On October 31st the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Haitian Creole Program hosted a webinar entitled The Genesis of Creole Languages and Historical Developments. This seminar was organized by Websder Corneille, Lecturer of Haitian Creole at IU, and came at the end of October’s Creole Heritage Month, coinciding with UNESCO-proclaimed International… Read more »
CLACS Director Serafín M. Coronel-Molina Appointed Expert Member of UNESCO
Serafín M. Coronel-Molina, Professor of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education, and International & Comparative Education in the School of Education, Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), and Head Coordinator of the Global Indigenous Studies Network (GISN) within the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at… Read more »
CLACS Celebrates 60 Years at Indiana University Bloomington
On April 18th, 2024, we celebrated 60 years of CLACS at IU Bloomington! Originally founded as the Latin American Studies Program at Indiana University, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies has supported outreach initiatives and educational programming focused on highlighting Latin American and Caribbean topics and communities in a global setting. Since 1963,… Read more »
2024 World Conference on Transformative Education in Puerto Rico
CLACS was thrilled to support the third World Conference on Transformative Education (WCTE) last month in San Juan, Puerto Rico! This conference, organized by the Global Institute for Transformative Education (GITE) in conjunction with Nuestra Escuela in Puerto Rico, welcomed participants from all over the world to discuss various ways of transforming educational practices to better reflect the needs… Read more »
CLACS Director Serafín Coronel-Molina Receives Award for Outstanding International Engagement!
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies’ very own Director, Professor Serafín Coronel-Molina, recently received the Award for Outstanding International Engagement from the Indiana University School of Education! Dr. Coronel-Molina is an Andean Indigenous scholar whose passion and research interests have brought him to work with people from all around the globe. According to… Read more »
CLACS & Quechua: What we’ve been up to lately…
Over the last few months, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies has been working hard to bring Quechua back into the core programming of the department. This movement follows Dr. Serafín Coronel-Molina’s induction as the Director of CLACS late last year. Dr. Coronel-Molina, an Indigenous Peruvian Quechua scholar, has taken large strides for… Read more »
Indiana University and Indiana State University professors join CLACS for a panel on politics and economics in South America
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies proudly hosted a panel in partnership with Indiana State University and the IU Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) on Thursday, February 22 titled “The Intersection of Politics and Economics in South America: Focus on Paraguay, Brazil, and Bolivia.” The panel featured three speakers: Dr…. Read more »
Meet the new CLACS Steering Committee!
The new CLACS Steering Committee for 2024-2026 has officially been selected! Following a survey sent out to all CLACS faculty and affiliate faculty members, 4 nominees were chosen to represent the department. Additionally, 4 members were nominated by the Director of CLACS, Professor Serafin Coronel-Molina. The 8 new faculty members joining our Steering Committee hail… Read more »
Lecturing Artist Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo shares work in documenting Indigenous fights to save the Earth
CLACS is thrilled to host Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo in sharing her selected collection with Indiana University and the surrounding community from January 25-March 1 at the Gayle Karch Cook Center in Maxwell Hall. McNichols-Torroledo, a Colombian photographer and multimedia artist, has spent the last 13 years of her life documenting Indigenous communities in North and South… Read more »