Bate papo welcomes Portuguese speakers of all levels for snacks and informal conversations. Megwen Loveless organizes this event.

Dr. Zahawi is an internationally recognized leader in the restoration and conservation of tropical forests. As the Director of one of the largest conservation NGO's in South America, the Charles Darwin Foundation, he is working to conserve the unique splendor of the Galápagos Islands. Dr. Zahawi will speak to some of the challenges, opportunities, and unexpected inroads made in the race to preserve and recover the unique biodiversity and habitats of Central and South America, where he has lived and worked for more than 20 years.

This event is part of the Center for Global Education’s Global Perspectives series.

A CENTRAL AMERICAN POLITICS CONSORTIUM VIRTUAL CONVERSATION

Please join us for the third Central American Politics Colloquium (CAPC) virtual conversation on migration, deportation, and their consequences, which will take place Tomorrow at Noon via Zoom. The event will feature two experts:

We are hosting a conversation with Maurice Chammah and Mirya Holman, where they will discuss their work, "Does Your Sheriff Think He is More Powerful than the President?" Please find more information about their research findings here.

Join us as Dr. Sabia McCoy-Torres guides us in conversation with representatives from the Garifuna community in New Orleans. With this panel, we hope to learn more about how Garifuna people preserve their identity and culture in both Honduras and the United States, understand how local Garifuna people navigate a transnational existence as a marginalized group in both Honduras and the United States, and learn how they build community here in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

Come celebrate World Chagas Disease Day during the Chagas Health Fair.

Chagas disease is an infectious disease, not transmitted by contact between people, that affects 6-8 million people in Latin America and is the third most common cause of heart disease worldwide.

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is partnering with the New Orleans Poetry Festival to sponsor an evening of Brazilian poetry at the Stone Auditorium in the Woldenberg Art Center on April 14, 2023. They have invited five Brazilian poets, two based in Rio de Janeiro, and three in the United States, to participate in the festival.

​The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is partnering with the New Orleans Poetry Festival to sponsor an evening of Brazilian poetry at the Stone Auditorium in the Woldenberg Art Center on April 14, 2023. They have invited five Brazilian poets, two based in Rio de Janeiro, and three in the United States, to participate in the festival.

Laurent Dubois, John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor of the History & Principles of Democracy, Academic Director of the Karsh Institute of Democracy at UVA, and a prominent historian of Haiti and the Atlantic World, will give a presentation on his current research project on Thursday, April 13, 2023. The talk will be at 4:00 in Hebert 201, with a reception following in Hebert 125D. His talk is co-sponsored by Africana Studies, the New Orleans Gulf South Center, and the Department of History.