How did the dollar come to play such a leading role in Argentina? What cultural, economic, and political processes made the U.S. currency dominant on certain domestic markets? How did the dollar-peso exchange rate become an everyday part of life, something nearly everyone follows? In other words, how precisely did this global currency become a local currency on the other end of the Americas?
The conference will include three panels and a film screening:
PANELS (Stibbs Conference Room - LBC 203):
* Status Preservation, Intersectional Inequalities, and Far Right Politics in the US and Brazil (9:00 AM - 10:30 AM), with Dr. Rory McVeigh (University of Notre Dame) and Dr. Sérgio Costa (Freie Universität Berlin).
* Gender, Sexuality, and the Far Right in the US and Brazil (10:45 AM - 12:15 PM), with Dr. Janice Irvine (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) and Dr. Flávia Biroli (University of Brasília).
Come join the Stone Center for Latin American Studies for a lively gathering involving music, food, and community!
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. The writers featured in this programming explore Latine/Latinx identity, race and Latin America in works bridging adult and young adult genres.
"Uma aula sobre a música e o Brasil" with Dr. José Miguel Wisnik, the University of São Paulo
Lecture on the cultural and historical dimensions of soccer, an area in which he is recognized as the author of the most important item in Brazil's modern bibliography, "Veneno remédio: o futebol e o Brasil."
Dr. José Miguel Wisnik, the University of São Paulo
On Friday, April 5th, and Saturday, April 6th, 2024, Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the Newcomb Art Department are hosting a conference in honor of Elizabeth Boone. Featuring the work of her students who received their Ph.D. at Tulane, the two-day gathering celebrates Professor Boone's important and enduring legacy in the field of art history.
On Friday, April 5th, and Saturday, April 6th, 2024, Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the Newcomb Art Department are hosting a conference in honor of Elizabeth Boone. Featuring the work of her students who received their Ph.D. at Tulane, the two-day gathering celebrates Professor Boone's important and enduring legacy in the field of art history.
The Department of History, the Africana Studies Program and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies & the Newcomb Institute invite you to
an evening exploring Black Global Feminism with Dr. Dalea Bean.
An international and interdisciplinary symposium on the history of mining, precious metals, and forms of money in Latin America from colonial to modern times.
