CLAS@Pitt Weekly Digest 12/07/2021

CLAS Events and Resources

The 25th Latin American Social
and Public Policy (LASPP) Conference

University of Pittsburgh

CALL FOR PAPERS

April 7-9, 2022

The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), University Center for International Studies (UCIS) at the University of Pittsburgh welcomes students and faculty to the 25th Latin American Public and Social Policy Conference (LASPP), April 7, 8 and 9, 2022. The Carmelo Mesa-Lago Distinguished Keynote Speaker for the 25th conference will be Dr. Nisia Trindade Lima, the first woman to chair one of the world’s most important public health research institutions, FIOCRUZ (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), in its 116-year history.

The year 2020 left many questions and few answers about the priorities, challenges, and opportunities that Latin America and the Caribbean face beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. This year we aim to emphasize public and social policies crucial to move towards the 2030 Agenda, considering setbacks and the deepening of poverty, gender equality, employment, climate crises, and environmental change, amplified by the pandemic and related historical issues. Pittsburgh will be the setting for the LASPP community of scholars to discuss ways to contribute to a sustainable and more inclusive future.

The Conference’s 25th edition will include the Dean of the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Maureen Lichtveld, and special events involving former University fellows and keynote speakers. CLAS will present its new Amazon Studies Program, an initiative created to promote research and expertise on Amazonia, serving as a hemispheric resource to pursue in-depth studies and understanding on relevant topics.

Through this conference, participants will have access to a vast professional network, as well as the opportunity to present their papers to a diverse audience committed to working in the region.
Papers may be presented in English, Spanish or Portuguese according to the following deadlines:

Abstracts: January 16, 2022

Full articles: February 13, 2022

To submit an abstract (deadline: January 16, 2022): English
Para enviar un resumen (fecha límite: 16 de enero de 2022): Español
Para submeter seu trabalho (prazo: 16 de janeiro de 2022):Português

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

Event Opportunity for Students:

A Special Student Meeting of the Emerging Latinx Communities Group

Friday, December 10 at 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Public Health, 1154

130 Desoto Street, Pittsburgh, 15261

The Center for Health Equity invites all students who are Latino/a/e/x and those who are interested in working with Latinx to the December 10 meeting. We will dedicate this meeting to you, our students, with the following objectives:

1. To connect with each other and foster community.

2. To talk about your aspirations and dreams.

3. To plan a visit to Latino organizations in early 2022.

With the support of Pitt's Center for Latin American Studies, this group explores:

1. the problems Latinos in small yet rapidly growing populations face

2. how to solve those problems

We are always looking for new writing and research collaborators and are open to all interested students, faculty, staff, and practitioners from Pitt and beyond.

For more information, click "HERE".