Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Suny New Paltz

11/05/2021

The Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program wants to invite you of the book "Precarious Democracy: Ethnographies of Hope, Despair and Resistance in Brazil", co-edited by our dear colleague Dr. Ben Junge (Anthropology/LACS). Ben and two authors that participate in this collection– Carlos Eduardo Henning (Universidade Federal de Goiás) and Sarah LeBaron Von Baeyer (Tufts University)–will be talking about the book and their particular interventions within it. The book brings together ethnographic accounts of how Brazilians from diverse walks of life have experienced and responded to economic precarity, political crisis, and diminishing hopes for the future from 2013 to 2019. Dr. Henning will share with us his work on LGBTTI Elders in Brazil and Dr. LeBaron Von Baeyer will address her work on Brazilians of Japanese descent and their stances vis-a-vis Bolsonaro's rule. The event is co-sponsored by our colleagues and co-conspirators in the Asian Studies Program.

The event is next Wednesday November 10 at 5pm.

Here is the webex link: https://newpaltz.webex.com/webappng/sites/newpaltz/meeting/download/0f5fef2d5cb0438fae03682a42e284a4?siteurl=newpaltz&MTID=mc098a7c0c38139d5e764b321c8436ec4

09/20/2021

Esta semana comienza el Ciclo de Chile de LACS con charlas y exposiciones en el contexto de la constituyente. El jueves 23 a las 12pm se presentará un proyecto entre la escritora Lina Meruane y dos miembros de la colectiva somoslacélula (Ángeles Donoso Macaya + César Barros A.). Difundan en sus redes.

09/08/2021

LACS professor Ben Junge will be speaking about his work at this event. Register to attend!

REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT HERE Political Subjectivities in Times of Crisis: Nostalgic Narratives of Disorder and Disinterest among Working-Class Families in Brazil M. Benjamin Junge, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, SUNY New Paltz, and SAR’s 2021 Weatherhead fellow. &nbs

02/23/2021

Many LACS students met Marco last semester. We are so happy that a leader of the migrant struggle, a person who is always working with and for the community (in the Bronx, in Mexico, in the US) is getting justice. La lucha continúa.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amanda Lotspike Phone: 805.551.2639 Email: [email protected] February 23, 2021 At Long Last, Prominent Immigrant Rights Activist Marco Saavedra Has Won Political Asylum NEW YORK, NY — Prominent immigrant rights activist Marco Saavedra has won political asylum. Th...

02/11/2021

01/24/2021

See how we approach Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Latinx experience and how our major and minor works in this short video

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