Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute (LACSI)
Casa Amarilla / Casa Amarela / Q’ellu Wasi / Yellow House
Athens, Georgia
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With the start of the new semester, we at LACSI would like to extend our heartiest well wishes to you all as you embark on a new academic year. During this time, we will be recognizing two important milestones for the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute. First, the Ethnobotanical Garden celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2025. We are excited to be partnering with the Institute of Native American Studies on this longstanding fixture of the campus community. Next, 2026 will mark the 20th year of LACSI’s status as an Institute (formerly the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies). We are excited to celebrate these important developments in our organization’s history and invite the LACSI community to join us.
In Fall 2025, we are excited to offer and support a range of activities. Our calendar of events for Hispanic Heritage Month (forthcoming) includes the annual Open House (Sept. 12th), the presentation of Dr. Sharina Maillo-Pozo’s recently published book (Oct. 10th), and a screening of the documentary film Displaced in the New South (Sept. 18th), organized by the UGA Special Collections Library. This visit includes a visit by the Atlanta-based filmmaker and photographer, David Zeiger, along with a related exhibit entitled Displaced in the New South: A Photography Project by David Zeiger, which is on display at the Special Collections Library now through December 2025. We will also be co-sponsoring the 2025 Georgia Latino Education Summit, organized by the Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education on October 25.
We are excited to welcome another year full of exciting programming that will engage our students and faculty more closely with Latin America and the Caribbean. If you’re in the neighborhood (290 S. Hull Street), please ignore the construction and drop in for a visit at the Casa Amarilla/Casa Amarela/Q’ellu Wasicha/Yellow House (290 S. Hull Street). We’d love to welcome you!
¡Gracias!
Obrigado!
Añay!
Thank you!
Chad and Jorge
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September 15 to October 15, 2025
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Hispanic Heritage Month is around the corner and we are very close to finishing our calendar of events. Please reach out to us at lacsi@uga.edu if you have a related event planned and would like us to promote it on the calendar by next Wednesday, August 26. Thank you!
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Ritmos &Raíces
Athens Dance Weekender
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August 22 to 24, 2025 | Athens, GA
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TIMBAthens is hosting a 3-day event in Athens, Georgia in collaboration with the UGA Department of Dance and the Hugh Hodgson School of Music that will feature Latin dance performances, live music, dance workshops, and social dancing.
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Friday, September 12, 2025 | 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. | 290 S. Hull St.
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Join us on Friday, September 12, 2025 from 3 to 5 p.m. for our 2025 LACSI Open House. We'll share information about the Institute, our course offerings, and programming.
Plus, there will be food and entertainment in this free and open to the public event.
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Displaced in the New South
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Thursday, September 18, 2025 | 5:15 p.m. | MLC 248
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Join the Special Collections Libraries on Thursday, September 18th at 5:15pm at Cine for a screening of David Zeiger's and Eric Mofford's documentary Displaced in the New South. LACSI is a proud co-sponsor of this event.
Tickets are free and available through the Cine website or at the box office.
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Saturday, September 20, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.| Downtown
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LACSI is also a proud co-sponsor of Dignidad Inmigrante Athens in this cultural festival that celebrates LatinX heritage in the Athens community. Food, music and dance, both traditional and modern, highlight the event.
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Bridging Sonic Borders
by Dr. Sharina Maíllo-Pozo
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Comments by Dr. Eric Morales-Franceschini
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Friday, October 10, 2025 | 3:00 p.m. | MLC 250
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Department Head of Comparative Literature
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Congratulations to Dr. Frans Weiser (Associate Professor in Comparative Literature and LACSI) for his recent appointment as new Head of the Department of Comparative Literature. We will miss him in his advising and curriculum coordinator roles at LACSI starting this fall, but we are fortunate to continue counting with him as an undergraduate instructor.
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2025-2026 Visiting Fellow
Kellogg Institute for International Studies
University of Notre Dame
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Dr. Diana Graizbord (Associate Professor in Sociology and LACSI) was selected as a 2025-2026 Visiting Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. As a fellow, she will participate in innovative research projects using her expertise in LACS to support global development. Congratulations, Dr. Graizbord!
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2025 CLASP Faculty Teaching Award
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Congratulations to Dr. Sharina Maíllo-Pozo (Associate Professor of Romance Languages and LACSI Core Faculty) for obtaining the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) 2025 Faculty Teaching Award!
This is a major national and interdisciplinary distinction that included early-career faculty nominations from over thirty US institutions.
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CLASP Excellence in Language Education Award
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Congratulations, as well, to Dr. Cecilia Rodrigues (Department of Romance Languages and LACSI Core Faculty) for obtaining the CLASP Excellence in Language Education Award. The award recognizes excellence in teaching Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) spoken in Latin America and the Caribbean, and alternates its focus between Portuguese and Indigenous and Creole Languages.
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Dr. Luis Correa-Diaz publishes two books
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Portuguese Flagship Program renewed by the IIE
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We are thrilled to share the news that the Portuguese Flagship Program (PFP) at UGA has been renewed by the Institute of International Education.
UGA has hosted the PFP since 2011 after a series of successful consecutive applications. Since its inception, the program has offered an unprecedented opportunity for motivated students to internationalize their academic experience. PFP students strive to achieve superior proficiency in Portuguese and gain insight into how this skill and body of knowledge will create future opportunities during four years of study.
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Summer images of the garden located at
the intersection of Thomas and Baldwin streets
in Athens.
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Hello Everyone and welcome back! We had an epic summer this year with many visitors to the garden. Please come by and enjoy the pollinators that are frequenting our blooms and pollinating our second Three Sister's crop.
- Nunally Benzing (Garden Curator)
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LACSI
Weekly Language Conversation
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Casa Amarilla | LACSI's Yellow House
Tuesday | 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Fall Semester
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LACSI's Mesa de Español is back!
Come if you need to practice or brush up your Spanish.
Sessions are on Tuesdays from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., thru December 2, 2025.
There is a 20 people maximum per session some of which can get limited free parking behind Casa Amarilla (290 S. Hull St.).
For more information, please contact our facilitator, Mario Juárez (mj25877@uga.edu).
¡Nos vemos pronto!
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