CLAS is in Session

Worlds in Contention: Race, Neoliberalism, and Injustice

The Center for Latin American Studies, together with the Center for Slavic & East European Studies, the East Asian Studies Center, and Department of Political Science, are excited to host Worlds in Contention: Race, Neoliberalism, and Injustice. The conference, to be held virtually on May 7-8, will bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars committed to the study of the conceptual and practical character, development, and contestation of capitalism and neoliberalism around the world, with a focus on how these structures affect and are resisted by racialized groups.

We invite OSU graduate students to apply for a conference fellowship to support student attendance at the two-day event as well as participation in the interdisciplinary exchange that will follow it. The application deadline for conference fellowships is TODAY, April 26th.

Conversations on a Changing Planet: Sistemas alimentarios indígenas

The second installment of the Abya Yala Student Organization's Conversations on a Changing Planet and Latin America will take place Monday, May 3 (1:30pm EST) with Dr. Armando Medinaceli presenting his talk called, "Sistemas alimentarios indígenas".

Armando Medinaceli, Indigenous Education Director at North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NĀTIFS), will reflect with us from his experience across South and North America working with indigenous food systems that keep resisting the colonial occupation.

Spanish Language Courses for Heritage Learners

This coming fall (2021), the Department of Spanish and Portuguese is offering Spanish courses for students who grew up listening, speaking, writing and/or reading Spanish. If you grew up in in a household where Spanish was (or still is) spoken or if you grew up in a place where Spanish was the dominant language, these courses are for you:

• SPANISH 1113: Introductory Spanish for Heritage Learners (ONLINE)
• SPANISH 3413: Spanish Composition for Heritage Learners

Ibero-American Art, Identity and Resistance

The UAAC-AAUC October Conference 2021 will host a panel on Ibero-American Art, Identity and Resistance. This panel aims to examine works by Ibero-American artists from the colonial period to contemporary times that debate migration and people’s movements across geographies. They are calling for contributions from a wide range of disciplines that engage with artistic practices in an Ibero-American context, including painting, performance, multimedia, art installation, and virtual reality (VR). We encourage submissions that debate how Ibero-American artists portray in their work the political and social aspects of cultural transfers resulting from people’s migration. Abstracts are due May 16, 2021.

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