September 15 to October 15, 2025
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We are thrilled announce this exciting roster of open to the public events to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month.
They will be held at UGA and in the Athens area. We will update the calendar as we hear of other happenings around town.
Feel free contact us at lacsi@uga.edu if you have an event that you would like to promote in our next newsletter!
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Friday, September 12 | 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 will share information about the Institute, our courses, and programming.
Plus, there will be food and entertainment in this free and open to the public event.
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Reggaetón’s Impact on Global Culture:
Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS in Today’s Musical and Cultural Landscape
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Dr. Wilfredo José Burgos Matos
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Monday, September 15 | 3:00 p.m. | LeConte Hall 323
Registration needed to attend
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The ROML community is invited to join this event. If interested in attending, please complete this Google form to make the necessary seating arrangements.
Please contact Dr. Sharina Maíllo-Pozo with questions.
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Displaced in the New South
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Thursday, September 18 | 5:15 p.m. | Ciné
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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 Ciné website or at the box office.
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by Edouard Glissant, translated and edited by
Andrew Daily and Emily Sahakian
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Thursday, September 18 | 5:30 p.m. | Willson Center
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The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts will host a book launch for a new critical edition and translation of Tale of Black Histories, a play created by the Caribbean writer Edouard Glissant.
This public reception will include readings from the play and Q&A with the translators/editors Emily Sahakian and Andrew Daily, as well as light snacks and refreshments.
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Data Reliability and Representativity in
Generative Grammar
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Dr. Iván Ortega-Santos
(University of Memphis)
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Friday, September 19 | 3:00 p.m.| Sanford Hall 209
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Saturday, September 20 | 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.| Downtown
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LACSI is 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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Clarke Central H.S.
Hispanic Heritage Festival 2025
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Tuesday, September 30 | 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.| Clarke Central H.S.
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Join LACSI and Athens' local organization in this festival organized by the 3M Music Honor Society and the Spanish Club/Honor Society.
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International Coffee Hour
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Friday, October 3
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Victor K. Wilson Ballroom
Memorial Hall
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Montology and Chimborazo: Convergence in Ecoregional
Sustainability for Science, Technology, and Innovation
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Wednesday, October 8 to
Friday, October 10
473 Tate Student Center
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The Neotropical Montology Collaboratory of the University of Georgia (UGA) and Escuela Politécnica Superior de Chimborazo (ESPOCH) are organizing an International Conference in the Athens campus.
The conference is directed to the Riobamba’s and Athens’ campus communities, including graduate students and undergraduates.
In-person and virtual hybrid modality.
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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 | 3:00 p.m.
MLC 250
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Georgia Latino Education Summit (GLES)
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Saturday, October 25
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Zell B. Miller Learning Center (MLC)
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Registration open until October 17
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Ph.D. Defense and Graduation
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Many congratulations to Dr. Marcela Garza for successfully defending her dissertation titled Reclaiming the Sacred: Afro-Latina Narratives of Trauma, Memory, and Digital Resistance in Ana Maria Gonçalves and Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa this past summer.
Dr. Garza, a Ph.D. in Romance Languages, also obtained a Graduate Certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She will teach Spanish at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Georgia, while continuing to develop her research on Afro-Latinx literature, memory, and digital humanities.
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Doctoral students engage with Latinx community at Pinewoods Library event
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Doctoral students in Dr. Delgado-Romero’s course centered on mental health in the Latinx community put theory into practice through volunteering at an event held by the Pinewoods Library and Learning Center.
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From left to right, Samantha Twadell, Renee Martin, Dr. Edward Delgado-Romero and Natalie Kanga at the Empower Pinewoods Family Expo last August.
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Tour Season is open! This is the best time of the year to visit the garden.
Please don't hesitate to contact Nunally Benzing (Garden Curator) if you would like to schedule a tour for your class or any members of the Athens community this fall.
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Clarke County Mentor Program (CCMP)
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County Mentor Program (CCMP) is seeking volunteer mentors to mentor students in the Clarke County School District (CCSD) for grades K-12.
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Latinx Student Support Group
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Wednesday, September 10 | 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Registration Open for the Fall Semester
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The Latinx Student Support Group from the Center for Counseling and Personal Evaluation on UGA's campus is recruiting participants for the fall semester.
The group is meant as a safe space for Latinx identifying students to discuss matters of culture and mental health.
Sessions will start this Wednesday, September 10, at 5:00 p.m.
Participants may register by scanning the QR code and completing the subsequent screener !
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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 access to the 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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