Teacher Workshop on Global Environmental Concerns. April 6, 2013
Jill Kuhnheim, Director of Latin American & Caribbean Studies during opening remarks at the Teacher Workshop.
Christopher Brown, Associate Professor of Geography explains the effects of soybean production in Brazil
Jean Eichhorst, from the Department of Geography during her presentation, "Turning Deserts into Cropland"
Marie-Alice L'Heureux, Associate Professor of Achitecture during her presentation, "Environmentalism, Design and Planning in a post-Soviet World"
Distinguished Professor Townsend Peterson talks about scholarworks and information available at KU portal
Visit to Natural History Museum: "How to use the Natural History Museum to teach about a wide range of environmental topics from water to climate change"
Visit to Spencer Museum of Art: "Using Art in conversations about global environmental concerns"
News
Global Scholars Senior Symposium
Senior students from KU present different topics related to The Americas, Environmental Issues, Education and Global Economy.
The Pan-American seminar will host KU faculty, graduate students and invited speakers to present on various topics pertinent to the Americas. The seminar is aimed at promoting awareness of the many diverse disciplines of research inside of Latin America studies, as well as major issues and potential opportunities associated with studying the region. Invited speakers include Kirwin Shaffer, Associate Professor of Latin American Studies at Penn State University and James Malouff III, President of the Pan American Society of Kansas City. KU speakers include Prof. Peter Herlihy (Geography), Prof. John Hoopes (Anthropology), Prof. Tamara Falicov (Film & Media Studies), Dr. Peter Haney (Latin American and Caribbean Studies), and Ms. Carolina Pardo-Torres (Graduate Student, Educational Technologies).
The Americas:
Ryan House
The Peruvian Connection: Developmental Disabilities in Kansas and Peru (read abstract)
Jeff Miller
La Sala (read abstract)
Sarah Stern
Beyond gangs, drugs and violence: Photographing everyday life in Rio's largest favela (read abstract)
Saturday, April 20. Alderson Room, Kansas Union. 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
"What is it that You Don't Love About Me?"
In her presentation, Dr. Laura Padilla will explain and discuss the technologies of clothes and makeup in new Mexican Literature. Centennial Room, Kansas Union.
The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh has created a dynamic environment on the web for the exchange of academic analysis of current events and critical research findings for scholarly general audiences and classroom use. Check out Panoramas!
A link to Panoramas can also be found on our site under the News & Events secion. Posted Jan 7, 2013
Site Updates:
*Watch the NEW Indigenous Languages of Latin America Video Below!
*Digital Versions of the cultural trunks are now available
* Check out the Spring 2013 Kansas Latin Americanist
* Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships Applications are DUE FEBRUARY 1st!
Welcome
Welcome to the Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS). We’ve recently changed our name to make our connection to the Caribbean more visible. We’ll be involved in a few events this Spring that highlight our connection to the region: a teacher’s reach-out workshops on January 26th and a reading group at several local libraries that will focus on the March visit of Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat to the Hall Center. This semester will also feature a Central American film festival, where we are lucky to be able to present several films that have seldom been screened in the U.S. Look for filmmaker Hispano Durón’s merienda which will help to introduce the series and the film schedule under the events section of this website.
We continue to offer Kaqchikel Maya and Quechua, and a summer study abroad in Nicaragua that focuses on Miskitu people and language. Now is the season for students to apply for Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships to study these languages as well as Portuguese for both the academic year and summer! These are a great opportunity to broaden your horizons!
KU students continue to participate in the Model Organization of the American States (MOAS), a course that culminates in students’ participation in the Washington MOAS, a simulation of the proceedings of the actual Organization in which each attending university represents a country. Check out the video to see MOAS in action. This year we are working to extend this course beyond KU by facilitating the development of Pan American Clubs in high school and community colleges in the region; this will allow us to get students excited about learning a foreign language early and to see the usefulness of learning about other cultures. We hope to host a series of events one day during Pan Am week (April14th). Contact Gabriel Racca if you would like more information about setting up one of these clubs at your school.
Come check out our brown-bag Meriendas most Thursdays in Bailey 318 from 12-1pm or the Hall Center Latin American Seminars which continue to focus on Environmental Change in Latin America, Fridays 3:30-5:00 throughout the semester. Our most recent newsletter is also available by clicking here. ¡Bienvenidos!
Bienvenidos
El Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe le da la más cordial bienvenida. Recientemente cambiamos nuestro nombre para establecer un mayor vínculo con la región del Caribe. Durante la primavera nos involucraremos en eventos que destacarán nuestro acercamiento con esta zona. Dichos eventos incluyen talleres en enero y grupos de lectura en bibliotecas locales que enfatizarán en la visita del autor Haitiano Edwidge Danticat durante el mes de marzo.
Este semestre contará también con un festival de cine Centroamericano, en el cual presentaremos películas que han tenido poca proyección en los Estados Unidos. Dichos filmes serán presentados por el productor de cine Hispano Durón. El horario de las producciones cinematográficas se encuentra en la sección de eventos de este sitio web.
Continuaremos ofreciendo Kaqchikel Maya y quechua, así como también oportunidades de estudio en Nicaragua durante el verano, en donde se hará énfasis en el grupo étnico Misquito y su lengua. Es el momento ideal para aplicar a Becas en el Área de Estudios e Lengua Extranjera (FLAS). ¡Estas son grandes oportunidades para expandir sus horizontes!
Los estudiantes de KU continúan en su preparación para el modelo de la Organización de Estados Americanos (MOAS), curso que culminará en Washington e involucrará la participación activa de los estudiantes en el MOAS. Durante esta simulación de los procedimientos actuales de la Organización, cada universidad participante representará un país del continente americano. Para ver el video del nuestros estudiantes, haga click aquí. Este año estamos trabajando para extender este curso más allá de KU a través de Clubes Panamericanos en diferentes Secundarias de la región, lo que facilitará el aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras por parte de los estudiantes a edades tempranas. Esto también les permitirá apreciar la relevancia de aprender sobre nuevas culturas. Si desea establecer un club panamericano en su escuela, sírvase contactar a Gabriel Racca.
Únase a nuestras Brown-Bag Meriendas los jueves en el Aula 318 del Edificio Bailey de 12 pm a 1 pm, así como también los seminarios Latinoamericanos, en los cuales se discutirán los cambios ambientales en Latinoamérica (los viernes de 3:30 pm a 5:00 pm durante el transcurso del semestre). Nuestro boletín más reciente está disponible aquí.
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