cities CollectiveClaudio Alvarado LincopiSantiagónico: Baroque City and the Plebeian Production of Public Space
11/11/2022LAC Cities CollectiveClaudio Alvarado LincopiIs it possible to decolonize the museum? Body, memory, and territory
09/29/2022Outreach - Educators WorkshopChristian V. RamirezEducators Workshop - Bridging Our Worlds: Hispanic Heritage Month in the Classroom
10/01/2022Outreach - Educators WorkshopSalvatore Callesano, Aris Clemons, Victor Fernández-MallatEducators Workshop - Our Ideas of Speaking: Language Variation and Identity
11/19/2022Outreach - Educators WorkshopNational Museum of Mexican ArtEducators Workshop - Artesanías de Papel: Paper crafts for Day of the Dead for K-12
09/10/2022Story TimeDavid BowlesStory Time - Spanish/English reading of My Two Border Towns
10/08/2022Story TimeUrbana Free LibraryHispanic Heritage Month Celebration
10/30/2022Story TimeUrbana School District 116, Urbana Park DistrictDay of the Dead Celebration
11/12/2022Story TimePhilipp WinterbergStory 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"