Events
- Nicola Foote, Dean, Honors College
- 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
- 4217 Posvar/Zoom
Nicola Foote is Dean of the David C. Frederick Honors College, Bernice L. and Morton S. Lerner Chair in Honors Education, and Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. Nicola Foote is a scholar with research interests in race and state formation in Ecuador, Caribbean migration to South America, histories of reproductive health care access in Florida and human-animal relations in the Galapagos Islands. She holds a PhD in history from University College London, a master’s degree from the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of London and a bachelor’s degree in history of the Americas, also from University College London.
- 6:00 pm
- City of Asylum
- (All day)
The Working Group on Comparative Slavery (Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University and The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh) invite you to submit an abstract for the international conference Plantation Societies in Comparative Perspective at the University of Pittsburgh on October 14-15, 2022. Abstracts should be sent by June 12 and the final paper by October 1 to plantation.societies@gmail.com. View Call for Papers: https://loom.ly/RMjOnE0
- (All day)
The Working Group on Comparative Slavery (Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University and The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh) invite you to submit an abstract for the international conference Plantation Societies in Comparative Perspective at the University of Pittsburgh on October 14-15, 2022. Abstracts should be sent by June 12 and the final paper by October 1 to plantation.societies@gmail.com. View Call for Papers: https://loom.ly/RMjOnE0
- 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- Posvar Patio
The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh is thrilled to welcome back students, staff, and the Pittsburgh community for the 40th Annual Latin American and Caribbean Festival! The Festival has had many years of success and every year it seems to improve in the number and quality of groups that participate and the scope of media coverage. As the Latino and Hispanic population in Pittsburgh continues to grow, it makes the Festival one of the largest gatherings of Latinos in Western Pennsylvania. The mission of the festival is to showcase the cultures of Latin America in Pittsburgh and to inform the students and the general public of the resources that can be found in Pittsburgh.
- NRIEP & CLAS Staff
- 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
- Global Hub Posvar Hall | 230 S Bouquet St | Pittsburgh, PA 15213
During this information session, the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs (NRIEP) and the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) will share details about funding opportunities available to undergraduate and graduate students to study and conduct research in Latin America. Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfK4TnHVAI8YMaU-vZN_OBKdAIzobGZ...
- Mariana Muaze
- 12:30 pm
- 4217 Posvar/Zoom
Mariana Muaze is an Associate Professor in the History Department at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), and author of the book “Memórias da Viscondessa: família e poder no Brasil Império” (Zahar, 2008), which won the Jorge Zahar Prize and National Archives Research Award in 2007. She is a co-editor of the books: “O Vale do Paraíba e o Império do Brasil nos quadros da Segunda Escravidão” (7 Letras, 2015) and “Segunda Escravidão e o Império do Brasil em Perspectiva Histórica” (Casa Leiria, 2020), with Ricardo Salles, and "O 15 de Novembro e a queda da Monarquia” (Chão, 2019) with Keila Grinberg, and have different articles about slavery, gender, family and childhood in Brazil Empire.
- 6:00 pm
- Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (125)
On October 20th, the Center for Latin American Studies, the Latin American Graduate Student Organization and AddVerse Poesia will screen Cancion sin nombre (2019) at 6:00PM in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (Room 125). Pizza will be provided! Synopsis: Based on harrowing true events, Song Without a Name tells the story of Georgina, an indigenous Andean woman whose baby is whisked away moments after its birth in a downtown Lima clinic. Stonewalled by a byzantine and indifferent legal system, Georgina approaches journalist Pedro Campas, who uncovers a web of fake clinics and abductions, suggesting a rotting corruption deep within Peruvian society.
- 7:30 am to 3:00 pm
- William Pitt Union, Pitt-Oakland Campus Model United Nations high school simulation
- 2:00 pm
- Global Hub
Make your own papel picado! Papel picado, loosely translated as “perforated paper,” is a folk art technique practiced in Mexico. Color-ful pieces of cut paper are strung to flutter in the wind during many holiday celebrations, including Día de los Muertos, Christmas, Easter, and personal ceremonies such as weddings and christenings. Specific color schemes are tied to each of these holidays.
- NRIEP & CLAS Staff
- 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- Pitt Global Hub Wesley W. Posvar Hall | 230 S. Bouquet Street | Pittsburgh, PA 15260
During this information session, the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs (NRIEP) and the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) will share details about funding opportunities available to undergraduate and graduate students to study and conduct research in Latin America. Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfK4
- Barbara Weinstein
- (All day)
Barbara Weinstein is the Silver Professor of History at New York University and Past President of the American Historical Association. Her publications include The Amazon Rubber Boom, 1850-1920 (1983), For Social Peace in Brazil: Industrialists and the Remaking of the Working Class in São Paulo (1996), and The Color of Modernity: São Paulo and the Making of Race and Nation in Brazil (2015). Her research has received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
- Barbara Weinstein
- (All day)
Barbara Weinstein is the Silver Professor of History at New York University and Past President of the American Historical Association. Her publications include The Amazon Rubber Boom, 1850-1920 (1983), For Social Peace in Brazil: Industrialists and the Remaking of the Working Class in São Paulo (1996), and The Color of Modernity: São Paulo and the Making of Race and Nation in Brazil (2015). Her research has received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
- 12:00 pm
- 4217 Posvar
The purpose of the Student Club Coalition is to give clubs related to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diasporas, an opportunity to be officially related to and involved with CLAS, providing mutual support for student engagement. The Student Club Coalition is designed to help students develop a voice for what's important to them, to assist them in that endeavor, and to help them acquire funding for those projects and goals. The member clubs work together to support each other and their goals, and to build friendships and community along the way. Lunch provided!
- 6:00 pm
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