CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

CLAS is in Session

January 23, 2023

Area Studies Welcomes New CAS Director

OSU's Area Studies Centers are delighted to announce the appointment of Associate Professor Ousman Kobo (History) as Director of the Center for African Studies.

CLAS looks forward to many collaborations with its sister Center, related to African diaspora communities in Latin America. We also hope to develop programming concerned with Lusophone African nations such as Angola and Mozambique, and Spanish-speaking Equatorial Guinea.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Kobo, and stay tuned for new events and initiatives!

Arts & Sciences Faculty Spotlight:
Joel Wainwright

CLAS affiliate and Professor of Geography Joel Wainwright is the subject of the latest College of Arts & Sciences Q&A Faculty Spotlight.

Wainwright discusses his work on political economy of development, environmental and agrarian change, and social theory, which has involved formative time living and conducting research in the Toledo District of southern Belize and in Chiapas, Mexico.

Wainwright regularly teaches two Geography courses that meet the Latin American Area Studies requirement of the CLAS FLAS Fellowship. These are:

Geography 3701: “The Making of the Modern World” and
Geography 5700: “Geography of Development”

Conversatorio: What's Going on in Peru?

Our colleagues in Northwestern University's Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program recently hosted a discussion on the current situation in Peru in light of President Castillo's self-coup attempt on December 2, 2022.

The panel featured three Peru experts: Jorge Coronado (Spanish & Portuguese, Northwestern University), Cecilia Méndez (History, University of California Santa Barbara), and Cynthia McClintock (Political Science & International Affairs, George Washington University).

View the event recording here.

Study Abroad: Argentine History

OSU History Professor Margaret Newell will lead a Global "Hotspots" of the Early Modern World study abroad program (HISTORY 3798.04) in Argentina in May 2023.

Students in this program will learn how Afro-Latino indigenous groups shaped colonial society, how global forces pushed Argentina to revolution, and how race, class, and immigration affected politics and nation-building.

The application deadline has been extended, so contact Dr. Margaret Newell (newell.20@osu.edu) ASAP with any questions.

History Job Talk: Dr. María Hammack

This Wednesday, January 25 at 3:45 pm in 168 Dulles Hall, the Department of History will host a job talk by Dr. María Hammack entitled "Reconsidering the Underground Railroad: Freedom Fighters South of US Slavery."

Dr. Hammack will discuss how enslaved people in the U.S. claimed freedom by escaping to Mexico, or by using Mexican antislavery in freedom suits.

Those who would prefer to attend virtually may do so by registering here.