Tulane University
- A.b. Freedman School Of Business
- Administrator
- Affiliated Faculty
- Africa
- African Diaspora
- Africana Studies
- Afro Latinos
- Afro-caribbean Religion
- Afro-cuban
- Altman Program In International Studies & Business
- Amazon
- Ambassador Visit
- Center For Conflict And Cohesion Studies
- Center For Global Development
- Center For Global Education
- Center For Inter-american Policy And Research
- Central America
- Central American Policy
- Centro De Investigación Y Adiestramiento Político Administrativo
- Cepal
- Ceq
- Ceq Working Paper Series
- Chair In Economics
- Chavez
- Cipr
- Cipr And Iad Joint Seminar Series
- Cipr Post-doctoral Fellowship
- Ciprstaff
- Citizen Security
- City
- Colonialism
- Commitment To Equity
- Committee On World Food Security
- Communication
- Communications
- Community
- Cuban & Caribbean Studies
- Cuban-american Relations
- Cultural Rights
- Culture
- Culture And Community
- David Smilde
- Debt Crisis
- Declining Inequality
- Declining Inequality In Latin America
- Decompression
- Democrac
- Democracy
- Diplomat
- Disaster Relief
- Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
- Discrimination
- Disposable Income
- Diversity
- Indigenous Latin American Languages
- Indigenous Rights
- Indirect Taxes
- Inequality
- Inflation
- Informal Urban Land Development
- Informal Urban Settlement
- Institutions
- Inter-american Court
- Inter-american Dialogue
- Inter-american Relations
- International Programs
- International Relations
- International Studies
- Intra-regional Trade
- Job Annoucement
- Job Announcement
- Job Opening
- Job Opportunity
- Journalism
- Judiciary
- K-12 Cuba Teacher Institute
- K-12 Teacher Workshop
- Kellogg Institute
- Music
- Natural Resources
- Neoliberal Policies
- Neoliberalism
- New Orleans
- New Orleans Center For The Gulf South
- Police Violence
- Policy
- Political Competition
- Political Economy
- Political Institutions
- Political Science
- Political Sociology
- Politicians
- Politics
- Politics Of Migration
- Popular Sector Incorporation
- Populism
- School Of Liberal Arts
- School Of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
- School Of Public Health And Tropical Medicine
- School Of Social Work
- Semester Abroad
- Sergio Bejar
- Speakers
- Staff
- State-society Relations
- Stone Center For Latin American Studies
- Student Funding
- Study Abroad
- (83) Politics
- (59) General Latin America
- (58) Venezuela
- (49) Political Science
- (47) Human Development
- (45) Commitment To Equity
- (31) Democracy
- (30) South America
- (30) Cuba
- (29) Argentina
- (27) Poverty
- (24) Ceq Working Paper Series
- (24) Latin America
- (21) Social Policy
- (21) Central America
- (19) Elections
- (17) Costa Rica
- (17) Sociology
- (17) Chile
- (16) Fiscal Policy
- (16) Political Economy
- (14) Latin American Legislative
- (14) Center For Inter-american Policy And Research
- (13) Future Of Cuba
- (9) Social Spending
- (9) Ceq
- (9) Stone Center For Latin American Studies
- (8) Honduras
- (8) Income Inequality
- (8) Ecuador
- (8) Cipr And Iad Joint Seminar Series
- (8) Anthropology
- (8) Socialism
- (7) Income Redistribution
- (7) International Relations
- (7) Environment
- (6) Uruguay
- (6) Study Abroad
- (6) Cuban & Caribbean Studies
- (6) Spanish & Portuguese
- (6) New Wave
- (6) Puerto Rico
- (6) School Of Liberal Arts
- (5) Social Justice
- (5) Ciapa
- (5) Cipr Post-doctoral Fellowship
- (5) History
- (5) Global Development
- (5) Southern Cone
- (5) Taxes
- (5) Declining Inequality
- (5) Policy
- (4) Social Inclusion
- (4) Redistribution
- (4) Center For Global Development
- (4) Undergraduate Students
- (4) Populism
- (4) Econoimcs
- (4) Politics Of Migration
- (4) Latin American Library
- (4) Imf
- (3) Declining Inequality In Latin America
- (3) Coronavirus
- (3) Violence
- (3) Graduate Conference
- (3) Globalization
- (3) Pebbles Center
- (3) Neoliberalism
- (3) Developing Democracies
- (3) Payson Center
- (3) Protest
- (3) Cooperative
- (3) Voter Behavior
- (3) Inter-american Court
- (3) Tulane
- (3) Cash Transfers
- (3) Us-mexico Border
- (3) Wacno
- (3) A.b. Freedman School Of Business
- (3) Environmental Studies
- (3) Tulane University
- (2) Undergraduate Conference
- (2) Migration
- (2) Tuscla
- (2) Social Equity
- (2) School Of Social Work
- (2) Afro-caribbean Religion
- (2) Race
- (2) Social Work
- (2) Public Policy
- (2) Oecd
- (2) Cuban-american Relations
- (2) Honors & Awards
- (2) Natural Resources
- (2) Language
- (2) Comparative Politics
- (2) El Salvador
- (2) World Bank
- (2) Language And Culture
- (2) Ethno-racial Divide
- (2) Reading Project
- (2) Award
- (2) Doctoral Program
- (2) Social Inequalities
- (2) Administrator
- (2) Development
- (2) Global Finance
- (2) Graduate Research
- (2) Student Funding
- (2) Chavismo
- (2) Hurricane
- (2) Greenleaf
- (2) Latin American Studies
- (2) Job Announcement
- (1) Peace
- (1) G20 Committee
- (1) Educationvisiting
- (1) Grant
- (1) Central American Policy
- (1) Graduate Students
- (1) Protests
- (1) K-12 Teacher Workshop
- (1) K-12 Cuba Teacher Institute
- (1) Hurricane Katrina
- (1) Prison
- (1) Study In Latin America
- (1) Fundraising
- (1) International Programs
- (1) Urban Ethnography
- (1) Water Management
- (1) Social Mobilization
- (1) Political Sociology
- (1) Sustainability
- (1) African Diaspora
- (1) Tulaso
- (1) Public Health
- (1) School Of Public Health And Tropical Medicine
- (1) Undergraduate
- (1) Diversity
- (1) Revolution
- (1) Lgbt
- (1) New Orleans Center For The Gulf South
- (1) International Studies
- (1) Latin Americanist Graduate Association
- (1) Lago
- (1) Lago Conference
- (1) Urbanism
- (1) Greenleaf Fellows
- (1) Slavery
- (1) Postcolonial Studies
- (1) Kellogg Institute
- (1) Greenleaf Fellow
- (1) Art History
- (1) Finance
- (1) Catholic Church
- (1) Trade War
- (1) Sanctions
- (1) Markets
- (1) Film Studies
- (1) Economist
- (1) Sustainable Development Goals
- (1) French
- (1) Outreach
- (1) Architecture
- (1) Indigenous Latin American Languages
- (1) Non-profit
- (1) Outrearch
- (1) Social Conflict
- (1) Audubon Zoo
- (1) Teacher Workshop; Outreach
- (1) Ethnography
- (1) Photography
- (1) Maduro
- (1) Cuban & Caribbean S
- (1) Elites
- (1) Job Opening
- (1) Center For Global Education
- (1) Relief
- (1) Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
- (1) Trauma Institute
- (1) Middle American Research Institute
- (1) Africana Studies
- (1) Mari
- (1) Gran Fiesta
- (1) Portuguese
- (1) Altman Program In International Studies & Business
- (1) Flas
- (1) New Orleans Film Festival
- (1) Democrac
- (1) Authoritarianism
- (1) Afro Latinos
- (1) Amazon
- (1) Visiting Researcher
- (1) Government Action
- (1) Mobilization
- (1) Identity
- (1) Graduate Student Conference
- (1) Community
- (1) Migrant Workers
- (1) Immigrant
- (1) Diaspora
- (1) Urban Planning
- (1) Urban History
- (1) Visitor Speaker
- (1) Peacekeeping
- (1) Paris
- (1) Hlpe Report
- (1) Venezuel
- (1) School Of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
- (1) Institutions
- (1) Rule Of Law
- (1) Benefit Incidence
- (1) Income
- (1) Hlpe
- (1) Urban Land Development
- (1) High Level Panel Of Experts
- (1) Nutrition
- (1) Committee On World Food Security
- (1) Food Security
- (1) Regional Agreements
- (1) Intra-regional Trade
- (1) Regionalism
- (1) Environmental Governance
- (1) Governance
- (1) Same Sex Marriage
- (1) Civil Society
- (1) Legislature
- (1) Transnational Activism
- (1) Effectiveness
- (1) Representation
- (1) State-society Relations
- (1) Informal Urban Land Development
- (1) Pension Reform
- (1) Forestry
- (1) Informal Urban Settlement
- (1) Legislatures
- (1) Transnational Law
- (1) Assembly Movements
- (1) Lasa 2010
- (1) Christian Science Monitor
- (1) Model Oas
- (1) Global Poverty
- (1) Global Economics
- (1) Roundtable
- (1) Meeting
- (1) Centro De Investigación Y Adiestramiento Político Administrativo
- (1) Political Competition
- (1) Celebracion Latina
- (1) Payson
- (1) Latino
- (1) Happiness
- (1) Debt Crisis
- (1) Film Series
- (1) Indigenous Rights
- (1) Ludovico Feoli
- (1) Fundación Vidanta
- (1) Buenos Aires
- (1) Teaching
- (1) Samuel P Huntington
- (1) Citizen Security
- (1) Prisons
- (1) Drug Trafficking
- (1) Anthony Pereira
- (1) Decompression
- (1) Inclusive Growth
- (1) Economic Forum
- (1) Fundación Rap
- (1) Transfers
- (1) Bolsa Familia
- (1) Mesoamerican
- (1) Poverty Reduction
- (1) Popular Sector Incorporation
- (1) Indirect Taxes
- (1) Semester Abroad
- (1) Fall
- (1) Music
- (1) Working Papers
- (1) Incidence Analysis
- (1) Repal
- (1) Public Sector
- (1) Inter-american Dialogue
- (1) Center For Conflict And Cohesion Studies
- (1) Social Dialogue
- (1) United Nations
- (1) Social Safeguards
- (1) Environmental Safguards
- (1) Private Sector
- (1) Spain
ALL TAGGED: "ART"
Adrian Anagnost
Assistant Professor - Art History
Stone Center alum Denise Frazier featured in Vanity Fair as slave rebellion reenactor
On November 8th and 9th of this year, artist Dread Scott will stage his Slave Rebellion Reenactment, a re-creation of…Tulane historian Kris Lane presented at Festival de Arte sur Andino Arica Barroca in Arica, Chile
Un centenar de personas asistieron al lanzamiento de la VI versión del Festival de Arte Sur Andino Arica Barroca que…Dr. Elizabeth Boone named Distinguished Scholar for the 107th College Art Association's Annual Conference
Dr. Elizabeth Boone, the Martha and Donald Robertson Chair in Latin American Studies at Tulane University, has been named the…Mexican Cultural Institute opens new exhibition celebrating New Orleans visual culture
The Mexican Cultural Institute in New Orleans is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition New Orleans 300 Years…From Tulane New Wave: Newcomb Art Museum exhibit EMPIRE examines Caribbean and Latin American influences on New Orleans
This story originally appeared on the Tulane New Wave News entitled, New Orleans Tricentennial exhibit set to open at Newcomb…Christopher Dunn Wins Roberto Reis Best Book Award
Professor Christopher Dunn is co-winner of the Roberto Reis Best Book Award for his publication: Contracultura: Alternative Arts and Social…Grand Opening of the New Orleans Mexican Culture Institute
The Foreign Ministry in Mexico recently appointed New Orleans with the fifth Cultural Institute in the United States. The Consulate…From Tulane's New Wave: Art of Jacob Lawrence revisits Haitian revolution
From Tulane’s New Wave, this story originally appeared on the Tulane News website here Art of Jacob Lawrence revisits Haitian…Exhibit designed by LAS students featured in the Times-Picayune
On May 4th, The Times Picayune featured a story about the exhibit designed by Tulane students in Edie Wolf’s course.…From the Tulane News: Art from Puerto Rico goes beyond the canvas
By Teresa Parker Farris Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the granting of U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans and and…
Achieving Dreams Fashion Show
The Achieving Dreams Fashion Show aims to present and share the clothing lines of New Orleans-based Garifuna Zechor Fashion with…Latin American Writers Series: Power Paola
Ecuadorian author and Tulane Visiting scholar Gabriela Alemán interviews Colombian writer and visual artist Power Paola about her life, interests,…Latin American Library Greenleaf Fellow Juan Camilo Rojas to present research on the rhetoric and imagery of Fray Martín de Velasco
Please join the Latin American Library in welcoming Juan Camilo Rojas. a 2018-2019 LAL Richard E. Greenleaf scholar, who will…Mexican Cultural Institute's showcasing new exhibition by artist Carmen Mariscal
The Mexican Cultural Institute in conjunction with the New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation will be showcasing a exhibition titled Calladita…Prytania Theatre to premiere documentary Out of Chaos: An Artist's Journey in Haiti
The New Orleans Film Society, in collaboration with the Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute and Stone Center for Latin American…Art History Graduate Association to host Aaron M. Hyman for talk on Colonial Cuzco's Aesthetic of Sameness
Join the Art History Graduate Association at Tulane University in welcoming Aaron M. Hyman who will present his research in…Amazônia Ocupada exhibit and symposium to feature Amazonian scholars and Brazilian photographer João Farkas
The Latin American Library in collaboration with the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, and the Departments of History and…Newcomb Art Museum to host Archivist Panel for installation EMPIRE
On Wednesday, April 25, join the Newcomb Art Museum for an incredible panel, moderated by Rebecca Snedeker, with the archivists…Decoding the Purity of an Icon
Join us for paintings and installations by Mexican artist Belinda Flores-Shinshillas in collaboration with the New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation…LUNA Fête Artists Discuss How Project "Viva New Orleans" Explores New Orleans and Mexican Cultures
The Newcomb Art Museum, in collaboration with the Consulate of Mexico, will be hosting LUNA Fête artists Emma Lopez and…The Evolution of African Visuality in Cuban Art: A talk by Raul Ruiz Miyares
Join Raul Ruiz Miyares for a talk on the African presence in Cuba and its’ influence in regard to its…Tulane to host Brazil-based graffiti artist collective Grupo Opni
This fall, Tulane University will host the Brazil-based graffiti artist collective Grupo Opni. Grupo Opni is graffiti artist collective from…Exhibition Opening- Beyond the Canvas: Contemporary Art from Puerto Rico
Join us on the evening of April 26 to celebrate the opening of Beyond the Canvas: Contemporary Art from Puerto…Poverty, Political Theater, and Emancipatory Education in the Caribbean
Caribbean artist and community organizer Michell Nonó will discuss the role of social practice art in struggles for equality, visibility,…Artist Talk: Tania Bruguera
Pelican Bomb, in partnership with the Newcomb Art Museum and the Cuban & Caribbean Studies Institute at Tulane University, hosts…Contending for the New: Brazil and Argentina at the Walker Art Center in the Sixties
Delia Solomons, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Newcomb Art Department, will present a lecture entitled “Contending for the New: Brazil…An Inter-American Standoff: Marisol, MoMA, and the Cold War
Delia Solomons, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Art History Department, presents a works in progress talk entitled “An Inter-American Standoff:…Photographic Exhibit "Culto a la Muerte"
The Consulate of Mexico in New Orleans is pleased to present the photographic exhibition “Culto a la Muerte” by by…Call for Papers: Tropical Exposures Conference
Tropical Exposures: Photography, Film, and Visual Culture in a Caribbean Frame March 10-12, 2016 Tulane University New Orleans, LA The…Tropical Exposures: Photography, Film, and Visual Culture in a Caribbean Frame
Tropical Exposures: Photography, Film, and Visual Culture in a Caribbean Frame March 10-12, 2016 Tulane University New Orleans, LA PLEASE…Mexico in New Orleans: A Tale of Two Americas Exhibit
MEXICO IN NEW ORLEANS: A Tale of Two Americas May 5 through August 30, 2015 Opening reception on Cinco de…34K FT: Photographs from 34,000 feet
The Consulate of Mexico in New Orleans is pleased to present the photographic exhibition ‘34K FT:Photographs from 34,000 feet‘ by…Friday Nights at NOMA: Edith Wolfe on Tarsila do Amaral
Prospect.3 and the New Orleans Museum of Art invite you to a lecture with Edith Wolfe, “Tarsila do Amaral, Brazilian…Angola and Guantánamo: Art and Incarceration
Angola and Guantánamo: Art and Incarceration Guest speakers: Katrina Andry, printmaker Edmund Clark, photographer Deborah Luster, photographer Esther Whitfield, Brown…My Conversations with Nature
The Consulate of Mexico in New Orleans and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies present an art exhibition of…MARI Inaugural Gallery Exhibit
The Middle America Research Institute would like to invite faculty and graduating students (along with their friends and families, of…Sacred Assets and the Economy of Miraculous Imagery in Late-Colonial Mexico
As part of the Seminar on Historical Change and Social Theory, Derek Burdette of the Art History Department will give…Faces of the Maya: Profiles in Continuity and Resilience Exhibit Opening
The Middle American Research Institute and the School of Liberal Arts invite you to the opening of the exhibit, “Faces…Film Screening: Unfinished Spaces
The New Orleans Film Society will present a special screening of the film Unfinished Spaces on Wednesday, April 25, at…Nortec Collective-Tijuana Sound Machine
Join the Stone Center as it welcomes Nortec Collective – Tijuana Sound Machine for two days of conversation and music.…African presence in Cuban visual arts
NOTE: Talk presented in Spanish The influence of African culture on Cuban painters from the 19th century to the present…Teacher Workshop - Internationalizing the Curriculum through Performance
LARC presents this invigorating workshop for middle and high school teachers to learn to incorporate movement and the arts across…Alejandro Anreus Lecture: 'Social Expressionism: The Art of Luis Cruz Azaceta"
This Wednesday at 6 pm, please join the Newcomb Art Gallery for Social Expressionism: The Art of Luis Cruz Azaceta,…¡Sí Cuba!: A Citywide Celebration of Cuban Art and Culture
See ¡Sí Cuba! Online for full information and schedules of events. ‘¡Sí Cuba!,‘ a major citywide presentation of arts, music,…
LATEST SITE UPDATES
EVENTS
- Imaginaçoes de Carnaval
- Bobby Yan Lectureship in Media and Social Change Featuring Cecilia Aldarondo
- Zale-Kimmerling Writer in Residence Valeria Luiselli
- Brazilian Themed House Float Decoration
- "Who Will Control Cuba's Digital Revolution?" with Dr. Ted A. Henken
PEOPLE
- Isabel Owen
- Allison Scribe
- Geovane Santos
- Darianna Videaux-Capitel
- Liat Perlin
- Kaillee Coleman
- Gabi Hutchison
- Elena Vanasse-Torres
- Jamie Sauerbier
- Kyle B. Young
- Javier Lopez
- Frida Melgar
- Rosie Click
- Marina Hernandez
- Alejandra Castillo
NEWS
- Anthropology Graduate Student Receives National Science Foundation Award
- Anjana Turner - School of Liberal Arts Alumni Spotlight
- PORTTulane and BRASA Decorate Brazil-themed House-Float for Mardi Gras 2021
- PORTraits: Hannah Palmer (Portuguese at Tulane Video Series)
- Ph.D. Alum Shearon Roberts selected as fellow with Center for Public Diplomacy
Upcoming Events
Zale-Kimmerling Writer in Residence Valeria Luiselli
via Newcomb Institute
Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City and grew up in South Korea, South Africa and India. An acclaimed writer of both fiction and nonfiction, she is the author of the essay collection Sidewalks; the novels Faces in the Crowd and The Story of My Teeth; Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions and Lost Children Archive. She is the recipient of a 2019 MacArthur Fellowship and the winner of two Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, The Carnegie Medal, an American Book Award, and has been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Kirkus Prize, and the Booker Prize. She has been a National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” honoree and the recipient of a Bearing Witness Fellowship from the Art for Justice Fund. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Granta, and McSweeney’s, among other publications, and has been translated into more than twenty languages. She is a Writer in Residence at Bard College and lives in New York City.
The Zale-Kimmerling Writer-in-Residence Program brings renowned woman writers to the Tulane campus. Coordinated through the Newcomb Institute, the Zale-Kimmerling Writer-in-Residence program was established by Dana Zale Gerard, NC ‘85, and made possible by an annual gift from the M.B. and Edna Zale Foundation of Dallas, Texas. Since 2006, the program has been generously supported by Barnes & Noble College Booksellers. In 2010, the program became fully endowed through a gift from Martha McCarty Kimmerling, NC‘63, and known as the Zale-Kimmerling Writer-in-Residence program.
Laura Anderson Barbata: Transcommunality Exhibit K-12 Educator Orientation
Join us for an evening with Tom Friel, Coordinator for Interpretation and Public Engagement as he walks through an innovative tool developed to share the Newcomb Art Museum’s latest exhibit, Laura Anderson Barbata: Transcommunality. The program is designed to introduce K-12 educators to Laura Anderson Barbata’s work and focus on specific elements of the exhibit that connect deeply to the K-12 classroom. While the exhibit is open to limited public access, it plans to open to the public and school visits by Fall 2021. Educators from across the country will find this online introduction to Barbata’s work a valuable resource as the virtual exhibit serves as a unique tool for online learning.
Read more about this exhibit from the Newcomb Gallery of Art About the Exhibit page below:
“The process-driven conceptual practices of artist Laura Anderson Barbata (b. 1958, Mexico City, Mexico) engage a wide variety of platforms and geographies. Centered on issues of cultural diversity, ethnography, and sustainability, her work blends political activism, street theater, traditional techniques, and arts education. Since the early 1990s, she has initiated projects with people living in the Amazon of Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Norway, and New York. The results from these collaborations range from public processional performances, artist books and handmade paper, textiles, countless garments, and the repatriation of an exploited 19thcentury Mexican woman ‘” each designed to bring public attention to issues of civil, indigenous, and environmental rights.
In Transcommunality, work from five of Barbata‘s previous collaborations across the Americas are presented together for the first time. Though varying in process, tradition, and message, each of these projects emphasize Barbata‘s understanding of art as a system of shared practical actions that has the capacity to increase connection. The majority of the works presented are costumed sculptures typically worn by stilt-dancing communities. Through the design and presentation of these sculptures, Barbata fosters a social exchange that activates stilt-dancing‘s improvisational magic and world history. At the core of this creative practice is the concept of reciprocity: the balanced exchange of ideas and knowledge.
The events of this past year ‘” from the uprisings across the country in response to fatal police shootings to the disproportionate impacts of Covid-19 among Black and brown communities to the bitter divisiveness of the 2020 presidential election ‘” have renewed the urgency for Barbata‘s multifaceted practice. In featured projects such as Intervention: Indigo, participants from various backgrounds reckon with the past to address systemic violence and human rights abuses, calling attention to specific instances of social justice. In The Repatriation of Julia Pastrana, Barbata‘s efforts critically shift the narratives of human worth and cultural memory. The paper and mask works presented in the show demonstrate the impact of individual and community reciprocity, both intentional and organic. Through her performance partnerships in Trinidad and Tobago, New York, and Oaxaca, represented throughout the museum, onlookers are invited to connect to the traditions of West Africa, the Amazon, Mexico, and the Caribbean and the narratives these costume sculptures reflect on the environment, indigenous cultures, folklore, and religious cosmologies.
By encouraging diverse collaborators to resist homogenization and deploy the creative skills inherent to authentic local expressions and their survival, Barbata promotes the revival of intangible cultural heritage. Transcommunality horizontally values the systems of oral history and folklore, spirituality, and interdisciplinary academic thought that shape Barbata‘s engaging creations, celebrating the dignity, creativity, and vibrancy of the human spirit.”
An Evening with Multi-Award Winning Author Elizabeth Acevedo
REGISTER FOR THE ZOOM WEBINAR HERE.
Join us for an evening with Elizabeth Acevedo. Acevedo presents her third book, Clap When You Land, and discusses her writing process and performance background. The discussion will be followed by a reading.
Poet, novelist, and National Poetry Slam Champion, Elizabeth Acevedo was born and raised in New York City, the only daughter of Dominican immigrants. She is the author of Clap When You Land, (Quill Tree Books, 2020); With the Fire On High, (Harper, 2019); the New York Times best-selling and award-winning novel, The Poet X. (HarperCollins, 2018), winner of the 2018 National Book Award for Young Adult Fiction, the 2019 Michael L. Printz Award, and the Carnegie Medal; and the poetry chapbook Beastgirl & Other Origin Myths. (YesYes Books, 2016), a collection of folkloric poems centered on the historical, mythological, gendered and geographic experiences of a first-generation American woman. From the border in the Dominican Republic, to the bustling streets of New York City, Acevedo’s writing celebrates a rich cultural heritage from the island, inherited and adapted by its diaspora, while at the same time rages against its colonial legacies of oppression and exploitation. The beauty and power of much of her work lies at the tensioned crossroads of these competing, yet complementary, desires.
This online program is free and open to the public. It is part of our ongoing series of public engagement programs with Latinx writers that explore Latin America, race, and identity. Read more about Acevedo’s work in this recent article from The Atlantic.
Sponsored by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the Newcomb Institute.
REGISTER FOR THE ZOOM WEBINAR HERE.
Other Supported Events
- March 16, 2021 – An Evening with Dominican Musician and Poet, Fermín Ceballos. Sponsored by the Center for the Gulf South
- March 25, 2021 – Open Mic Night In Celebration of Elizabeth Acevedo. Sponsored by the Tulane Black Student Union (tBSU) and the Office of Multicultural Affairs
Please help us to support local bookstores by purchasing any copies of Acevedo’s books at Tubby & Coo’s.
For more information, please email crcrts@tulane.edu or call 504.865.5164.
Kaqchikel/K'iche' Language Table: Sociolinguistic Language Variation
Join fellow students, teachers, and native speakers to practice your Kaqchikel language skills and deepen your understanding of Kaqchikel culture. This event is held on the last Thursday of each month for the duration of the Spring 2021 semester.
The March 25th session will focus on sociolinguistic variations within the Kaqchikel language. It will be facilitated by Rebecca Moore.
Kaqchikel/K'iche' Language Table: K'iche' Language Learning
Join fellow students, teachers, and native speakers to practice your Kaqchikel language skills and deepen your understanding of Kaqchikel culture. This event is held on the last Thursday of each month for the duration of the Spring 2021 semester.
The April 29th session will focus on K’iche’ language learning with guest speaker Nela Petronila Tahay Tzay. It will be facilitated by Ignacio Carvajal.
Global Read Webinar Series Spring 2021
The Stone Center for Latin American Studies coordinates the annual CLASP Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature and is excited to collaborate with other world area book awards on this exciting online program. Join us this spring 2021 as we invite award winning authors to join us in an online conversation about social justice, the writing process and an exploration of culture and identity across world regions. This annual Global Read Webinar series invites readers of all ages to join us as we explore books for the K-12 classroom recognized by world area book awards such as the Africana Book Award, the Américas Award, the Freeman Book Award, the Middle East Outreach Council Book Award, and the South Asia Book Award.
Each webinar features a presentation by an award-winning author with discussion on how to incorporate multicultural literature into the classroom. Be sure to join the conversation with our webinar hashtag #2021ReadingAcrossCultures.
SPRING 2021 SCHEDULE – Read more about the program here.
All webinars are at 7:00 PM EST.
- January 12 – The Américas Award highlights the 2020 Honor Book, The Moon Within by Aida Salazar
- February 3 – The Children’s Africana Book Award highlights the 2020 book award winning, Hector by Adrienne Wright
- March 11 – The Middle East Outreach Award presents 2020 Picture Book award winner, Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan, illustrated by Anna Bron
- April – Freeman Book Award, a project of the National Consortium for Teaching Asia will present a book TBD.
- May 13 – South Asia Book Award presents The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
All sessions are free and open to the public. All times listed refer to Eastern Standard Time (EST). Sponsored by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs, the South Asia National Outreach Consortium, the Middle East Outreach Council, and African Studies Outreach Council, The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia.

Copyright © 2021 Roger Thayer Stone Center For Latin American Studies All Rights Reserved.
Tulane University, 100 Jones Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118 (504) 865-5164 rtsclas@tulane.edu