spring 2025 lacs course offerings Ticketed Registration and Open Registration for the Spring/Summer of 2025 are almost here! Please consider taking the LACSI spring 25 course offerings that count towards the LACS Major/Minor, LACS Double Major/Minor, Latinx Minor, and Double Dawgs in LACS AB/Nonprofit Management and Leadership MA degrees. You may contact Dr. Frans Weiser (fweiser@uga.edu), LACSI's undergraduate advisor, to learn more about the LACS degrees and your specific path toward obtaining them at UGA. 2024 HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH We are thrilled to share the 2024 Hispanic Heritage Month Calendar with the LACSI Community. The celebration kicks off this Thursday, September 12! Please share the calendar widely and make sure to attend the any or all of these exciting events. Special thanks to the several organizers and to LACSI's co-sponsors; to Courtney Deans, LACSI's Student Worker, for designing the attached flyer; and Carla York, LACSI's administrative assistant, for her crucial support to organize LACSI's main events. Mesa de Español (Spanish Conversation) LACSI's Mesa de Español is back!Come if you need to practice or brush up your Spanish.Sessions are on Mondays from 3:30pm to 5:30pm, thru November 25 (December 2 TBD).For more information, please contact our facilitator, Mario Juárez (mj25877@uga.edu).¡Nos vemos pronto! check more lacs fall 2024 course offerings! LACS 4710E/6710E (Online | Asynchronous): International Agricultural Development Analysis of international development programs, stressing the developing world's perspective. Study of issues affecting international cooperation, agricultural development and sustainability, technology transfer, and extension education. Online & Asynchronous HIST(LACS) 2222: Latin American Civilization Since 1800 Latin American and Caribbean history and culture from 1800 to the present. Offered Tuesday/Thursday2:20-3:55PM 2024 summer short sessions' course offerings LACS 1000E (Online | Asynchronous): INTRODUCTION TO latin american and caribbean studies *Course required for the LACS Major & Minor. The interdisciplinary study of Latin America and the Caribbean. Examination of ethnic and cultural diversity and issues of gender, race, class, and culture within Latin American and Caribbean society. Consideration will also be given to the historical, political, economic, geographic, and social experiences of Latin American and Caribbean ethnic and cultural groups with special attention to their diversity and unity.Instructors:Summer Short Session I: Dr. Diana Graizbord Summer Short Session II: Dr. Frans Weiser Check our Fall 2024 course offerings! QUEC 1001: ELEMENTARY QUECHUA LANGUAGE & CULTURE Spoken by over 10 million people in the Andean Region of South America, Quechua is currently the most widely spoken Latin American Indigenous language. Quechua was the "official" language of the Incan Empire, whose influence across countries such as Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru prevails in the culture and language use of the region today. Offered Monday/Wednesday/Friday 9:10-10:00AM LACS 1000 (3 SECTIONS): INTRODUCTION TO latin american and caribbean studies The interdisciplinary study of Latin America and the Caribbean. Examination of ethnic and cultural diversity and issues of gender, race, class, and culture within Latin American and Caribbean society. Consideration will also be given to the historical, political, economic, geographic, and social experiences of Latin American and Caribbean ethnic and cultural groups with special attention to their diversity and unity. Offered Tuesday/Thursday 9:35AM - 10:50AM | 11:10AM - 12:25PM | 12:45 - 2:00PM LACS(ANTH)(SOCI) 4311/6311: CRITICAL CONCEPTS IN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES *Course required for the LACS Graduate Certificate Covers a range of theories and perspectives instrumental to Latin American and Caribbean Studies across disciplines and over time. Examples include dependency theory, liberation theology, subaltern studies, the decolonial turn, indigenous epistemologies, and Latin American feminisms. Concepts addressed may include colonialism, imperialism, coloniality, criollismo, indigenismo, mestizaje, hybridity, testimonio, and lo popular. Offered Tuesday/Thursday 12:45PM – 2:00PM ECHD(LACS) 4660/6660 U.S. LATINX MENTAL HEALTH: AN INTRODUCTION *Counts towards the LACS Graduate Certificate This dual undergrad/graduate 3-credit hour course will provide an overview of social, financial, political and cultural factors that impact Latinx/o/a mental health in the United States. We will highlight research, teaching, service & outreach efforts at UGA. This course is approved to count for the Franklin College Undergraduate Multicultural Requirement and also counts towards the undergraduate LACSI major and minor, and graduate certificate. Offered Tuesday/Thursday 9:35AM - 10:50AM 2024 PORT-LACSI Brazilian Studies Research Travel Grant THE DEADLINE HAS PASSED. No longer receiving applications. Call open for all UGA graduate student traveling to conduct or present research on Brazil between April 1 and June 30. Please consider applying by the deadline of April 12, 2024, at 5:00 p.m., and find all the details by clicking on the banner below: 2.27.24 | summary of discussion panel on ecuador Read the summary and see some pictures of the first LACSI discussion panel of 2024! 27th annual Conference on the Americas The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute (LACSI), the University of Georgia (UGA), and the AU/UGA Medical Partnership hosted the 27th Annual Conference on the Americas in the Miller Learning Center on February 16-17, 2024. The Americas Council provides an annual conference for presenters and participants to explore critical socio-cultural, political, economic, environmental, global, regional and national issues including the challenges and opportunities facing Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada. Preliminary Program
