On Feb 22nd the Colombian Association at Indiana University “La Comunidad del Sancocho” hosted a lunch with Cristal Ange y Carlos Castaño sponsored by CLACS. Both shared with the IU Colombian Faculty and Graduate students their work with the Fundación Herencia in Colombia. More information at: https://herenciaambiental.org/
On February 9th, 2023, CLACS had an exhibit during the Literacy Night at Lakeview Elementary School. This event had several fairy tale literacy activities, the school book fair, and a station with exhibits from many of the academic centers of Indiana University. The exhibit that CLACS prepared focused on two legends from Brazilian Folklore: Boitatá… Read more »
On Feb 3rd 2023 CLACS hosted a multidisciplinary roundtable discussion of the current political crisis and popular protests in Peru. You can see the recording of the full event here! This roundtable discussion featured faculty from across campus: Serafín Coronel-Molina (Education), Lucia Guerra-Reyes (Public Health), Shane Greene (Anthropology), Javier León (Latin American Music Center), Doris… Read more »
On Tuesday Nov 8th “La Comunidad del Sancocho – IU Colombian Students Association” hosted a Lunch with the artist Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo. The event was co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. In the event had a mixed Colombian group, including the CAIUB officers, Bloomington community members, faculty, and undergraduate and graduate students, where… Read more »
As a Center we understand the enormous importance that culture has in the understanding of the regions. That is why, we felt very proud to be able to support the 2022 version of the Lotus World Music Festival co-sponsoring three groups from Latin America: Matizando, Ladama, and Bazurto. Lotus was a Four-day long musical extravaganza… Read more »
On Sep 22, 2022, CLACS hosted Manuel Jose Cepeda Espinoza, Ex-President of the Colombian Constitutional Court, in a warm and frank conversation about the insides of the Constitutional legal system of Colombia. From the understanding of the new humanistic advances in the 1991 new Colombian Constitution to the complex and controversial constitutional sentences that he… Read more »
On Aug 24th 2022, our Director Dr. Daniel Suslak, and current GA Maestro Barbosa-Vasquez, shared with the Latino community at “La Casa’s Welcome and Resource Fair” organized by La Casa/Latino Cultural Center of Indiana University Bloomington El 24 de Agosto de 2022, nuestro Director, el Dr. Daniel Suslak, y nuestro actual GA, Maestro Barbosa-Vásquez; compartieron… Read more »
Submission Deadline: April 10, 2020 The CLACS 4+1 Pathway gives students the opportunity to achieve a Master’s Degree in Latin American and Caribbean Studies in half the time, one year instead of two. Prerequisites: Sophmore standing (30-59 credits) Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher 12 credits completed towards major No GRE required Degree Requirements: 30… Read more »