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MA Program in Latina/o and Latin American Studies
Engage in coursework and research in Latinx, Caribbean and Latin American worlds. A limited number of stipends with tuition waivers are competitively available for full-time students.
Recent News
Instituto Professor Rodolfo Fernández interviewed on Identidad Latina
El Instituto Assistant Professor in Residence Rodolfo Fernández talks about his transition to on-line teaching during UCONN’s COVID classroom shutdown in this Spanish-language Identidad Latina interview with José Alonso Velásquez.
[Read More]UConn Alumna Hilda Lloréns Wins LASA Silvestrini Prize
UConn Anthropology PhD and University of Rhode Island Associate Professor of Anthropology Hilda Lloréns was awarded the LASA Puerto Rico section’s 2020 Blanca G. Silvestrini Prize for the article that she co-authored with Maritza Stanchich (U Puerto Rico Rio Piedras) “Water is life, but the colony is a necropolis: Environmental terrains of struggle in Puerto […]
[Read More]Professor Scott Wallace reports on spread of COVID-19 among Indigenous People
UConn Journalism, Scott Wallace, reports on the spread of COVID-19 as it spreads among the Indigenous people in the Amazon, out today in National Geographic. Click Below: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/04/first-coronavirus-deaths-indigenous-communities-amazon/
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Upcoming Events
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#IAmNotAVirus Social Justice Campaign6:00pm
#IAmNotAVirus Social Justice Campaign
Thursday, May 28th, 2020
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Other ONLINE
I Am Not A Virus: Solidarity in a Time of Pandemic
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Panel Discussion: 6 - 7 p.m.
Breakout Dialogues: 7 - 7:30 p.m. Online
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rise in anti-Asian discrimination across the country. Join us for this virtual panel offering solidarity to our community, a discussion on historical context, and information on the powerful social justice campaign #IAMNOTAVIRUS.
After the discussion, attendees are invited to continue the discussion in smaller Zoom breakout rooms. Attendees may choose to join for both the panel and breakout group dialogue or just the panel discussion.
Register today.
https://www.events.foundation.uconn.edu/ereg/index.php?eventid=544560&utm_source=invitation&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=events&utm_content=iamnotavirus&mc_cid=80a998eca6&mc_eid=%5BUNIQID%5DContact Information: Abigail Jackson at ajackson@foundation.uconn.edu
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