Día de los Muertos Celebration!

Come celebrate Día de los Muertos with us on Saturday, October 19, 2019! There will be lots of fun events and activities, including face painting, a movie screening of Coco, a procession, and so much more (all for FREE)!

From October 7-13, 2019, educators across the country will participate in #TeachCentralAmerica week so that students can learn about this region, which has many ties to the United States through foreign policy, immigration, economics, and culture. More than four million Central Americans reside in the United States today, yet the lack of resources on Central American heritage in most schools make the history and literature of the region invisible. Teaching for Change has launched a campaign to encourage and support teaching about Central America. They have collected lessons, book lists, biographies of noted historical figures, and readings for free use by classroom teachers.

The 2020 Global Studies Symposium on National Research Center, Community College and Minority-Serving Institution Collaboration will be held on Jan. 9-10, 2020 at Florida International University. The dialogue-driven symposium will feature presentations to stimulate discussion, cultivate collaboration, and develop new programming partnerships related to, but not limited to:

• Effective Approaches to Internationalizing Curricula
• Building Global Studies Programs
• Leveraging Technology to Create Unique International Learning Opportunities

Submission deadline is October 14, 2019!

On Monday, October 21, 2019, CLAS Visiting Scholar, Charles Dolph, will be presenting a lecture entitled "Ambiguities of the Landlord State in Argentina". This talk explores the material and symbolic ambiguities of this would-be landlord state. As its promises of democracy and inclusion in the political and economic life of the nation gave way to conflicts over the hoarding of social wealth, images of distressed social bodies revealed conflicting histories and imaginaries of Argentina's national trajectory.

The Center for Latin American Studies is excited to announce its new Fiscal and Program Associate, Juan Abel. Juan will be coordinating on-campus events and activities, and managing CLAS fiscal responsibilities. Before joining the Center for Latin American Studies, Juan coordinated the fiscal and administrative activities for the Office of Diversity, Outreach & Inclusion at The Ohio State University College of Engineering. Welcome to CLAS, Juan!

The Global May Brazil Education Abroad program is a month long experience for May 2020 that offers students the opportunity to explore the two cities of Salvador and Rio de Janeiro. Undergraduates of all majors are invited to apply and should contact Lucia Costigan (costigan.2) or Louise Yahiaoui (yahiaoui.2) for further information regarding the program and possible grants and scholarships.

There are two information sessions for the program coming up:

• Thursday, October 17, 2019 (3-4 PM), Rm 100 Enarson Classroom
• Friday, November 15, 2019 (3-4 PM), Rm 100 Enarson Classroom

The graduate students in the Spanish and Portuguese department will be holding their baked goods fundraiser for the SPPO symposia on Tuesday, October 8 (9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.) in front of Hagerty Hall 180. All proceeds benefit the 23 Annual Hispanic and Lusophone Studies Symposium and the Congress on Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics (OSUCHiLL). Come and help the symposia and satisfy your sweet tooth at the same time!

CLAS is pleased to announce three separate funding opportunities for faculty:

• CLAS Faculty Travel Grants
• CLAS Faculty Research & Programming Grants
• Community College/MSI Professional Development Grants

Please welcome Michele Carilo, the SPPO Department's new Portuguese Language Program Coordinator! Michele has a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she completed a thesis titled "Portuguese as a Foreign Language within the context of the Exchange Programme for Undergraduate Students in Brazil: a proposal for language-in-education and curriculum guidelines informed by a critical and intercultural perspective." Michele will be joining the Language Program leadership team to help oversee the Portuguese language program. She also will participate in launching of the Celpe-Bras exam here at OSU.

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