CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

CLAS is in Session

August 21, 2023

CLAS Faculty Research Travel Stipends

Research Travel Stipends to support diverse Ohio State faculty research conducted in Latin America will be available through the Center for Latin American Studies. This stipend will cover up to USD $1,500.00 in travel and research expenses. For more information, and to be considered for application, please contact CLAS Director Scott Schwenter (schwenter.1@osu.edu) or CLAS Assistant Director, Leila Vieira (vieira.31@osu.edu). This funding is made possible through Title VI Comprehensive National Resource Center funding from the US Department of Education.

CLAS appoints Dr. Leila Vieira as Assistant Director

Leila Vieira

Assistant DIrector, Center for Latin American Studies
Join us in welcoming Dr. Vieira to CLAS!

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Calls for Papers

• EL MONTE: Narratives, Aesthetics, and Afrodiasporic Spirituality in the Contemporary Caribbean November 9 - 10, 2023 | Rutgers University
On the 70th anniversary of the publication of El Monte (1954) by Cuban author and ethnologist Lydia Cabrera, Rutgers University, Baruch College (CUNY), and the Cuban Heritage Collection at the University of Miami, invite scholars, graduate students, and social and religious activists to discuss pressing issues around Afrodiasporic spirituality and ethnomedicinal technologies in the cultures of the Hispanic Caribbean.
Conference topics may include but are not limited to:
• Race, migrations and ethnicity in the Caribbean
• Diasporic Caribbean: Authors, intellectuals and artists of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries
• Media Studies and animism
• Popular culture and comparative religion
• Translation and literature: Challenges and controversies
• Cuban literature and Caribbean narratives
• Literary representations of gender relations
• Literature, plastic arts, visual narratives: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Historical approaches to colonial, republican, and post-revolutionary literature and culture
• Caribbean relations in literature and the arts
• Queer approaches and spirituality in Caribbean literature
• Exile and memory
Please submit a 250-word abstract in English, Spanish, or Portuguese to elmonteconference2023@gmail.com by September 15. Selected proposals will be announced by early September.

• The 17th Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) will take place April 3-6, 2024 at San Diego State University. The conference program will include academic panels, invited speakers, plenary sessions, and cultural activities. BRASA XVII will be an in-person event, with a limited number of virtual panels for those who are unable to attend on site due to accessibility issues. To participate in the congress, all participants must be active members of the Brazilian Studies Association.

CLAS welcomes Professor Irvin Manuel Gonzalez as faculty affiliate

Irvin Manuel Gonzalez

Assistant Professor, Department of Dance
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Upcoming events

Sep 6- Oct 18

6–9 p.m.

"Latin America and the World" Film Festival

In Fall 2023, the Center for Latin American Studies will host the Latin America and the World film festival, in partnership with Columbus State Community College. Each of the six films in the festival is co-sponsored by the Area Studies Center and/or academic department to which it most directly relates.

October 7

10 a.m.–6 p.m.

Day of the Dead Columbus

Ohio State is once again partnering with the non-profit Latino Arts for Humanity to celebrate Day of the Dead Columbus. This festival is an educational, cultural and family event to remember and celebrate our loved ones who are no longer with us. It is also a great opportunity to engage with and support the local Latinx community.

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