CLAS@Pitt Weekly Digest 01/19/2022

CLAS Events and Resources

CLAS/UCIS@Pitt Faculty News:

We are proud to call Dr. Gina García (Associate Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Organizations, and Policy, School of Education) a friend and ally, and proudly celebrate her receiving the 2021 Creating a Just Community award. We, at the Center for Latin American Studies, echo the accolades, and recognize her contributions to the Pitt community, the Greater Pittsburgh region and tireless work to make for a more just and equitable world. You may watch the ceremony, in its entirety by "Clicking HERE".

25th Latin American Social and Public Policy (LASPP) Conference
(HYBRID CONFERENCE)
CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL JANUARY 30, 2022

For more information about LASPP, visit: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/laspp or contact the organizers at laspp@pitt.edu

Papers may be presented in English, Spanish or Portuguese according to the following deadlines:
Abstracts: January 30, 2022.
Full articles: February 20, 2022

To submit an abstract (deadline: January 30, 2022): https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/laspp/call-papers (English, Español/Spanish, Português/Portuguese)

CLAS/UCIS@Pitt Faculty Update:

“El costo político de ser objetivo es muy alto”. Entrevista a
Carmelo Mesa-Lago

Former CLAS Director and Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh

Para leer artículo haga "clic aquí"

Brazil nuts Bate-Papo
January 24 from 5:30pm-6:30pm
Virtual event

Portuguese language practice at all levels. We will be meeting virtually on Mondays in January until January 31st.

To attend event, click "HERE"

A South Asian-American Scholar's Writing on Indian Contributions to Contemporary Globalization, and Anti-Racist Pedagogy
January 25 from 6:00pm-7:00pm

Virtual Event

Speaker: Dr. Priya Sirohi

Dr. Priya Sirohi discusses her career as professor, writer, researcher, and scholar of cultural rhetoric. Her research conducts case studies between the English East India Company and Mughal India, to illuminate the significance of Early Modern economics that continue to define contemporary globalization. She holds a doctorate from Purdue University with secondary concentrations in Public Rhetoric and Cultural Rhetoric.

To register, click "HERE"

New Course Being Offered!

SPECIAL TOPICS IN QUECHUA (QUECH 1909 - 1000 (32057)

Indigenous Language and Culture in the Andes and Beyond: Global Quechua
T/Th 11-12:15

This interdisciplinary sociolinguistic course explores the current context of Quechua language and culture, beginning in the Andes and expanding globally. While Quechua is strongly rooted in local Andean traditions and practices, the language and its speakers live, interact, and engage with the modern world. Therefore, we will learn about Quechua traditions in the Andes as well as how those both impact and are impacted by a broader global community. Students can expect to focus on topics such as language revitalization, Quechua diaspora communities, indigenous health, music fusion, and Quechua in the digital realm.

Email and86@pitt.edu with any questions

Other Community and Universities Events

@ Waynesburg University

Pedagogías Cinematográficas en la Argentina Peronista

January 21 from 3:30pm-5:00pm
Virtual Event

Speaker: Maria Llorens

As a kickoff to the Spring semester the Spanish Department will host a talk by Doctoral Candidate María Llorens, titled PEDAGOGÍAS CINEMATOGRÁFICAS EN LA ARGENTINA PERONISTA (1946-1955).

To attend event, click "HERE"
(Passcode for meeting: 392594)

To learn more and to apply, click "HERE"

"The Essential Activism of Migrant Women Household Workers' Rights Advocates"

Read María Lis Baiocchi's latest publication on the Essential Labor Forum on Exertions, the short-form web publication of the Society for the Anthropology of Work. This article documents migrant women's labor activism during the pandemic in Argentina.

To read article, click "HERE"

Haha click "AQUI" para leer la versión en español

To learn more about María Lis Baiocchi, click "HERE"

Haga una cita AQUÍ

To learn more, click "HERE"

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