Check the 2024 Hispanic Heritage Month Calendar for an exciting roster of activities until this Saturday, November 2.
Special thanks to the several organizers who contributed to the calendar by sharing their events; LACSI's co-sponsors; Courtney Deans , LACSI's Student Worker, for designing the calendar; and Carla York, LACSI's administrative assistant, for her crucial support in organizing LACSI's main events.
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Diana Trindade Drumond publishes her first book
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UGA Portuguese PhD student, Diana Trindade Drumond , had her book Pode a mulher escolher? (Can women choose?), published by the Luso-Brazilian/Galician publisher Editora Urutau under their academic imprint, Margem da Palavra.
Congratulations, Diana, on this fantastic achievement!
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Latin American Masks Traditions
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Casa Amarilla (290 S. Hull St.) | Monday, October 7, to Friday, November 22
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This fascinating exhibit will remain free and open to the public
at LACSI's Yellow House until November 22!
Schedule a visit between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays by emailing lacsi@uga.edu
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Amy Smoler (Linguistics Department) for curating the exhibits in Athens; CLAS (Ohio State University) and the President’s Ventures Fund for co-sponsoring the Grand Opening at LACSI’s Casa Amarilla; and Seth and Jennifer Hendershot for hosting the collection for a week this fall.
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Dates and Locations
Monday, October 7, to Friday, November 22, 2024.
Exhibition open at LACSI'S Yellow House (290 S. Hull St.)
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2nd Annual Dia de los Muertos
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Saturday, November 2 | 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Terrapin, 265 Newton Bridge Rd.
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Make sure to visit Dignidad Inmigrante Athens' 2nd Annual Día de los Muertos celebration this Saturday, November 2nd, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
There will be food, music, dances, altar offerings, arts, catrinas , and much more!
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Noche Latina 2024
Naciones Nativas
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Saturday, November 2 | 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. | The Classic Center
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Noche Latina is a night where our community comes together to celebrate the rich diversity of cultures across Latin America. It's not just a celebration of one individual or group, but a time for everyone to embrace their unique roots, share their traditions, and learn about others.
As a reminder everyone is welcome to Noche Latina, so don’t forget to invite your friends and family.
Tickets are still on sale, make sure to go get them before they sell out.
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28th Annual Conference on the Americas
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Submission deadline: Tuesday, November 19, 2024
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TheLatin American and Caribbean Studies Institute (LACSI), the University of Georgia (UGA), and the AU/UGA Medical Partnership are hosting the 28th annual Conference on the Americas in 2025 in Athens, GA.
This conference provides a venue in which faculty and students from the University System of Georgia (USG) can engage and share their interest and expertise regarding the Caribbean, Latin America and Canada.
Held annually for the past 27 years, we explore critical socio-cultural, political, economic, health, environmental, global, regional and national issues. While the focus of this conference is primarily for university/college faculty members, graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to showcase their research on the Americas.
The Call for Papers for the 28th Annual Conference on the Americas is now available!
The deadline for submission is November 19th, 2024.
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28th Annual Conference on the Americas
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Undergraduate and Graduate Paper Competitions
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Submission deadline: Monday, January 6, 2025
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The Americas Council is proud to invite undergraduate and graduate students to submit papers for the 28th Annual Conference on the Americas. The Council will give an award for the best undergraduate and best graduate papers.
Submit your abstract in the Conference abstract submission system by November 19, 2024.
Completed papers are due by January 6, 2025.
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Contrary to popular belief bananas are not native to Latin America . Evidence suggests they were first cultivated around 8,000–5,000 B.C. in what is now Papua New Guinea. Those bananas were closer to the plantains, sweet bananas didn't come on the scene until a mutant was discovered on a Jamaican plantation in the 1800s.
We grow a cold tolerant banana in the garden that produce a stunted inedible fruit, but provide a good visual for discussions on the influence of banana production in Latin America. Banana crops struggle world wide because they are clonal and lack genetic diversity. They must be sprayed daily with fungicide/herbicide which negatively impacts the land and the workers.
- Nunally Benzing (LAEG Curator)
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Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Tuesday/Thursday
11:10 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.
2:20 p.m. to 3:35 p.m.
3:55 p.m. to 5:10 p.m.
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Telenovelas, Culture
and Society
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Tuesday/Thursday
3:55 p.m. to 5:10 p.m.
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Global Perspectives
on Gender*
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Tuesday/Thursday
11:10 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.
*See prerequisites
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Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Tuesday/Thursday
9:35 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
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Monday 1:50 to 5:00 p.m.
*Counts toward the LACS Major and Minor
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LACSI
Weekly Language Conversation
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Casa Amarilla
Monday, 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 Mondays from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., thru December 2.
For more information, please contact our facilitator, Mario Juárez (mj25877@uga.edu).
¡Nos vemos pronto!
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Quechua Conversation Table
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Q'illu Wasicha
(LACSI's Yellow House)
Monday, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Fall Semester
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No previous experience
with Quechua?
No problem!
Join us every Monday
from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
at Q'illu Wasicha
(LACSI's Yellow House. 290 S. Hull St.).
Contact Bethany Bateman McDonald (batemabd@uga.edu) with questions.
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Latinx Student Support Group
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Wednesday, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Fall Semester
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Join the
Latinx Student Support Group.
Sessions started on October 2nd
and spots are limited on a first come first serve basis.
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