May 03, 2024 1:00 PM
Join us for an Awards Ceremony on May 3rd, 2024, to celebrate our students who have earned distinctions for their engagement with Latin American Studies at Tulane.
The following awards will be presented:
The Stone Center for Latin American Studies Prize for the best campus-wide Latin Americanist Graduate Paper.
The Richard E. Greenleaf Prize for the best social science paper written by a student in the interdisciplinary graduate program in Latin American Studies.
April 29, 2024 1:00 PM
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards give opportunities to U.S. citizens to teach, research and carry out professional projects around the world. Join us for an interactive session to explore Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program opportunities available to scholars in Brazil. Join us to hear directly from the Fulbright Commission in Brazil about their awards and program alumni who will share about their experience. Fulbright staff at IIE will also share details about the program and the application process while answering your questions live.
April 26, 2024 11:30 PM
¡A bailar! Get ready to twist, shimmy, and shake your cintura with a Cuban dance party jam session hosted by Cuba Nola Arts Collective, Victor Campbell, and Clandestina.
We will be joined by Yusa, Jafet Perez, David Navarro, Anier Alonso, and many other local and visiting Cuban and Caribbean musicians. You don't want to miss this party.
Clandestina, a Cuban sustainable fashion brand, will have a pop-up shop onsite.
May 01, 2024 5:00 PM
El Stone Center for Latin American Studies de la Universidad de Tulane y el Consulado de México en Nueva Orleans tienen el gusto de invitarle al panel que se llevará a cabo como parte de la conmemoración del Bicentenario del establecimiento del Consulado de México en Nueva Orleans.
Tres expertos académicos discutirán la rica historia compartida entre México y la ciudad de Nueva Orleans. Los temas a tratar incluyen:
April 22, 2024 8:30 AM
8:30-8:50 a.m. Coffee & Snacks
8:50-9:00 a.m. Introduction: Kris Lane & Jason Nesbitt
9:00-10:15 a.m.: Session I: Setting, Speciation, Human ‘Invasion’
David Campbell — Jordan Karubian — Nicole Katin — Karina Yager
10:15-10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30-noon: Session II: Cultural Forests/Terra-Forming/Pre-Columbian ‘Extraction’
Sonia Alconini — Bill Balée — Carla Jaimes Betancourt — Eduardo Neves
April 17, 2024 12:00 PM
Ms. Ellis-Topsey has advocated for the centering of women and families in sustainable development. She will discuss her work with the Maya community and her participation in the El Pilar Project with Dr. Anibal Ford.
April 07, 2024 4:00 PM
Jaleo Flamenco invites you to the inaugural Feria Sevillana de Nueva Orleans, a springtime flamenco fiesta inspired by the tradition of the "Feria de Abril" of Seville, Spain.
Join us in the beautiful courtyard of Casa Borrega to celebrate the arrival of Spring with flamenco dance, music, food, and fashion!
Events include:
March 16, 2024 10:00 AM
Visit the Latin American Resource Center at Family Day at the New Orleans Book Festival! We will be featuring award-winning bilingual YA and children’s books and hosting a book raffle! Family Day includes a diverse selection of local and national authors who will do live readings and sign books throughout the day. Children will find something that appeals to all reading levels, backgrounds, and reading interests.
March 15, 2024 2:00 PM
A panorama of 19th century and 20th century connections between Latin America and New Orleans through two major figures that lived in the city: Benito Juárez, future president of Mexico (Yuri Herrera published a book in 2022 about the time Juárez spent in the Crescent City) and George Febres, founder of the Jules Lafourge Art Gallery in the French Quarter in the 1980s and a staple of the New Orleans art scene in the 70s, 80s and 90s (Gabriela Aleman is writing a novel about him after extensive research in the Historic New Orleans Collection).
Event will be held in Spanish.
April 18, 2024 6:30 PM
Join us for a reading, interview, and talk-back with Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of BookTok sensation Mexican Gothic! Moreno-Garcia joins a list of distinguished authors—including Elizabeth Acevedo, Sandra Cisneros, and Kali-Fajardo Anstine—hosted by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies and Newcomb Institute.
