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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. 

2024 Hispanic Heritage Month Calendar

Mesa de Español (Spanish Conversation)

Mesa de Español Fall 2024 Dates- Information Flyer

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!

International Agricultural Development Fall 2024 Flyer

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 

 

International Agricultural Development Fall 2024 Flyer

HIST(LACS) 2222: Latin American Civilization Since 1800 

Latin American and Caribbean history and culture from 1800 to the present. 

Offered Tuesday/Thursday
2:20-3:55PM
 


2024 summer short sessions' course offerings

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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:

2024 PORT-LACSI Brazilian Studies Research Travel Grant banner


2.27.24 | summary of discussion panel on ecuador

Discussion Panel Flyer. "Ecuador: Reconfigurations under the shadow of insecurity"

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

 

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More Upcoming Events


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Athens, GA

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Yellow House (290 S. Hull St.) & Hendershot's (237 Prince Ave.)
Karina Vasquez, Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, and Director of Community Based Learning. (University of Richmond)
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Gilbert Hall room 118

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Our Graduate Program

The requirements for a LACSI Graduate Certificate are:

Four graduate courses with significant Latin American or Caribbean content from at least two disciplines. Two of the four courses must contain ≥ 75% LAC content. Some suggested courses are listed below. However, additional courses taken toward a graduate degree can be applied to the certificate provided they include significant LAC content. (One of the four courses can be an independent core study.) A grade of B or better is required in all course work.

Students must demonstrate that they have done substantive research on a Latin American or Caribbean topic through their thesis or other written work.

Read more about our LACSI Graduate Certificate

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