Join our upcoming academic publishing workshop for essential insights into the publishing process. Learn about manuscript preparation and publication opportunities and identifying the right journals for publication. Discover how to navigate the publication process, from submission to potential outcomes (Accepted/R&R/Desk Rejection, etc), and typical timeframes. This workshop is open to all graduate students, but extra attention will be paid to publishing in English/Spanish, in US/Latin American academies, and in the fields of literature/cultural studies and film studies.

The Spanish & Portuguese department of Tulane University in collaboration with the Language & Literature department of the University of New Orleans will be hosting a book presentation event about "Bios precario. Cultura y precariedad en Latinoamérica" by Martín de Mauro Rucovsky, who is from CONICET, Argentina. The presentation will be conducted in Spanish. 

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. Snacks and coffee will also be provided for those who attend! 

Argentina’s 2023 executive and legislative elections took place in a context marked by years of weak economic performance and recent spikes in high inflation. In this context, the primaries leading to the elections exposed a three-way race that broke traditional political cleavages and raised multiple questions and debates.

Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) is a fiercely hard-working, Haitian-born construction worker tasked with destroying his own neighborhood in a rapidly gentrifying Miami. While yearning to secure a new home for his wife, seamstress Esperance (Sheila Anozier), he finds himself clashing with his son, a college dropout. American-born and largely assimilated, Junior (Chris Renois) is a late-night comedian whose set focuses on the deepening intergenerational chasm that exists within the family. 

The 2023-24 Center for Inter-American Policy and Research Speaker Series: Violence, Inequality and Democracy in the Americas, explores challenges to democratic politics and effective governance in the region. Speakers will present cutting-edge research on the politics of criminal violence and civil conflict, protest movements, militarization, and democratic backsliding in diverse countries of Latin America. The Series engages students, faculty, and community members in dialogue on the most pressing issues facing the region today.

Twenty years ago, the maroon community of La Bonga in Colombia received a threat signed by paramilitaries. That same night, the entire town fled and La Bonga was devoured by the jungle. La Bonga is a symbolic journey through the jungles of the Colombian Caribbean to resurrect a place that only exists in memory. In an act of resistance, this party lets the loss go, as it celebrates collective memory and community.

Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) is a fiercely hard-working, Haitian-born construction worker tasked with destroying his own neighborhood in a rapidly gentrifying Miami. While yearning to secure a new home for his wife, seamstress Esperance (Sheila Anozier), he finds himself clashing with his son, a college dropout. American-born and largely assimilated, Junior (Chris Renois) is a late-night comedian whose set focuses on the deepening intergenerational chasm that exists within the family. 

Join the Department of English, Center for Scholars, The Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching (CELT), The Undergraduate Activities Fund, and the Ther Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute in a screening for the Puerto Rican film, Perfume de Gardenias, and a Q&A with Director, Macha Colón.