CLAS is in Session

New Book Published in Honor of Former CLAS Director Terrell Morgan

The latest volume of Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, in honor of former Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at The Ohio State University, Terrell A. Morgan, has recently been published. Aspects of Latin American Spanish Dialectology was edited by Manuel Díaz-Campos (Indiana University-Bloomington) and Sandro Sessarego (University of Texas at Austin). This book focuses on contemporary sociolinguistic approaches to Spanish dialectology.

Fandango at the Wall Screening & Panel Discussion

The Ohio State University Center for Latin American Studies & BMCC Dept. of Ethnic & Race Studies presents a panel discussion on Friday, March 26, from 5-6pm (EST) by Tiger Turn Productions and The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance. Fandango at the Wall follows Arturo O’Farrill, maestro Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra founder, and Kabir Sehgal, bestselling author and Grammy-winning music producer, as they prepare to record a live album at the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Register now to receive the film!

2021 SACNAS Keynote Address

The SACNAS Chapter at Ohio State and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and are pleased to invite you to their virtual SACNAS Keynote Event on Thursday, March 25 starting at 4:00 pm EST. The Keynote Address will be given by Dr. Ximena Cid, who is the Chair of the Department of Physics at California State University-Dominguez Hills. The Keynote Address will be held from 4:00 - 5:00 pm with a networking event to follow at 5:15 - 6:15 pm. Both events are open to all, and links will be sent to all registrants prior to the event.

Artist's Talk on Dancing with Devils: Latin American Mask Traditions

On March 22 (11:10-12:30pm), join the exhibit curators and artists for a look behind the making of the Dancing with Devils: Latin American Mask Traditions digital exhibit. The event will include a discussion with documentary photographer Leonardo Carrizo and special guest Fernando Endara, Diablo de Píllaro. This exhibit presents a collection of Latin American masks from the Center for Latin American Studies’ Andean and Amazonian Cultural Artifacts Collection alongside photographs of a Diablada de Píllaro in the Ecuadorian province of Tungurahua. Diablada festivals are among the most widely recognized celebrations in Latin America.

Global Comics Lecture Series: Marcelo D'Salete

University Libraries’ International and Area Studies Department, in partnership with the Center for Latin American Studies’ Afro-Brazilian Arts and Activism Lecture Series, will present the next installment of the Global Comics Lecture Series: an invited talk by Brazilian comic artist, illustrator and professor Marcelo D’Salete. D’Salete’s acclaimed graphic novels Cumbe (Run for It) and Angola Janga (Kingdom of Runaway Slaves) explore the history of slavery and struggles for freedom in colonial Brazil. The event will be held March 19 (2:20-3:40 pm) and is free and open to the public.

Call For Papers: Lusophone And Hispanic Visions

The University of Kansas Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies invites comparative papers about Lusophone and Hispanic cultures that provide a forum for the conversation that generates when the aforementioned is examined. A variety of perspectives are encouraged, such as: social critique, (de)colonial studies, self-expression, queer theory, and other epistemologies. They invite abstract submissions of 250-450 words in English, Portuguese and Spanish to graspkuspan@ku.edu.

Submission deadline is March 19, 2021.

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