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CLAS supports six students with FLAS Fellowships in Summer 2021

With support from its US Department of Education Title VI grant, the Center for Latin American Studies supported three undergraduate students and three graduate students with Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships in Summer 2021. Summer FLAS fellows receive support to participate in intensive language study at approved programs in the U.S. or abroad. This year’s fellows are:

• Sadler Kirk, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, studying Quechua with Dr. Carmen Cazorla Zen
• Sarah Wade, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, studying Quechua with Dr. Carmen Cazorla Zen
• Micah Unzueta, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, studying Quechua through Centro Tinku
• Deborah Waughtal, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, studying Quechua througn Centro Tinku
• Clara Hach, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, studying Portuguese through Tulane: Summer in Brazil
• Gabriel Zeballos, Department of Geography, studying Quechua through Centro Tinku

Virtual Substitute to Intensive Portuguese Abroad for Spanish Teachers Program

The Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The Ohio State University, along with Columbus State Community College, are excited to announce the virtual substitute for our Intensive Portuguese Abroad for Spanish Teachers (IPAST), a program in Portuguese language and linguistics.

We have two upcoming events for this program:

• July 12, 2021 (1-3pm EST) - Portuguese Language Pedagogy with Michele Saraiva Carilo
• August 2, 2021 (1-3pm EST) - Spanish & Portuguese Grammar Contrasts with Scott Schwenter

Remixing Black and Mexican Histories

The Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The Ohio State University, along with Borough of Manhattan Community College and Columbus State Community College, are excited to announce a webinar on July 27, 2021 (1-3pm) with William Garcia-Medina, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of American Studies at the University of Kansas. He will be discussing a curriculum he co-created, which centers Afro-Mexican history, people, and culture and the intertwined histories of African American and Mexican American communities in the US and Mexico.

Call For Papers: Latin America Art and Social Resistance in the Global/Glocal Perspective

The Art Association of Australia & New Zealand (AAANZ) is hosting an online panel on Latin America Art and Social Resistance in the Global/Glocal Perspective from December 8-10, 2021. The theme of this session is art and social resistance in Latin America and Caribbean in the era of post colonialism and global/glocal perspective. They will therefore look at Latin America and Caribbean contemporary artists whose work blends art, politics, democracy, resistance and identity. The deadline to submit a paper is July 30, 2021.

Please submit paper proposals to tatianeeliasufsm@gmail.com.

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