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Bolivian Cinema Series: Compañía

The Abya Yala Student Organization, with co-sponsorship from the Center for Latin American Studies and other partners, is proud to host the Bolivian Cinema Series. The entire series is free and open to the public!

Join us at the Gateway Film Center on Thurs., Sept. 9, at 7:30pm for an in-person screening of the fifth and final film in the series, Compañía (2019).

Or create an account on BoliviaCine.com to stream the film there, available from 6pm on Thurs., Sep. 9 until 11pm on Fri, Sept. 10.

Register here to join us for a Q&A with Director Miguel Hilari on Fri., Sept. 10 at 5pm, via Zoom.

Group Transport to Festival Latino

CLAS is teaming up with Global Engagement to coordinate transportation for OSU students to attend Festival Latino.

This year's Festival Latino will be held Sat., Sept. 18 at Columbus Commons and consists of a free concert (5pm-10pm) of diverse Latin music. Food trucks will be available on-site.

Our group will meet at the Ohio Union at 3:45pm and take COTA buses (free with BuckID) downtown to the festival. We will hold a brief group cultural activity before the concert and return to the Ohio Union together afterwards.

Get your free ticket for the concert here and sign up to take the bus with the group here!

Faculty Funding Opportunities

CLAS offers several funding opportunities made possible by Title VI NRC funding:

Curriculum Development Grant: for OSU faculty affiliates wishing to create new courses with a Latin American emphasis, or design curricular modules for use in K12 students or community college contexts.

Faculty Research & Programming Grant: for OSU faculty affiliates conducting interdisciplinary research or developing campus programming on Latin America

Community College/MSI Professional Development Grant: for faculty/instructors at community colleges or minority-serving institutions seeking support for career training, research/fieldwork, or conference expenses.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis for each of these grants.
Email Assistant Director Mark Hoff (hoff.96@osu.edu) with questions.

Origins Milestone: "The Fall of Tenochtitlan"

CLAS has partnered with Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective to produce scholarly content linking the past and present of Latin America.

Origins' latest Milestone, "The Fall of Tenochtitlan" by Diego Javier Luis, is a reflection on Mexico's traumas, both centuries-old and current, that have resulted from conquest and colonization.

Check out CLAS' full listing of Origins content pertaining to Latin America here and stay tuned for regular new additions!

Featured FLAS Fellows:
Frederick Woodrum & Ellie Kaiser

Under the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies program, CLAS offers summer and academic year fellowships for graduate and undergraduate students who need advanced training in language and area studies.
The next application window for FLAS fellowships will open in early November '21, with a February '22 deadline. Stay tuned!

Frederick Woodrum (left) is a graduate FLAS fellow in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science studying Portuguese.
Ellie Kaiser (right) is a graduate FLAS fellow in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese studying Portuguese.

International Photography Competition

All OSU students, faculty, staff, visiting scholars and alumni are invited to submit their photos to the Office of International Affairs' 2021 International Photography Competition.

Entries will be accepted through September 22. In addition to honoring the Best in Show, first, second and third place winners will be selected in the following categories: People, Places, and Arts & Culture. There will also be People's Choice awards for the photos that receive the highest votes via the Facebook voting phase.

Read more here. For questions, contact Victor van Buchem (van-buchem.1@osu.edu).

Pirqakunawan parlaspa /
Hablando con las paredes

In preparation for an upcoming panel with OSU Quechua Instructor Elvia Andía Grágeda, the SPPO Creative Writing Group and Abya Yala Student Organization invite you to enjoy Grágeda's recent novel, Pirqakunawan parlaspa (Hablando con las paredes).

The novel won the 2019 Premio Guamán Poma de Ayala en Lengua Originaria, a national literary prize in Bolivia. Free copies of the book will be available for pickup starting Sept. 27, in preparation for the panel to be held in early October. More details to come in a future newsletter!

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