University Consortium on Afro-Latin American Studies
Since the creation of the Afro-Latin American Research Institute (ALARI) at Harvard University in 2013, a group of institutions and research groups across the Americas have been working together to consolidate the field of Afro-Latin American Studies. Our main goal is to transform higher education across the Americas, institutionalizing an academic field that centers the experiences of Africans and their descendants and prepares a new generation of educators to produce the antiracist cultural shift toward equity and inclusion that we need. With support of Ford Foundation, the University Consortium on Afro-Latin American Studies is the embodiment of collaborative networks that we can now deploy to institutionalize the field of Afro-Latin American Studies, transforming it into an engine for racial justice and inclusion. for more information: https://alari.fas.harvard.edu/university-consortium-on-afro-latin-american-studies/
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Latin American Social and Public Policy (LASPP)
The Latin American Social and Public Policy Program of the Center for Latin American Studies addresses the need to equip future leaders, public officials, and analysts with the skills necessary to design and implement social and public policy programs appropriate to development in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Click here for information on the CLAS Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference.
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Luso-Sphere Studies
The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and the European Studies Center (ESC) at the University of Pittsburgh are jointly working on developing a Program in Luso-Sphere Studies. For students who wish to pursue a career or research with an international dimension, or in the Luso-Sphere specifically, studying this history and the cross regional relationships that now exist in the Portuguese speaking world would provide multiple opportunities. Such a program would be among the first of its kind in the US and could become a central location for the study of Portuguese language and the Luso-Sphere cultures.
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Amazonian Studies
CLAS will develop a related certificate program for Undergraduate and Graduate students, bolster class offerings and library and document collections, as well as promoting recruitment of faculty connected to relevant work in the Arts, Sciences, Humanities, Engineering, Health Sciences, Business and Law.
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China-Latin America Research Initiative (CLARI)
The China-Latin America Research Initiative (CLARI) is a joint effort of researchers from the United States, China, and Latin America to explore the contemporary and historical forces that shape the Pacific World. It promotes a multi-disciplinary analysis of China-Latin America relations, its history, and implications for future development through joint research initiatives, conferences, and teaching. Launched in 2015, CLARI is a joint effort of the Asian Studies Center, Center for Latin American Studies, and the Director’s Office of the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh