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Bolivian Cinema Series: Viejo Calavera

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. 2, at 7:30pm for an in-person screening of the fourth film in the series, Viejo Calavera (2016).

Or create an account on BoliviaCine.com to stream the film there, available from 6pm on Thurs., Sep. 2 until 11pm on Fri, Sept. 3.

Register here to join us for a Q&A (in Spanish) with Director Kiro Russo on Fri., Sept. 3 at 5pm, via Zoom.

Abya Yala on a Planet Two Degrees Hotter

The fourth installment of the Abya Yala Student Organization's "Conversations on a Changing Planet and Latin America" will take place Tuesday, Sept. 7 (1:30pm EST, via Zoom) with Dr. Bryan Mark presenting his talk entitled, "Abya Yala on a Planet Two Degrees Hotter."

Dr. Bryan Mark is a Professor in OSU's Department of Geography and is the State Climatologist of Ohio. He is an expert in tropical glaciers and in the interactions between earth, water, and atmosphere. His Glacier Environmental Change research group, part of the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, addresses physical and human dimensions of environmental change in glacierized landscapes in sites all along the American Cordillera, as well as Africa and Asia.

Yolanda Zepeda honored with
Distingished Hispanic Ohioan Award

CLAS affiliate and OSU Assistant Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Yolanda Zepeda has been honored with a Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan Award by the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs (OCHLA).

This award highlights individuals and organizations that have demonstrated outstanding achievements in their professional or community service endeavors, and who serve as role models for the growing Hispanic/Latino community in Ohio.

Read the full press release here.

Fall '21 BookBox Series

This fall, CLAS is offering another iteration of its BookBox series. BookBox is a virtual reading group that allows K-12 teachers to discuss Latin American-centered books and how to integrate them into their classrooms. This fall's BookBoxes are:

BB1: Exploring Latin America in PictureBooks and Poetry
BB2: Black/Afro-Latinx identity in children’s literature
BB3: Examining Latin America through nature and the environment

Registration is open until Friday, Sept. 10 or until all slots are filled. Learn more and register for one of the BookBoxes here.

Read also about "Stories in Reflection: Latin American and Latinx Children's Literature", a new exhibit at OSU's Thompson Library that features select books used in the BookBox program.

Contact Outreach Coordinator Patti Vocal (vocal.4@osu.edu) with questions.

Featured FLAS Fellows: Clara Hach &
Gabriel Zeballos Castellón

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!

Clara Hach (left) is an undergraduate FLAS fellow in the John Glenn College of Public Affairs studying Portuguese.
Gabriel Zeballos Castellón (right) is a graduate FLAS fellow in the Department of Geography studying Quechua.

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