Contributed by Anne Gebelein Students Travel to the U.S./Mexico Border to Learn about Collective Action for Social and Immigrant Justice From May 19-May 29th, 10 students joined Professor Anne Gebelein at the border to learn more about the network of activist groups that organize to support the rights of both immigrants and border residents. Tucson […]
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The Puerto Rican Studies Initiative for Community Engagement and Public Policy (PRSI)
Contributed by Charles R. Venator-Santiago The Puerto Rican Studies Initiative for Community Engagement and Public Policy (PRSI) is a research initiative that can help document and support the Puerto Ricans’ vital economic, intellectual, and cultural contributions to Connecticut and provide research-based support for the development of public policies addressing the needs of Puerto Ricans in […]
CT Humanities Grant for UConn/Yale Collaboration on the Black and Latino History Project
Contributed by Anne Gebelein Dr. Anne Gebelein of El Instituto, Dr. Fiona Vernal of Africana Studies Institute, and Dr. Jason Chang of the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute are collaborating in an effort to help CT teachers better understand the role that Puerto Rican, West Indian, and African American migrants have played in the […]
Suzanne Oboler Visits UConn
Contributed by Bethsaida Nieves On September 14, 2022, esteemed professor, Suzanne Oboler, visited LLAS 1000-001 Introduction to Latina/o Studies. Welcomed by a curious group of about 50 undergraduate students, Professor Oboler opened her lecture with a boisterous greeting and invitation to critically think about the ethnic label, “Hispanic.” Drawing from her recently published book chapter, […]
“Faces, Masks, Bodies: Contemporary Cuban Writing, Art, and Performance”
Organized by Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann, Jacqueline Loss, and Inileidys Hernández. See form below for upcoming events and to register for online attendance. For more information contact Jacqueline Loss.
GLC Receives CT Humanities Award
By Yale’s newsletter July 22, 2022 New Haven, Connecticut – The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at the MacMillan Center at Yale University has been award a $30,000 grant from Connecticut Humanities to enable them to develop a series of working groups for Connecticut teachers to study and develop curriculum and resources on Black and Latino […]
Instituto Affiliate Scott Wallace Publishes Nat Geo Article about Murders in the Amazon
“I knew the men murdered in the Amazon—and their alleged killer”
New Instituto MA student publishes demographic and human development studies
Luis Palomino, in-coming student in the MA in International Studies with a concentration in Latina/o and Latin American Studies, is co-author of two recent scholarly publications in Perú. One article, “Determinantes de la evolución del número de casos y muertes por COVID-19 en el Perú: movilidad, geografía y desarrollo económico,” tracks changes over time in […]
The Political Empowerment of Women in Colombia
Congratulation to Laura Bedoya in graduating and pursuing her education! Read her article today The Political Empowerment of Women in Colombia: Towards Gender Equality.
Ivelisse Rodriguez Visits UConn
Contributed by Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann On Friday, April 22nd, El Instituto had the pleasure of hosting award-winning fiction writer and author of the short story collection Love War Stories, Ivelisse Rodriguez. Rodriguez is from Puerto Rico and grew up in nearby Holyoke, MA. She visited my LLAS/SPAN 1009 “Introduction to Latino Literature, Culture, and […]