The TU annual Black History Month poetry reading of Navio Negreiro by Castro Alves will return this year as a Global Café event. Navio Negreiro by Castro Alves is a classic piece by Brazilian abolitionist Castro Alves describing the middle passage. The reading will be done in English, Spanish, and Portuguese and will be followed by an activity and discussion conducted in English.

Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Portuguese language meet-up! All language levels are welcome and participants will have the opportunity to engage in informal conversation. New homemade desserts will also be provided every week.

Rain location: Language Learning Center, Newcomb 408

If you have any questions, please reach out to portuguese@tulane.edu. 

Spring 2024 Friday meetings:

January 19, 1:00 p.m. | January 26, 4:00 p.m.

Presenting yourself on the job market can be a daunting task. Come hone your resume, cover letter, and interview skills with professionals from the Stone Center Staff. Aimed at advanced undergraduate students or MA students entering the professional job market, this workshop prepares you to craft stand-out job materials and make an impression with hiring managers virtually and in-person.

Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Spanish language meet-up!

Participants will have the opportunity to engage in Spanish conversation with other individuals. Cookies and coffee will also be provided for those who attend!

Spring 2024 Wednesday meetings:

January 17 | January 24 | January 31

February 7 | February 14 | February 21 | February 28

March 6 | March 13 | March 20

April 3 | April 10 | April 17 | April 24

May 1 

Brazil's experience in fighting corruption over the past generation offers a case study of tremendous value to anticorruption reformers the world over. At different moments, the country has followed distinct strategies, including an incrementalist approach to reform during the decades of the 1990s and 2000s, and a big-push court-led campaign against corruption in the 2010s.

Considered one of the most prominent Latin American intellectuals of the twentieth century, José Carlos Mariátegui (Peru, 1894-1930) has attracted growing interest among scholars.

Please join The Latin American Library for a talk by Dr. Verenice Heredia Espinoza, 2023-24 Richard E. Greenleaf Fellow at the Latin American Library, who will discuss her work in progress: A comparative approach to Mesoamerica´s early social complexity.

Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Portuguese language meet-up! All language levels are welcome and participants will have the opportunity to engage in informal conversation. New homemade desserts will also be provided every week.

Rain location: Language Learning Center, Newcomb 408

If you have any questions, please reach out to portuguese@tulane.edu.

Spring 2024 Friday meetings:

January 19, 1:00 p.m. | January 26, 4:00 p.m.

​​​The Murphy Institute's Center for Ethics and the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research will welcome Beatriz Magaloni, Professor in Stanford University's Department of Political Science and a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University, as the featured speaker for the second installment of 2024's Public Lecture Series. She is also director of the Poverty, Violence and Governance Lab.