Core faculty of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies hold regular faculty appointments, engage in research in Latin America, and teach one or more Latin American content courses or direct M.A. theses or Ph.D. dissertations on the area. Associate faculty are regular faculty who engage in research in Latin America or teach Latin American content courses. Affiliate faculty are regular faculty or administrators with demonstrated research interests in Latin America. Visiting faculty occupy post-doctoral, adjunct, or visiting faculty positions and have demonstrated research interests in Latin America.

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Michael S. Field Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;English;Africana Studies;;Africa;;Core Faculty;
Laura Rosanne Adderley
Associate Professor - History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;;Caribbean;;Core Faculty;
Maria Akchurin
Former CIPR Post-Doctoral Fellow (2017-2019) and Non-Resident Research Fellow
;all;;;;;;;;Visiting;
IÃ±aki Alday
Dean and Koch Chair - Tulane School of Architecture
;all;;School of Architecture;;;;;;Affiliated Faculty;
Gabriela Alemán
Visiting Research Professor
;all;;;;;;;;Visiting;
Adrian Anagnost
Assistant Professor - Art History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Art History;;South America;;Core Faculty;
E. Wyllys Andrews, V
Professor Emeritus - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;Mesoamerica;Central America;North America;;Emeritus Faculty;
Katherine Andrinopoulos
Associate Professor - Global Health Systems and Development
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;International Health & Development;;Caribbean;;Core Faculty;
Moises Arce
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Political Science;;South America;;Core Faculty;
Rebecca Atencio
Associate Professor - Spanish and Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;South America;;Core Faculty;
Idelber Avelar
Professor - Spanish and Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;Southern Cone;South America;;Core Faculty;
Mia Bagneris
Associate Professor - Art History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Art History;;;;Affiliated Faculty;
Melissa Bailes
Assistant Professor - English
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;English;;;;Affiliated Faculty;
William Balée
Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;South America;;Core Faculty;
Antonio Barrios
Clinical Assistant Professor - Urology Department, Director - International Liaison for Advanced Urologic Care
;all;;School of Medicine;;Urology ;;Central America;;Affiliated Faculty;
William E. Bertrand
Wisner Professor of Public Health - Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences;;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
Jane Bertrand
Professor and Chair - Global Health Systems and Development
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;Health Systems Management;; Africa;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
Antonio Bojanic
Professor of Practice - Economics
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Economics;;South America;;Associated Faculty;
Elizabeth Boone
Martha and Donald Robertson Chair in Latin American Studies - Newcomb Art Department
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Art History;; Europe;South America;Mesoamerica;;Core Faculty;
James Boyden
Associate Professor - History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;;Iberian Peninsula;Europe;;Core Faculty;
Victoria Bricker
Professor Emerita - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;Mesoamerica;;Emeritus Faculty;
Michael E. Brumbaugh
Assistant Professor - Classical Studies
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Classical Studies;;Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Myrlene Bruno
Professor of Practice - French
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;French & Italian;;Caribbean;;Associated Faculty;
Pierre Buekens
W.H. Watkins Professor of Epidemiology - Public Health and Tropical Medicine
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;Tropical Medicine;;General Latin America;; Core Faculty;Administrator;
Michael Burke
Professor - Business, Lawrence Martin Chair in Business
;all;;A. B. Freeman School of Business;;;;General Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Carolina Caballero
Professor of Practice - Spanish and Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;Caribbean;;Staff;Associated Faculty;
Hortensia Calvo
Doris Stone Director - The Latin American Library
;all;;;;Latin American Library;;South America;; Core Faculty;Administrator;
Marcello Canuto
Director - Middle American Research Institute, Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;Mesoamerica;South America;Asia;Africa;;Core Faculty;
Arachu Castro
Senior Associate Research Fellow - Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in Latin America
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;;;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
Christopher Chambers-Ju
Former CIPR Post-Doctoral Fellow 2017-2019
;all;;;;;;General Latin America;;Visiting;
M. Pia Chaparro
Assistant Professor - Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;Tropical Medicine;;General Latin America;;Associated Faculty;
John Charles
Associate Professor - Spanish and Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;; South America;Andes;;Core Faculty;
Claudia Chávez ArgÃ¼elles
Assistant Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;Central America;;Core Faculty;
Eugene Cizek
Professor Emeritus - Architecture
;all;;School of Architecture;;;; North America;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
Mary Clark
Associate Professor - Political Science
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Political Science;; South America;Central America;;Core Faculty;
Emily Clark
Professor - History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;;;;Affiliated Faculty;
Keith Clay
Professor and Chair - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Ecology & Evolutionary Biology;;;;Affiliated Faculty;
Adrienne Colella
Professor, A.B. Freeman Chair - Business
;all;;A. B. Freeman School of Business;;;;General Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Felipe Fernandes Cruz
Assistant Professor - History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;;General Latin America;South America;;Core Faculty;
Steven Darwin
Professor Emeritus - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Ecology & Evolutionary Biology;;North America;;Associated Faculty;
Roxanne Dávila
Professor of Practice - Spanish & Portuguese, Director - Basic Language Program in Spanish
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;; Central America;Mesoamerica;; Researcher;Associated Faculty;
Dave Davis
Professor Emeritus - Director, Institutional Research
;all;;;;;; West Indies;Mesoamerica;Caribbean;North America;;Administrator;Emeritus Faculty;
Diogo de Lima
Senior Professor of Practice - Theatre & Dance
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Theatre & Dance;;South America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Martin Dimitrov
Associate Professor - Political Science
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Political Science;;;;Affiliated Faculty;
Christopher Dunn
Professor - Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;South America;;Core Faculty;
Renata Durães Ribeiro
Professor of Practice - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
;all;;;;;;;;Affiliated Faculty;
John Edwards
Associate Professor - Economics
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Economics;;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
Patrick Egan
Assistant Professor - Political Science
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Political Science;;;;Associated Faculty;
Ludovico Feoli
Permanent Researcher and CEO, CIAPA, Executive Director - Center for Inter-American Policy and Research at Tulane University
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Political Science;;Central America;;Administrator;Core Faculty;Staff;
George C. Flowers
Associate Professor - Earth & Environmental Science
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Earth & Environmental Science;;North America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Guadalupe García
Assistant Professor - History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;;Caribbean;North America;;Core Faculty;
Amy George
Senior Professor of Practice - Spanish and Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;Mesoamerica;;Associated Faculty;
Annie Gibson
Administrative Assistant Professor - Department of Global Education
;all;;;;;;;;Associated Faculty;
Antonio Daniel Gómez
Associate Professor - Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;; South America;Southern Cone;;Core Faculty;
Eduardo Guzmán-Saenz
Lecturer - Business
;all;;A. B. Freeman School of Business;;;;General Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Benjamin M. Han
Assistant Professor - Communication
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Communication;;Asia;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
GÃ¼nther Handl
Professor - Law
;all;;School of Law;;;;General Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Dan M. Healan
Professor Emeritus - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;North America;;Emeritus Faculty;
Christine Hernández
Curator of Special Collections - Latin American Library
;all;;;;Latin American Library;;Mesoamerica;;Core Faculty;
Yuri Herrera-Gutiérrez
Associate Professor - Spanish and Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;North America;;Core Faculty;
Claudia Herrera
Research Assistant Professor - Public Health and Tropical Medicine
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;Tropical Medicine;;South America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Laila Hlass
Professor of Practice - Law, Director of Experiential Learning
;all;;School of Law;;;;General Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Oliver Houck
Professor - Law
;all;;School of Law;;;;Caribbean;North America;;Core Faculty;
Harry Howard
Associate Professor - Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;Iberian Peninsula;;Core Faculty;
James D. Huck, Jr.
SCLAS Assistant Director for Graduate Programs
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Stone Center for Latin American Studies;Latin American Studies;;North America;;Staff;Core Faculty;
Martha Huggins
Professor Emerita - Sociology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Sociology;;South America;North America;;Emeritus Faculty;
Laura-ZoÃ" Humphreys
Assistant Professor - Communication
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Communication;;Caribbean;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
Katharine Jack
Professor - Anthropology, Director - Environmental Studies
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;South America;Central America;;Core Faculty;
Margarita Jover
Associate Professor in Architecture - Tulane School of Architecture
;all;;School of Architecture;;;;;;Affiliated Faculty;
Jordan Karubian
Associate Professor - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Ecology & Evolutionary Biology;; Australia;South America;;Core Faculty;
Carl Kendall
Professor - Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Director - Center for Global Health Equity
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;International Health & Development;; North America;Africa;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
Brittany Kennedy
Senior Professor of Practice - Department of Spanish and Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;;;Affiliated Faculty;
Thomas A. Klingler
Professor - French & Italian
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;French & Italian;;Caribbean;Europe;West Indies;;Core Faculty;
Kris Lane
Professor - History, France Vinton Scholes Chair in Colonial Latin American History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;; South America;Andes;;Core Faculty;
Amalia Leguizamón
Associate Professor - Sociology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Sociology;;Southern Cone;South America;;Core Faculty;
Camilo Arturo Leslie
Assistant Professor - Sociology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Sociology;;South America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Jack C. Ling
Emeritus Clinical Professor - Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;International Health & Development;; Africa;Asia;General Latin America;;Emeritus Faculty;
Jana Lipman
Associate Professor - History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;;Caribbean;North America;Asia;;Core Faculty;
Ana M. López
Director - Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute, Professor - Communication, Associate Provost - Office for Faculty Affairs
;all;;Stone Center for Latin American Studies;School of Liberal Arts;;Communication;;Caribbean;South America;North America;;Administrator;Core Faculty;Staff;
M. Casey Kane Love
Senior Professor of Practice - Political Science
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Political Science;;North America;;Associated Faculty;
Megwen Loveless
Senior Professor of Practice - Spanish & Portuguese, Director - Basic Language Program in Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;;;Associated Faculty;
Nora Lustig
Professor - Economics, Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Latin American Economics
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Economics;;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
Colin M. MacLachlan
Emeritus - History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;;Central America;Iberian Peninsula;South America;North America;;Emeritus Faculty;
Judith Maxwell
Louise Rebevva Schawe and Williedell Schawe Memorial Professor - Linguistics and Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;; North America;Central America;;Core Faculty;
Vicki Mayer
Professor - Communication, Associate Dean for Academic Initiatives and Curriculum
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Communication;;South America;North America;;Core Faculty;
Sabia McCoy-Torres
Assistant Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;Africa;Caribbean;Central America;;Core Faculty;
Marilyn Miller
Associate Professor - Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;Caribbean;South America;;Core Faculty;
Nancy Mock
Associate Professor - Global Health Systems and Development
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;International Health & Development;; Asia;Africa;General Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Tatsuya Murakami
Assistant Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;Mesoamerica;;Core Faculty;
Laura Murphy
Clinical Associate Professor - Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences (GCHB), Associate Director - Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking (TAYLOR)
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;International Health & Development;; Asia;Africa;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
Stephen A. Nelson
Professors Emeritus - Earth & Environmental Science
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Earth & Environmental Science;;Mesoamerica;;Core Faculty;
Jason S. Nesbitt
Assistant Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;Andes;;Core Faculty;
Richard Oberhelman
Professor and Chair - Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences;; Africa;General Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Virginia Oliveros
Assistant Professor - Political Science
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Political Science;;Southern Cone;;Core Faculty;
Tatjana Pavlovic
Professor - Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;Iberian Peninsula;;Affiliated Faculty;
Valerie Paz-Soldán
Associate Professor - Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Director - Health Office for Latin America
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences;;South America;Africa;;Core Faculty;Administrator;
Stephanie Porras
Assistant Professor - Art History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Art History;;South America;General Latin America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Mauro Porto
Associate Professor - Communication
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Communication;;South America;;Core Faculty;
Lance Query
Director Emeritus - Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
;all;;;;;;General Latin America;;Emeritus Faculty;
Wayne Reed
Professor - Physics
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Physics;;South America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Linnette F. Reed
Senior Professor of Practice - Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;Iberian Peninsula;;Associated Faculty;
Thomas F. Reese
SCLAS Executive Director. Professor - Art History
;all;; School of Liberal Arts;Stone Center for Latin American Studies;;Art History;; Iberian Peninsula;South America;Central America;North America;;Staff;Core Faculty;Administrator;
Carol McMichael Reese
Professor - Architecture
;all;;School of Architecture;;;; South America;Central America;North America;;Core Faculty;
Felix K. Rioja
Associate Professor and Scott and Marjorie Cowen Chair - Econoimcs
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Economics;;;;Core Faculty;
Fernando Rivera-Díaz
Associate Professor - Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;Andes;South America;;Core Faculty;
Christopher Rodning
Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;North America;;Affiliated Faculty;
Diego Rose
Professor - Global Community Health and Behavioral Science
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;Community Health Sciences;;General Latin America;Africa;;Affiliated Faculty;
Oana Sabo
Assistant Professor - French and Italian Studies
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;French & Italian;;Europe;;Affiliated Faculty;
Ana Sánchez-Rojo
Assistant Professor - Music
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Music;;;;Affiliated Faculty;
Susan Schroeder
Professor Emerita - History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;;Mesoamerica;;Emeritus Faculty;
Daniel Sharp
Associate Professor - Music
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Music;;South America;;Core Faculty;
Maureen E. Shea
Associate Professor - Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;Central America;North America;;Core Faculty;
Thomas Sherry
Professor - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Ecology & Evolutionary Biology;;Central America;Caribbean;;Core Faculty;
Dale Shuger
Associate Professor- Spanish & Portuguese
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Spanish & Portuguese;;General Latin America;Europe;;Associated Faculty;
G. Eduardo Silva
Professor - Lydian Chair of Political Science
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Political Science;;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
Lee Skinner
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;Newcomb College Institute;;Spanish & Portuguese;;;;Core Faculty;
David Smilde
Charles A. and Leo M. Favrot Professor of Human Relations and Senior Associate Fellow at CIPR
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Sociology;;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
Raymond Taras
Professor - Political Science
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Political Science;; South America;North America;;Associated Faculty;
Caz Taylor
Associate Professor - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Ecology & Evolutionary Biology;;;;Affiliated Faculty;
Selamawit D. Terrefe
Assistant Professor - English
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;English;;General Latin America;Caribbean;;Affiliated Faculty;
John M. Trapani, III
Professor - Business, Director - Goldring Institute of International Business
;all;;A. B. Freeman School of Business;;;;General Latin America;;Core Faculty;
Beverly Trask
Associate Professor - Theatre & Dance
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Theatre & Dance;;Caribbean;;Affiliated Faculty;
Constantino Urcuyo
Academic Director - Centro de Investigación y Adiestramiento Político Administrativo
;all;;;;;;Central America;;Administrator;Affiliated Faculty;
Sunshine A. Van Bael
Assistant Professor - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
;all;;School of Science & Engineering;;Ecology & Evolutionary Biology;;Central America;;Core Faculty;
John Verano
Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;South America;;Core Faculty;
Dawn Wesson
Associate Professor - Public Health & Tropical Medicine
;all;;School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine;;Tropical Medicine;;;;Affiliated Faculty;
Edward D. White
Associate Professor - English, Pierce Butler Chair in American Literature
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;English;;Caribbean;;Affiliated Faculty;
Edith Wolfe
SCLAS Assistant Director for Undergraduate Programs
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;; Latin American Studies;Stone Center for Latin American Studies;; Central America;North America;South America;; Core Faculty;Staff;
Justin Wolfe
Associate Professor - History, Arceneaux Professorship in Latin American History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;;General Latin America;Central America;;Core Faculty;
Ralph Lee Woodward
Professor Emeritus - History
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;History;;Central America;;Emeritus Faculty;
Marc Zender
Assistant Professor - Anthropology
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;Anthropology;;Mesoamerica;;Core Faculty;
Karen Zumhagen-Yekplé
Assistant Professor - English
;all;;School of Liberal Arts;;English;;;;Affiliated Faculty;

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Teaching and Understanding Women's Activism in the Face of Violence

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(Description via Vanderbilt CLAS)

Join Vanderbilt CLAS and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University for a teacher workshop about incorporating topics of social justice and gender equality in the curriculum. In 2019, Amalia Rubin and Parker Benedict joined forces to create She Stands Up, a project that aims to spark meaningful conversations in high school classrooms about the power of women’s activism in the face of violence. While the project’s lesson plans focus on social mobilization in Latin America, where reporting of violence against women has been steadily increasing in recent years, She Stands Up creators hope to inspire teachers and students alike to tackle relevant and difficult topics in the classroom. In this special workshop, Amalia and Parker will take us through the research behind the project, introduce us to their website (full of resources!), and lead us in an activity from one of their lesson plans. Current and aspiring high school educators are encouraged to attend, and all educators are welcome.

Data across the Disciplines: Notes from Field Research in Latin America

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This discussion will focus on how Latin Amercanist scholars use data in their research. Marcello Canuto (Tulane University) will present on the use of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and other geospatial methods in his work in Maya archaeology. In a discussion moderated by Claudia Brittenham (University of Chicago), we will then discuss benefits and challenges, helpful tools, and various approaches to implementing new technologies into field research. This event workshop is for students in any field who are thinking about the possible uses of spatial imaging and other types of technology-collected data in their own research.

Marcello A. Canuto is Director of the Middle American Research Institute and Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University. He has undertaken archaeological excavations in the Maya region, South America, India, north Africa, and the northeast US. His primary research interest in the Maya area has been on the integrative mechanisms that the ancient Maya used to build and maintain a socio-politically complex society throughout both the Preclassic and Classic periods. He now co-directs a project in the understudied Northwest Peten, Guatemala where he investigates the construction of social categories and the mechanisms by which complex socio-political organizations develop and were maintained.

Claudia Brittenham is Interim Director of the Center for Latin American Studies and Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on the art of ancient Mesoamerica, with particular attention to the ways that the materiality of art and the politics of style contribute to our understanding of the ontology of images. Her current book project, Unseen Art: Vision and Memory in Ancient Mesoamerica, explores problems of visibility and the status of images in Mesoamerica. Ranging from carvings on the undersides of Aztec sculptures to Maya lintels, and buried Olmec offerings, it examines the distance between ancient experiences of works of art and the modern practice of museum display.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Sponsored by the Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago, under the auspices of the Tinker Field Research Collaborative.

Download the pdf of the flyer here.

A Discussion of Obscuro Barroco: "Imaginaçoes de Carnaval"

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Join Drs. Ana López, João Luiz Vieira, Leslie Louise Marsh, and Catherine Benamou for a discussion of the documentary film Obscuro Barroco.

Obscuro Barroco is a documentary-fiction film about the dizzying heights of gender and metamorphosis in Rio de Janeiro. Following the path of iconic transgender figure Luana Muniz (1961-2017), the film explores the different quests for the self, through transvestism, carnival and political struggle. In turn, it asks questions about the desire for transformation of the body, both intimate and social.

The full film is available to watch here.

You can also watch the film, browse resources, and meet the panelists on the event webpage, here.
We encourage all attendees to watch the film prior to the event.

Special thanks to the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the PORTulane community, the Department of Communication, and the Howard Tilton Memorial Library for co-sponsoring this project.

Kaqchikel/K'iche' Language Table: K'iche' Language Learning

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Join fellow students, teachers, and native speakers to practice your Kaqchikel language skills and deepen your understanding of Kaqchikel culture. This event is held on the last Thursday of each month for the duration of the Spring 2021 semester.

The April 29th session will focus on K’iche’ language learning with guest speaker Nela Petronila Tahay Tzay. It will be facilitated by Ignacio Carvajal.

Global Read Webinar Series Spring 2021

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The Stone Center for Latin American Studies coordinates the annual CLASP Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature and is excited to collaborate with other world area book awards on this exciting online program. Join us this spring 2021 as we invite award winning authors to join us in an online conversation about social justice, the writing process and an exploration of culture and identity across world regions. This annual Global Read Webinar series invites readers of all ages to join us as we explore books for the K-12 classroom recognized by world area book awards such as the Africana Book Award, the Américas Award, the Freeman Book Award, the Middle East Outreach Council Book Award, and the South Asia Book Award.

Each webinar features a presentation by an award-winning author with discussion on how to incorporate multicultural literature into the classroom. Be sure to join the conversation with our webinar hashtag #2021ReadingAcrossCultures.

SPRING 2021 SCHEDULE – Read more about the program here.
All webinars are at 7:00 PM EST.

January 12 – The Américas Award highlights the 2020 Honor Book, The Moon Within by Aida Salazar
February 3 – The Children’s Africana Book Award highlights the 2020 book award winning, Hector by Adrienne Wright
March 11 – The Middle East Outreach Award presents 2020 Picture Book award winner, Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan, illustrated by Anna Bron
April – Freeman Book Award, a project of the National Consortium for Teaching Asia will present a book TBD.
May 13 – South Asia Book Award presents The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

All sessions are free and open to the public. All times listed refer to Eastern Standard Time (EST). Sponsored by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs, the South Asia National Outreach Consortium, the Middle East Outreach Council, and African Studies Outreach Council, The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia.

Reading Latina Voices Online Book Group for High School Educators

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This spring 2021 we invite all K-12 educators to join us once a month in an online book group. This past year has been a challenging one for everyone but especially K-12 educators. Sign up and join us as we explore the stories of women confronting identity as Latinas in the United States. Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies, AfterCLASS and the New Orleans Public Library partner to host this online book group. The books selected are recognized by the Américas Award and focus on the Latina experience. The group begins with the work of award-winning author and poet, Elizabeth Acevedo who will speak in a unique online format on March 23rd presented by Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies and Newcomb Institute.