CLAS Newsletter

CLAS Virtual Coffee Hour

Grab some popcorn and settle in! Join us for the next CLAS Virtual Coffee Hour on Thursday, May 21, 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Portrayals of Andean and Amazonian Indigeneity in Children's Films - Entretenimiento, Educación y Crítica Social.

Honors Spanish majors Cara Satullo, Emily Montenegro, and Juhee Park (SPAN 4565H Indigenous Literatures and Cultures) will present their analyses of Andean and Amazonian indigenous cultural representations in the movies Pachamama, The Road to El Dorado, The Emperor's New Groove and Dora and the Lost City of Gold with special participation of Américo Mendoza Mori (UPenn), who was a Quechua Language Consultant for Dora and the Lost City of Gold.

You can watch The Road to El Dorado and Dora and the Lost City of Gold through Amazon Prime Video. Pachamama and The Emperor's New Groove are available on Netflix.

Student written essays are available through CLAS as additional K-12 classroom resources.

Columbus Council on World Affairs Signature Webinar Event

As Covid-19 continues to spread across the world, with cases continuing to rise, supply chains around the globe are beginning to take a hit. Most notably the food supply chain is beginning to strain. The meatpacking industry, unable to accommodate proper social distancing protocol, is experiencing a severe hit to their workforce. Farmers and agricultural businesses are taking to the fields after the winter season and need an abundance of able-bodied workers. But who typically fills these roles? Well according to the Department of Agriculture about half the country's field hands, more than a million workers, are undocumented immigrants.

On June 25, 2020, from 12-1 PM, the Columbus Council on World Affairs invites Mexican border correspondent and author, Alfredo Corchado, to take a deeper look at this issue, the impact on our food supply, and what it actually means to be an essential worker.

Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics Virtual Colloquium Presentation

This Friday, 5/22 at 2:00 PM, Dr. Morgan (CLAS Director) and Dr. Schwenter (CLAS faculty affiliate) will present, "Pronouns in Foreign Lands: Vosotros in Latin America and ustedes in Spain" at the weekly Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics Virtual Colloquium. The HLL Virtual Colloquium was born out of a collaborative effort to stay connected and share our research on Hispanic and Lusophone linguistics during the COVID-19 crisis. The Colloquium Series is organized by OSU alumna Dr. Sonia Barnes at Marquette University.

The Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Art and Cultural Artifact Collection website is now LIVE!

The Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Art and Cultural Artifact Collection now has a virtual presence online, thanks to a team of student curators who have worked diligently to catalogue the items and develop the site. The collection supports a growing curriculum and innovative programming on the Andes and Amazonia connected to the Quechua Language Program and the Andean and Amazonian Studies Minor at OSU.

Kichwa Webinars

SPPO Graduate student Santiago Gualapuro Gualapuro has organized a series of webinars in Kichwa to be hosted by a variety of Kichwa experts during May 2020. Each webinar will address an important and timely issue, such as the Kichwa language and language policy; health issues facing Kichwa communities; Kichwa legal system, and migration. In addition to Gualapuro, the series will feature Daqui Lema from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Ibarra, Isabel Gualapuro from Universidad Central Quito, Israel Andrango from the Centro de Mediacion Comunitaria; and Fabian Muenala from the radio station Kichwa Hatari in New York.

The webinars will start at 6:00 PM EST, 5:00 PM Ecuadorean time.

2020-21 K-12 Global Fellowship Program: "Intersection of Coffee and Tea Around the World: History, Culture, and Global Impact"

The Area Studies Centers have opened the application for the 2020-21 K-12 Global Fellowship program. The theme for this fellowship program is ''Intersection of Coffee and Tea Around the World: History, Culture, and Global Impact'' and it will consist of five sessions. Through the theme, teachers will explore the intersections of history, politics, and culture in tea and coffee consumption habits around the world.

The application deadline is Friday, May 29.

Call for Proposals for Richard E. Greenleaf Fellowship, Tulane University

Tulane University has extended the deadline to submit proposals for the Richard E. Greenleaf Fellowships at the Latin American Library until July 31, 2020 at 2:00 Central Time. This opportunity is for researchers from Latin America and the Caribbean, for 2020-2021.

Learn Portuguese online this summer!

Are you searching for a more flexible solution to learning a new language at Ohio State? The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is offering 100% online Portuguese language courses this summer. Start learning Portuguese by signing up for PORT 1101 and PORT 1102 during summer term.