Post Tagged with: "Latin American Studies"

Over the past year, mass protests have swept across Latin America. From Chile’s El Estadillo Social (the Social Outbreak) to Argentina’s Ni Una Menos (No One [Woman] Less), these massive social movements have challenged the political and legal establishment, leading to deep political and legal reforms. The Center for Law, […]

Dr. Brad Jokisch serves as chair of Conference of Latin American Geographers, a network of geographers working throughout the region on topics as diverse as environmental sustainability, mining, migration, rural development and human rights. Jokisch is Associate Professor of Geography and an affiliate faculty of the Latin American Studies program at […]

Dr. Emilia Alonso-Sameño, Professor of Spanish, is on faculty fellowship leave this spring, working on a research project on internationalizing the curriculum and the development of global awareness at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. She is also Affiliated Faculty in the Latin American Studies Program and Director of […]

Last held at Ohio University between 2008 and 2010, the Ohio Latin Americanist Conference (OLAC) is back on campus, hosted by the Modern Languages Department. The Feb. 28–29 event features Dr. Brenda Elsey, Associate Professor of History at Hofstra University, as the keynote speaker. The topic of her talk is […]

The Modern Languages Department is having a series of readings in Spanish by faculty and graduate students. This series is organized by Dr. Melissa Figueroa and Dr. Daniel Torres in order to promote Spanish and Spanish American Literature on campus and to bring together Spanish speakers and readers with contemporary […]

Dr. Mariana Dantas, Associate Professor of History, recently represented Ohio University at the international conference on “The Foundation of Towns along American Coasts: Projects, Experiences, Adaptations.” Held on Nov. 7-9 at the Research Center for Atlantic and International History of the University of La Rochelle, France, the conference brought together over […]

The Wealth and Poverty theme at Ohio University presents Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo discussing “Slavery and Its Legacies: Comparative Approaches in Memory and Reparations” on Monday, Nov. 19, from 3 to 4 p.m. at Walter  Hall Rotunda. Araujo is Professor of History of Howard University. Her research explores the history, memory, and […]