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Thank You for Joining the CLACS Dance Party!
On Thursday, November 13, CLACS hosted a mid-Fall semester dance party at The Gallery Art Bar, bringing together students, faculty, and friends to celebrate Latin American and Caribbean culture.Thank you to everyone who came out, danced, and helped make it such a fun night!Stay tuned for more...
Grassroots Computing
Is computing only for big companies, research centers, states and ellites? Can computing be otherwise?The course begins with the observation that grassroots spaces are sites of critical imagination where alternatives to the interlocking crises of the present emerge, however brief, unfinished and precarious. As instructor, I draw from my experiences of research and advocacy with rural communities in Colombia and from a decade-long engagement with networks of community-engaged practitioners and scholars in Latin America. Credits: 3 hoursTime: MW/ 3:30pm-4:50pmLocation: 1057 Lincoln...
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CLACS Hosts Breakfast for Miguel Zenón Quartet Performance
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at the University of Illinois hosted a special breakfast for members of the Puerto Rican community at UIUC, bringing together students, faculty, staff, and community supporters. The gathering created a space to connect, celebrate Puerto...
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Women’s Voices at ESMA: A Virtual Talk Explores Memory, Gender, and Justice in Argentina
On October 20, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at the University of Illinois hosted a compelling virtual talk titled Ser Mujeres en la ESMA / Being Women at ESMA, moderated by Mayki Gorosito, former Executive Director of the Museo Sitio de Memoria ESMA in...
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Reopening of Krannert Art Museum with Fragmented Histories: Andean Art Before 1600
On August 28, the Krannert Art Museum (KAM) reopened with the debut of its reinstalled exhibition, Fragmented Histories: Andean Art Before 1600. The gallery showcases more than 700 objects, from ceramics and textiles to metalwork, representing centuries of old Andean artifacts with a...
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Ayni — An E-Textbook of Southern Quechua by Carlos Molina-Vital and the QINTI Project
Developed under the leadership of Quechua Instructor Carlos Molina-Vital and the Quechua Innovation and Teaching Initiative (QINTI), Ayni is an open-access e-textbook designed to teach...
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UIUC Professor Dr. Cristóbal Bianchi and Colectivo Casa Grande Unveil Panóptico Art Installation in Santiago
Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Dr. Cristóbal Bianchi (Art & Design), together with the Colectivo Casa Grande, recently inaugurated the art installation Panóptico at the Palacio Pereira Art Gallery in Santiago, Chile.Funded by...
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SHAFR: Opportunities for Graduate Students in American Foreign Relations
The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) is dedicated to advancing the scholarly study of the history of American foreign relations. Through research sponsorships, annual meetings, and publications, SHAFR promotes the study, advancement, and dissemination of...
ARCH 403: Spatial theories from/with the Caribbean
Course:ARCH 403: spatial theories from/with the CaribbeanT/R: 11:00am - 12:20pmAt the Architecture Building, RM 205 Description:THE CARIBBEAN has long been rendered peripheral in architectural history and theory. This seminar instead approaches it as an affective ground for rethinking space altogether. Through atmospheric, archipelagic [Glissant], embodied [Wynter], and subaltern [Fanon, Césaire] modes of inquiry, we will explore spatial theories from/with the Caribbean, refusing extraction in favor of relational, situated, and sensorial ways of...
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Quechua Instructor Carlos Molina Featured on Peruvian TV
Carlos Molina, Quechua instructor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was recently featured on Nuqanchik, a national Quechua-language news program in Peru. In the interview, he discusses the Qinti Project, an initiative that promotes the teaching and learning of Quechua in the U.S., and...