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It is hard to believe that the midpoint in the semester is nearly upon us already. Though the academic calendar started with great expectations and hopes for what was to come, uncertainty was the underlying tone. Meanwhile, Pitt has achieved aggregate COVID vaccination rates above 90% throughout its campuses across Pennsylvania. A sense of productive routine and predictability seems to reverberate, including the enthusiasm of students, faculty, and staff coming together for in-person classes, activities, and events.
While we are privileged and recognize and appreciate this, we must not let our guard down - this pandemic has resulted in losses and tragedy elsewhere in the U.S., the hemisphere, and the world touching most of us one way or another.
On the other hand, we are hopeful of what is ahead and aim to keep you interested and involved in our work and the opportunities we might facilitate for you. All our events are still available virtually, but this October highlights include the return of some significant in-person activities, including the Panoramas Roundtables (Friday, Oct 1 at 3:15) and a limited Latin American and Caribbean Festival celebration for our students, faculty, and staff on Saturday, October 2, 7-10 PM at the William Pitt Union.
Next week we also celebrate International Week and will host Rosalynne Montoya as part of our “What’s in a Name?” series (What’s in a Name?: Legal Names and the LGBTQIA+ Experience with Rosalynne Montoya), and we will have Prof. Jerome Branche as a discussant for the first film our CLAS Cinema series, Stateless, on October 7 (6:00 pm). We have also supported and organized events for this year’s Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month celebration and Latinx Connect Conference, including (Policy & Advocacy Panel: Current LatinX Affairs in Pennsylvania as well as the Performing Afrolatinidad: The Arts, Identity, and Social Justice and Latinx panel). Both are especially timely in light of preliminary census results showing important demographic changes in the region.
All told, this highlights the importance of the community work we have engaged in for decades, cementing the Center’s relevance and collaboration with multiple Community-Based Organizations, municipal governments, and institutions. As always, let us know about your ideas and suggestions, especially as we try out small but important changes in how we run events and the way our CLAS and our Panoramas Web pages look and function.
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Friday, October 1 at 3:15pm
Online Roundtable
Join the Panoramas team for their first roundtable of the semester. At this roundtable, Panoramas intern Luke Morales will discuss his article about how the absence of gender awareness in Latin America has exacerbated the sex trade and other forms of human trafficking. To read his article and learn more, visit Panoramas.pitt.edu.
To register, click "HERE"
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Latin American Film for the Month of October:
Stateless
Screening on October 7th,2021 at 6pm
 Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary Stateless traces the complex tributaries of history and present-day politics, as state-sanctioned racism seeps into mundane offices, living room meetings, and street protests. At a time when extremist ideologies are gaining momentum in the U.S. and around the world, STATELESS is a warning of what can happen in a society when racism runs rampant in the government.
To register for the screening, click "HERE"
For more information about upcoming films, click "HERE"
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Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month Events for this upcoming week For other events coming up, click "HERE"
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This panel brings together people that work directly with the community and healthcare workers, whether from academia, as community or political leaders to reflect on the diversity of our communities, aiming to spark further reflection on our future in the Commonwealth.
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Student Club Activity: Mesas de Conversación
October 6th, 2021 from
7:00-8:30 pm
Global Hub- 1st Floor Posvar
Please join the Spanish Club for a Spanish conversation hour. All levels are welcome!
For more information, email boh21@pitt.edu
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Panelists:
Stefan Dann, Counsel at McGuireWoods LLP
Drew Medvid, Regional Organizing Lead at Human Rights Campaign
Facilitator:
anupama jain, Founder and Principal Consultant at Inclusant
This event is sponsored by the Global Hub, the Center for Latin American Studies, the Global Studies Center, Division of Student Affairs, Office of Residence Life, Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month, Rainbow Alliance, AQUARIUS, and the Latinx Student Association.
For more information, click "HERE"
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To create a space for political scientists and other academics to discuss the critical social and political challenges facing Latin America today--including democratic backsliding, economic inequality, racial injustice, gender inequities, and a host of other issues. In our gatherings we will invite authors of recent books and papers to outline their arguments and the hosts will encourage a discussion of the back-story to the research. The publications to be discussed will be shared beforehand to make for a more engaging question and answer period. For upcoming events, click "HERE".
Hosted by the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Pittsburgh and the Political Institutions and Processes Section (LAPIS) of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA).
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Cultura Negra no Atlantico (CULTNA) is an initiative that brings together the Laboratório de História Oral e Imagem (LABHOI), at Universidade Federal Fluminense and Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Once a month we will discuss recent work with scholars and students interested in the topic. Discussions will be held in Portuguese.
Cultura Negra no Atlantico (CULTNA) é uma iniciativa que congrega o Laboratório de História Oral e Imagem (LABHOI) da Universidade Federal Fluminense e da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, e o Center for Latin American Studies da University of Pittsburgh. Uma vez por mês, trabalhos recentes serão debatidos com especialistas e estudantes interessados no tema. As discussões serão realizadas em português. For more information, click "HERE".
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Undergraduate Internship Opportunities
Please note: The deadline for submission of all application materials for the FALL 2021 Semester is Monday, June 14, 2021. The deadline for submission of all application materials for the SPRING 2022 Semester is Friday, October 15, 2021. To apply to any of these internships, please see below. If you have any questions, please email Luz Amanda Hank, Assistant Director for Partnerships and Programming.
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Opportunity for Pitt students, faculty, and staff:
Papel Picado Workshop
10/15/2021
To register, click on the image
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Opportunity for Undergraduate Students:
October 12 | 6 - 7 p.m.
Research and International Reconstruct ion in Afghanistan
October 20 | 6 - 7 p.m.
International Development Work in Various Communities
November 2 | 6 - 7pm
Peace Corps Alumni Panel
November 9 | 6 - 7 p.m.
Street Medicine and Health Organization
For more information, click "HERE"
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