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CLASP releases list of 2021 Language Programs!

The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) has released a list of Summer 2021 LCTL programs. Among these programs are many FLAS-eligible programs, so we highly encourage anyone applying for a FLAS fellowship to take a look at this list.

La Pocha Nostra Virtual Workshop

The Pocha Nostra Pedagogical Workshop is a four-hour guided workshop introducing participants to the pedagogical foundations of LPN's interdisciplinary performance practice: the body as a site for creation, reinvention, memory, activism, and ritual. This workshop will take place on February 13.

Faculty, graduate students, and staff interested in activism, performance, and embodied pedagogies are encouraged to apply for a limited spot! Applications are due Monday, February 1.

Please contact Paloma Martinez-Cruz at martinez-cruz.2@osu.edu with your questions and/or application.

Pachaysana Workshop Series: Storytelling for Social Change

The Center for Latin American Studies, in partnership with the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, the K'acha Willaykuna: Andean & Amazonia Indigenous Arts & Humanities Collaboration, and the Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme, is excited to host a series of virtual workshops on Storytelling for Social Change, presented by the Pachaysana Institute. The series will take place on Fridays, starting January 22 and ending on April 23.

Spring BookBox Series

This spring, CLAS will be hosting another set of BookBox sessions. BookBox is a virtual reading group that allows K-12 teachers to come together and discuss books on integrating Latin America into the classroom. We are offering the following BookBoxes:

• Spring BookBox 1: Exploring Latin America in PictureBooks and Poetry
• Spring BookBox 2: Black/Afro-Latinx Identity in Children’s Literature
• Spring BookBox 3: Indigenous Populations in Latin America in Children’s Literature

Columbia University ILAS Visiting Fellowships

The Columbia University has announced new calls for visiting scholars on Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and the Tinker Visiting Professorship. Click below for more information on each.

Ethnography Film Series: Linda & The Mockingbirds

The Center for Folklore Studies is hosting their special monthly (virtual) lunch/Ethnographic Film Series screening of Linda and The Mockingbirds + Discussion with Eugene Rodriguez, Founder and Executive Director of Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy! This event will take place on February 23, 2021 via Zoom.

3rd International Symposium for ILCLA

This year, The University of Georgia Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute will host the 3rd International Symposium for Indigenous Languages and Cultures of Latin America (ILCLA). This event will bring together indigenous leaders, instructors, scholars, and community activists from around the world for a virtual forum on the indigenous languages and cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean. The symposium will be held on March 19-20 and March 26-27, 2021 and will be FREE and open to the public.

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