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    UConn’s El Instituto (Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean and Latin American Studies)

    Merging Latina/o and Latin American studies courses and faculty, El Instituto supports the development of hemispheric and Latina/o-centered perspectives on critical ethnic studies and world area studies.

Recent News

Interim Director selected for CLAS Award

Interim Director Charles Venator-Santiago was recently selected as the winner of the 2024 Broader Impacts, Service, and Visibility Award. This award, as the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) explains, recognizes UConn Faculty members for their work in “outstanding initiatives that visibly impact the welfare of Connecticut and beyond” through community engagement, and developing […]

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Upcoming Events

  1. Nov 4 Wednesday Workshops: Jesse Olsavsky “Frederick Douglass and the Trajectories of Pan-Africanism, 1876-1945.” 12:15pm
  2. Nov 8 Blocked Access to Birth Registration: Implications for Migrant Families’ Economic & Social Rights 12:00pm
  3. Nov 8 Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons 2:00pm
  4. Nov 11 Cláudio Luís Quaresma Daflon’s Doctoral Defense “Peripheral Vision: The New Conurbano Universities and the Struggles for a More Popular and Democratic Higher Education System in Argentina, 1980s-2010s” 10:00am
  5. Nov 14 ELIN Seed Grant Presentation with Dr. Lisa Werkmeister Rozas 3:30pm
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