Dr. Diana Graizbord (Sociology and LACSI) publishes monograph with Stanford University Press
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Kudos to LACSI's joint-appointment faculty, Dr. Diana Graizbord (Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies), for the timely publication of Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico (2024, Stanford University Press).
A book presentation is scheduled for the spring of 2025. Please see below!
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Courtney Deans , the student worker in charge of updating our social media and website presence, as well as supporting our tasks at the institute this fall, will participate in the Washington Semester Program as a Chambliss Fellow the next semester.
She’ll intern on Capitol Hill to gain insight into education policy and global development. Additionally, she’ll conduct research for the Department of Romance Languages under the advisement of Dr. Jonathan Haddad, focusing on the global impact of the French language through streaming platforms.
These experiences mark the culmination of her undergraduate studies as she prepares to graduate with a B.A. in French Studies in Spring 2025.
We will miss you, Courtney, but cannot wait to see what amazing things you will accomplish next!
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What Can Latin America Tell Us About Subnational Democratic Erosion in the United States?
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Dr. Kent Eaton
(UC Santa Cruz)
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Friday, January 24, 2025
3:00 to 4:30 p.m. | MLC 214
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Institute for Women's Studies: Friday Speaker Series
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Dr. Katherine Sobering (University of North Texas)
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Friday, February 7, 2025
12:40 to 1:30 p.m. | MLC 214
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Equality Projects: Theorizing the Organizational Production of Equality in the People’s Hotel
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Dr. Katherine Sobering (University of North Texas)
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Friday, February 7, 2025
3:00 to 4:00 p.m. | MLC 214
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The Dollar. How the US Dollar Became a Popular Currency in Argentina
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Dr. Ariel Wilkis
(UNSAM, Argentina)
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
3:00 to 4:30 p.m. | MLC 348
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Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico
(2024, Stanford University Press)
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Dr. Diana Graizbord
(Sociology and LACSI)
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Friday, March 31, 2025
3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
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Dr. Analiese Richard
(UAM Cuajimalpa, Mexico)
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
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28th Annual Conference on the Americas
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The abstract submission deadline has passed
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The 28th Annual Conference on the Americas will be in the Miller Learning Center to be held on February 21 & 22, 2025 and hosted by the University of Georgia
This conference provides a venue in which faculty and students from the University System of Georgia (USG) can engage and share their interest and expertise regarding the Caribbean, Latin America and Canada.
Held annually for the past 27 years, we explore critical socio-cultural, political, economic, health, environmental, global, regional and national issues. While the focus of this conference is primarily for university/college faculty members, graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to showcase their research on the Americas.
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28th Annual Conference on the Americas
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Undergraduate and Graduate Paper Competitions
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Submission deadline: Monday, January 6, 2025
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The Americas Council is proud to invite undergraduate and graduate students to submit papers for the 28th Annual Conference on the Americas. The Council will give an award for the best undergraduate and best graduate papers.
You must have submitted your abstract in the Conference abstract submission system by December 6, 2024.
Completed papers are due by January 6, 2025.
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UGA Honors students tour the garden with curator Nunally Benzing
as part of their lunch box series
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This growing season we had volunteers contribute an estimated 170 hours, a large bulk of that was through the Athens Clarke County Teens in Action Camp in the heat of the summer (amazing!). We hosted around 15 tours with about 300 students participating. The vast majority of these students do not have a background in horticulture or ag, and many have never traveled abroad or given much thought to the origins of their food. The garden’s ability to expose them to diverse cultures and the plants they use makes it a true gem. We had volunteers with undocumented parents working alongside students whose families basically came over on the Mayflower or even further back on foot. There are not too many places like this on campus and that's not even getting into the ecological role of garden.
- Nunally Benzing (LAEG Curator)
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Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Tuesday/Thursday
11:10 am to12:25 p.m.
2:20 pm to 3:35 p.m.
3:55 pm to 5:10 p.m.
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Telenovelas, Culture
and Society
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Tuesday/Thursday
3:55 to 5:10 p.m.
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Global Perspectives
on Gender*
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Tuesday/Thursday
11:10 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.
*See prerequisites
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Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Tuesday/Thursday
9:35 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
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Seminar in Ethnomusicology: Music and Rhythms of Brazil and the African Diaspora
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Monday/Wednesday/Friday
11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
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Latin American Music Ensemble
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Monday | 6:15 to 8:45 p.m.
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Women of the Hispanophone Caribbean
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Tuesday/Thursday
3:55 to 5:10 p.m.
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Hispanic/Latinx - Borderlands Graduate Seminar
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Wednesday
3:00 to 6:10 p.m.
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Monday
1:50 to 5:00 p.m.
*Counts toward
LACS Major and Minor
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U.S. Latinx Mental Health:
An Introduction
(Summer 2025)
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Thursday
9:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
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LACSI
Weekly Language Conversation
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Casa Amarilla
Monday | 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Spring Semester
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LACSI's Mesa de Español will be back in the spring of 2025!
Come if you need to practice or brush up your Spanish.
Sessions will be on Mondays from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., thru April 28, 2025.
For more information, please contact our facilitator, Mario Juárez (mj25877@uga.edu).
¡Nos vemos pronto!
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Quechua
Conversation Table
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No previous experience with Quechua?
No problem!
Stay tuned for the spring updates about the table, and contact Quechua instructor, Bethany Bateman McDonald (batemabd@uga.edu), with questions.
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