CLAS@Pitt Weekly Digest 01/26/2022

CLAS Events and Resources

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)

Racism and Anti-Blackness in U.S. Foreign Policy toward Haiti From 1806 to Now

January 26 from 1:30pm-3:00pm
Virtual Event

Speaker: Dr. Jean Eddy Saint Paul

As part of the Diversity Series Presenting Latinx Scholars in International Affairs, Dr. Jean Eddy Saint Paul will discuss the role racism has played in shaping U.S. Foreign policy toward Haiti, as well as the solidarity expressed by Haiti toward other Latin American countries (the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivar, and Mexico) to achieve their independences.

Jean Eddy Saint Paul, PhD is an internationally noted scholar and author in the interdisciplinary field of Haitian studies, and has greatly contributed to a better understanding of Haitian society through the lens of historical sociology of politics, as well as the U.S. foreign relations towards the Caribbean nation. Professor Saint Paul was the founding director of the City University of New York's Haitian Studies Institute (CUNY-HSI) at Brooklyn College, which was created in 2016.

To register, click "HERE"
For any questions or concerns, email DRC51@pitt.edu

Spanish Club Study Abroad Night
January 26 from 7:00pm-8:00pm

Virtual event

Spanish Club will be putting on a virtual study abroad night including presentations by the Global Experiences Office and alumni of Spanish-language programs.

To attend event, click

"HERE"

Join Panoramas for their first roundtable of the semester! As a culmination of his Sustainability Series, Panoramas intern Luke Morales will discuss plastic waste and waste management in Latin America. This event is open to all and we hope to see you there. OCC credit will be offered!

To read Luke’s sustainability series, click "HERE"

To register for event, click "HERE"

CLAS Alumni News:

"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"

Univ. of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Community Events/Resources

Join the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures (HLL) for the first talk in the Hispanic Languages & Literatures graduate student-organized Speaker Series: "Poiesis and Thinking from the Spanish and Portuguese Speaking Global South."The speaker will be Ignacio López-Calvo, Presidential Chair in the Humanities, Director of the Center for the Humanities, and Professor of Literature at the University of California, Merced. López-Calvo's research focuses on cultural production by and about Latin American authors of Asian descent, as well as literary and cultural representations of the relationship between human rights, racialization, gender, migration, and authoritarianism.

To register for event, click "HERE"

To learn more about the fellowship and to apply, click "HERE"

Pediatric Grand Rounds
Salud Para Niños: Celebrating Twenty years making a difference in the community

February 3 from 8:00am-9:00am
Virtual Event

Speaker: Diego Chaves-Gnecco MD, MPH, FAAP

This first event of Salud Para Niños will include a presentation by Diego Chaves- Gnecco at the UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pediatric Grand Rounds.In the summer of 2002, the first pediatric bilingual clinic in southwestern Pennsylvania was created at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Since its creation, this clinic has expanded to become the program, SALUD PARA NIÑOS (Health for the Children). At SALUD PARA NIÑOS, culturally and linguistically competent primary care for children and families is complemented with activities oriented toward prevention and towards empowering the community about its own health. SALUD PARA NIÑOS is dedicated to reduce health disparities by addressing barriers to health care access, combating social isolation and partnering with community agencies.

To attend event, click "HERE"
Passcode: 936579