CLAS Newsletter

CLAS Virtual Coffee Hour

Were you planning to present at LASA in Guadalajara this year? Are you participating in this week's Virtual LASA Congress? This week's Virtual Coffee Hour will be a LASA Coffee Break. We invite faculty and students to join us and talk about your LASA presentation, hear about faculty research across campus, and discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with virtual conferencing. Join us this Thursday, May 14th at 1:30 PM on Zoom.

View the LASA Program: https://lasaweb.org/en/lasa2020/final-program/

Global Read Webinar Series: Reading Across Cultures

Once a month, the World Area Book Awards (Américas Award, Africana Book Award, Freeman Book Award, Middle East Book Award, and the South Asia Book Award) sponsor a 60 minute webinar on a book recognized by one of the awards. Each webinar features a presentation by an award-winning author with discussion on how to incorporate multicultural literature into the classroom.

The books are appropriate for students in grades K-12. Please read along with us this spring as we explore the world through these award-winning books. We encourage all readers to join in on the conversations each month and connect directly with the author.

The Américas Book Award webinar will be held today, May 11, 2020 (Auntie Luce's Talking Paintings by Francie Latour), from 7-8 PM EST.

The Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Art and Cultural Artifact Collection website is now LIVE!

The Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Art and Cultural Artifact Collection now has a virtual presence online, thanks to a team of student curators who have worked diligently to catalogue the items and develop the site. The collection supports a growing curriculum and innovative programming on the Andes and Amazonia connected to the Quechua Language Program and the Andean and Amazonian Studies Minor at OSU.

Kichwa Webinars

SPPO Graduate student Santiago Gualapuro Gualapuro has organized a series of webinars in Kichwa to be hosted by a variety of Kichwa experts during May 2020. Each webinar will address an important and timely issue, such as the Kichwa language and language policy; health issues facing Kichwa communities; Kichwa legal system, and migration. In addition to Gualapuro, the series will feature Daqui Lema from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Ibarra, Isabel Gualapuro from Universidad Central Quito, Israel Andrango from the Centro de Mediacion Comunitaria; and Fabian Muenala from the radio station Kichwa Hatari in New York.

The webinars will start at 6:00 PM EST, 5:00 PM Ecuadorean time.

2020-21 K-12 Global Fellowship Program: "Intersection of Coffee and Tea Around the World: History, Culture, and Global Impact"

The Area Studies Centers have opened the application for the 2020-21 K-12 Global Fellowship program. The theme for this fellowship program is ''Intersection of Coffee and Tea Around the World: History, Culture, and Global Impact'' and it will consist of five sessions. Through the theme, teachers will explore the intersections of history, politics, and culture in tea and coffee consumption habits around the world.

The application deadline is Friday, May 29.

Call for Proposals for Richard E. Greenleaf Fellowship, Tulane University

Tulane University has extended the deadline to submit proposals for the Richard E. Greenleaf Fellowships at the Latin American Library until July 31, 2020 at 2:00 Central Time. This opportunity is for researchers from Latin America and the Caribbean, for 2020-2021.

Learn Portuguese online this summer!

Are you searching for a more flexible solution to learning a new language at Ohio State? The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is offering 100% online Portuguese language courses this summer. Start learning Portuguese by signing up for PORT 1101 and PORT 1102 during summer term.