University of Miami Latin American Studies Program

04/25/2019

This talk will take place at the School of Business this evening. Please join for this discussion on Venezuela.

04/16/2019

Please join is on April 27th from 6-10 for a fundraising event for the Women’s and Girls Initiative. Girls Initiative’s 2019 Summer Leadership Academy and Education for Adolescent girls in Haiti

WGI is A Girl Empowerment Program Led by Didi Bertrand-Farmer

For more information please visit the link in our bio.

04/09/2019

April 16th with Paul Farmer!

04/09/2019

This April 15th! &literature

04/05/2019

The Latin American Studies Program is pleased to co-sponsor this upcoming conference on Human Rights & Global Justice, on April 19th. Please visit the link on our website for registration details.

03/26/2019

Miércoles 27, 4pm.
Please consider attending this public lecture with Lourdes Torres, hosted by the Modern Languages & Literature department.

03/20/2019

Hello everyone! The annual Tri-Universiyt Graduate Student Conferene on Latin American Studies is just around the corner. We are very excited to host this event at the University of Miami, this Saturday, March 23rd, 9am-4pm. If you haven't already, please visit the link below for more information about how to rsvp. We look forward to seeing you there!

https://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=55917715392

03/18/2019

Welcome back from Spring Break everyone!
Consider attending an author reading at Books and Books this Friday, March 22nd with Pulitzer prize nominated author Luis Alberto Urrea. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother, Luis Alberto Urrea draws on his heritage to inspire his work. The House of Broken Angels is the quintessential story of what it means to be the first generation to live two lives across one border. The De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend, recounting inspiring tales that have passed into family lore about a fraught journey to the land they have come to call home.

Event: https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbooksandbooks.com%2Fevent%2Fluis-alberto-urrea%2F&data=02%7C01%7Clas%40miami.edu%7Ccb0c2384480c48cdb7a608d6abc12782%7C2a144b72f23942d48c0e6f0f17c48e33%7C0%7C1%7C636885243414822607&sdata=GYJb7HioGfnMbJmpecJEsUiQqeK4%2Fk0sPEwLO9QH7pg%3D&reserved=0

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/luis-alberto-urrea-at-books-books-tickets-57848836427

The quintessential story of what it means to be the first generation to live two lives across one border, The House of Broken Angels is Pulitzer Prize finalist Luis Alberto Urrea’s unforgettable portrait of the De La Cruz family as they celebrate the lives of two of their most beloved members over...

01/16/2019

In case you haven't heard, please check out this opportunity to watch Emilia!

https://news.miami.edu/stories/2019/01/emilia-a-documentary-about-the-woman-who-sewed-the-first-cuban-flag.html

7:30 p.m. on Jan. 17, 2019, Shalala Student Center

¡Nos vemos allí!

The film launches the 2019 film series for the UM Libraries Cuban Heritage Collection.