National Resource Centers for Foreign Language, Area and International Studies

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

University of Wisconsin Consortium

Cultural Program: M?sica del Lago: Orquesta Veneno (8/16/2007)

Lecture: Venezuela and the Search for Just Development: Envisioning 21st Century Socialism (9/12/2007)

TV Interview: International Focus: Venezuela and the Search for Just Development: Envisioning 21st Century Socialism (9/12/2007)

Meeting: Editorial Board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Venezuela and the Search for Just Development: Envisioning 21st Century Socialism (9/13/2007)

Film: Glue (Argentina) (9/15/2007)

Student Program: UW-Milwaukee Certificate Day (9/19/2007)

Film: Madeinusa (Peru, Spain) (9/21/2007 - 9/23/2007)

Lunchtime Lecture by Jose Ugaz, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, "Embedded Corruption Networks" (9/25/2007)

Film: El Violin (Mexico) (9/27/2007 - 9/29/2007)

Film: Ghosts of Cit? Soleil (Haiti) (9/27/2007 - 9/29/2007)

Career Enhancement Seminar, Debbie Kaaikiola Strohbusch Department of Spanish and Portuguese,... But can you use it? Communicative Activities: Walking the Talk (9/29/2007)

Lunchtime Lecture,Devin Biggs Ph. D. Student in Environmental Studies, Adding Value to Biodiversity: Web-based Science Learning Materials for Public Schools in Rural Jalisco, Mexico (10/2/2007)

Lecture, Peter Hulme,Univ. of Essex England,"American Tropics: Towards a Literary Geography" (10/4/2007 - 10/6/2007)

Cultural Program: Am?ricas Award for Children and Young Adult Literature (10/6/2007)

Lunchtime Lecture, Pedro Juan Hernandez, CRIPDES, The Closing of Political Space in El Salvador Today: The Salvador Social Movement's Response in Heading a Globalization from Below (10/9/2007)

Symposium: A Tribute to Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez (10/9/2007)

Conference: Latin America: Change, Identity and Movement (10/12/2007 - 10/13/2007)

Lecture, Alicia Borinsky, Boston University, Public lecture on her book "Entre Lenguas y deslenguada: Humor y Literatura" (10/13/2007 - 10/16/2007)

Annual Meeting of the Midwest Organization of Libraries for Latin American Studies (MOLLAS), Paloma Celis Carbajal, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Organization of Libraries for Latin American Studies (MOLLAS) (10/15/2007)

Lunchtime Lecture, Alex Nading Ph. D. Student in Anthropology, Artisanal Aluminum Recycling in the Garbage Economy of Urban Nicaragua: An Ethnographic and Experimental Perspective" (10/16/2007)

Project Team Award for participating in the "100 Years of Solitude in Wisconsin" year-long partnership program, Kevin Kuschel, Lynn Frick, Katherine Yates and Maggie Boggess, 100 Years of Solitude in Wisconsin (10/17/2007)

Lecture: Education and Research Opportunities in the Costa Rican Rainforest and Neotropical Tent-roosting Bats (10/19/2007)

Tinker Visiting Professor Reception, Glyn Jemmott Parish Priest at the Parish of St.John of the Cross, El Ciruelo, Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico,Religion and Identity: A Look at Afro-Mexican Confraternities (10/23/2007)

Student Program: UW-Milwaukee Open House (10/26/2007 - 10/27/2007)

Lecture, Juana Villareyna, Fundacion Entre Mujeres, Nicaragua, "Women, Coffee and Flowers: Organizing for Social Justice in Nicaragua and Colombia" (10/27/2007 - 11/3/2007)

Lunchtime Lecture, Rachel Schmidt Jabaily, Ph. D. Student in Botany, Evolution of Life Histories in Puya (Bromeliaceae) of the Andes (10/30/2007)

Lunchtime Lecture, Shelly Grabe, Women's Research Center and Department of Psychology, Promoting Gender Equality through Development: Land Ownership and Domestic Violence in Nicaragua" (11/6/2007)

Lecture, David Sheinin, Canada, "Boxing and the Cultural Ideal of the Peronist Worker, 1950-1980" (11/7/2007 - 11/9/2007)

Campus Presentation of Documentary Film: "Puedo Hablar?" ("May I Speak?") followed by discussion,Chris Moore,Sol Productions in Venezuela, Inc. (11/9/2007)

Lunchtime Lecture, Miranda Lea Braithwaite, Kathryn Finley, Elizabeth Gausden and Timothy Pletcher,UW-Madison undergraduate students,Undergraduate Panel on Study Abroad, and Honors Thesis Research in Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Region (11/13/2007)

Student Program: Jessica Doyle's Reading Day at the Governor's Residence (11/15/2007)

Prof. Diana Frantzen attended the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Conference, San Antonio-Texas Prof. Diana Frantzen, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UW-Madison American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Conference (11/16/2007 - 11/18/2007)

Student Program: Naomi Shihab Nye: Poetry Workshops (11/16/2007)

Teacher Professional Development: Open a Door... Open a Book... Open your Mind... to the World: 6th Annual International Children's and Young Adult Literature Celebration (11/17/2007)

Lunchtime Lecture, Jeremy Weber Ph. D. Student in Agricultural and Applied Economics, ProManejo in the Tapajos National Forest: A Successful Marriage of Conservation and Development in Brazil? (11/27/2007)

Lunchtime Lecture, Bretton White (Spanish and Portuguese), Matthew Rarey (Art History) and Charity Schmidt (Sociology) UW-Madison graduate students, Graduate Panel on Field Research in Latin America (12/4/2007)

Lecture, Charles Faulhaber, U of California, Berkeleym,"PhiloBiblon, Past, Present, Future: History of a Research Project" (12/5/2007 - 12/8/2007)

Student Program: Master Class with guitarist Alfonso Moreno (12/5/2007)

Lunchtime Lecture, Ndioro Sow, Universidad Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis- Senegal, El personaje de Cristobal Col?n: de la historia a la ficci?n (Cristobal Colon: From History to Fiction.) (12/11/2007)

Study Abroad Program: Ecology in Costa Rica (1/3/2008 - 1/17/2008)

Teacher Professional Development: International Agriculture: US-Mexico Project: Relationships and Interdependencies with the U.S. (1/22/2008 - 5/9/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture presented by Fair Trade University participants "Fair Trade University: UW Students and Hands-on Learning in the Mountains of Guatemala" (2/5/2008)

Preservice Teacher Education - WIOC Presentation (2/5/2008)

International Studies School Assn. Conference 2008: 2 scholarships awarded to K-12 WI educators to attend by WIOC (WI Outreach Consortium). (2/7/2008 - 2/9/2008)

Preservice Teacher Education - WIOC Presentation (2/12/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture presented by Michelle Back, PhD "We Did the Wrong Dance: Ecaudorian Musicians Negotitating Identity and Language in a Transnational Context" (2/19/2008)

Radio Interview: The Honorable Jamil Mahuad, Former President, Republic of Ecuador (2/25/2008)

Lecture: Latin America: How should the US engage with the new left? (2/26/2008)

Television Interview: The Honorable Jamil Mahuad, Former President, Republic of Ecuador (2/26/2008)

Classroom Presentation: Analysis of contemporary governments in Latin America, with particular emphasis on the social way of life, the politics of economic organization and government in action (2/27/2008)

3rd Annual Festival de Cine: Argentine Female Directors, Argentine Actors w/ the UW's Cinemateque (2/29/2008 - 3/2/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture presented by Erik Olsen, PhD, Anthropology Student "Gods, Hallucinogens, and the State: Towards an Anthropology of Law" (3/4/2008)

Cultural Program: Gasthaus Entertainment Series: Carmen La Salsera (3/6/2008)

Kaleideoscope Graduate Student Conference of the Dept of Spanish and Portuguese - Anamorphosis: Changes in Perspective/Changes in Meaning Keynote: Professor Jodie Parys "Representations of AIDS in Spanish American Literature: (Re)Conceptualizing the Individual and Social Body" (3/7/2008)

Kaleideoscope Graduate Student Conference of the Dept of Spanish and Portuguese - Anamorphosis: Changes in Perspective/Changes in Meaning Keynote: Professor Jill Casid "Beyond the Parallax View: Anamorphosis as Practice and Method" (3/8/2008)

Lecture presented by Camilo Trumper (PhD Candidate, Dept of History, U of CA-Berkeley) "A Ganar La Calle The Politics of Public Space and Public Art in Santiago, Chile, 1970-1973" (3/11/2008)

Lecture presented by Cristina Rivera Garza (Mexican Author and Felice Massie Distinguished Visitng Professor in Spanish, Washington U, St. Louis)"Colliding Writing" (3/11/2008)

Presentation: Online Course on Children's Literature Focused on Latin American/Latino Cultural Heritage (3/14/2008)

Study Abroad Program: Panama: Tropical Ecology (component of semester-long BioSci 475 course) (3/15/2008 - 3/23/2008)

Lecture presented by Julissa Mantilla (Lawyer and Professor @ the Pontificia Universidad Catalogica del Peru and Intl consultant on gender and intl human rights law) "Gender and Truth Commissions: The Peruvian Case - part of the lecture series on Law, War and Human Security" (3/24/2008)

Lecture presented by Julissa Mantilla (Lawyer and Professor @ the Pontificia Universidad Catalogica del Peru and Intl consultant on gender and intl human rights law) "Gender Training and Expertise in the Field of Human Rights" (3/25/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture presented by Planned Parenthood of WI / Centro Hispano of Dane County / CALA / WCCN / Go Global! / Madison-Arcatao Sister City Project / Colombia Support Network / Raices de Esperanza / Family Farm Defenders / Dane-Andres Eloy Blanco Sister Action Coaliation / Madison-Camaguey Sister City Project "Latin American Organizations Roundtable" (3/25/2008)

Symposium: Latin American Indigenous Languages (3/27/2008)

Film Screening / Q and A presented by Carlos Broun (Argentinian Filmmaker) "Las Mujeres de Brukman (The Women of Brukman" (3/28/2008)

Lecture presented by Helga Leitner (Professor of Geography, U of MN) "Si se Puede! Spaces of Immigrants Mobilizing for Social Justice" (3/28/2008)

Performance by Toby Love (Singer) (3/28/2008)

Student Program: Brazilian Carnaval in Milwaukee (3/28/2008)

International Education Annual Conference and 2008 WI Council for the Social Studies presented by Sarah Ripp "Bringing the World to Your classroom - Resources of the WI Intl Outreach Consortium and Ways of Integrating Them Into Curriculum" (3/31/2008)

Teacher Professional Development: 2008 Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies and International Education Conference: Planning for Our World: Our Dreams and Our Actions (3/31/2008 - 4/1/2008)

International Education Annual Conference and 2008 WI Council for the Social Studies presented by Alberto Vargas (LACIS) / Michel Wattiaux (Assoc Prof, Dept of Dairy Science) / Dolly Ledin (Outreach Coordinator, Ctr for Biology Education) "Bridging Worlds: An Initiative to Pair UW-Madison Students with High School Teachers to Produce Lesson Units on Mexico-US Intertendepencies" (4/1/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture presented by Paola Perez-Aleman (Professor, McGill U.) "Upgrading Local Enterprises in Developing Economies: Building Standards and Networks" (4/1/2008)

Lecture presented by Dora Acero (Colombian Flower Worker) "Sowing Seeds of Resistance: Colombia Flower Unions, US Policy and the Struggle for Dignity" (4/3/2008)

Cultural Program: 30th Annual Latin American Film Series (4/4/2008 - 4/12/2008)

Lecture presented by Carmen Diana Deere (Economist and Director of Latin American Studies, U of FL) "Gender Training and Expertise in the Field of Human Rights" (4/4/2008)

Lecture presented by Carmen Diana Deere (Economist and Director of Latin American Studies, U of FL) "Women and the distribution of wealth: What do we know and why does it matter?" (4/4/2008)

World Cinema Day 2008 Film : "Fermat's Room/La Habitacion de Fermat" (4/4/2008)

Land Tenure Center Spring Forum presented by Dr. Daniel Bromley Anderson-Bascom (Professor, Ag and Applied Economics) "Incentive-Compatible Institutional Design: Who's in Charge Here?" (4/7/2008)

Land Tenure Center Spring Forum presented by Dr. Daniel Bromley Anderson-Bascom (Professor, Ag and Applied Economics) "Incentive-Compatible Institutional Design: Who's in Charge Here?" (keynote address from the "Designing Pro-Poor Rewards for Ecosystem Services" (4/7/2008)

Lecture/Book Signing by Gloria Munoz (Author of "The Fire and the Word") (4/7/2008)

Arts Residency: Juan Felipe Herrera (writer, performer, poet, activist, cartoonist and teacher) Guest Appearance on Jean Feraca's "Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders" WI Public Radio Program (4/8/2008)

Arts Residency: Juan Felipe Herrera (writer, performer, poet, activist, cartoonist and teacher) "Humanities NOW Forum: Immigration and Memory" (4/9/2008)

Arts Residency: Juan Felipe Herrera (writer, performer, poet, activist, cartoonist and teacher) Reading and book signing: "187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross the Border" (4/10/2008)

Arts Residency: Juan Felipe Herrera (writer, performer, poet, activist, cartoonist and teacher) Performance: "187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross the Border" (4/11/2008)

Lecture: Presentation by author Jorge Moreira on his novel: Memorial da llha e Outras Ficcoes (4/14/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture presented by Marcelo Pellegrini (Professor, Dept of Spanish and Portuguese) "La muerte es la madre de la belleza: Algunas poeticas hispanoamericanas" (4/15/2008)

"Cuba Libre: El Mayor Deseo" Film Screening / Q and A presented by Various Professors F. Scarano (History Dept) / M. Zamora (Spanish and Portugese Dept) / Sarah Ripp from LACIS / Reps from Raices de Esperanza / Kate Finley (LACIS undergrad) "Cuba Libre: El Mayor Deseo" (4/18/2008)

Conference: World Making: Art and Politics in Global Media (4/18/2008 - 4/19/2008)

Teacher/Student Colliquom presented by Gregory Rabassa (Translator and Distinguised Professor, Queens College) "Translating One Hundred Years of Solitude" (4/18/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture presented by Ruben Medina (Professor, Dept of Spanish and Portuguese) "Las dos Fridas: entre la vanguardia y el melodrama" (4/22/2008)

World Language Day presented by Armando Muyolema "The Inkas' World Through Inka Language" (4/22/2008)

Lecture by Ambassador Joao Almino (Consul General of Brazil in Chicago) "The Myth of Brasilia as a Literary Source" (4/24/2008)

Lecture presented by Armando Gutierrez (General Manager, PRESTANIC -- one of the oldest and biggest microfinance orgs in Nicaragua) "Origin, Development and Challenges of the Microfinance Industry in Nicaragua" (4/24/2008)

Lecture: The Damages of Development: Xalala Dam in Ixcan, Guatemala (4/24/2008)

Exhibit: Implosion: Cultural Integration and Transformation (4/25/2008 - 6/13/2008)

Film Screening / Q and A presented by Mike Shiley "Solving Immigration: The Truth is Out There" (4/28/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture presented by Paul Toth (Professor, Depts of Curriculum and Insturction and Spanish and Portugese) "Comparing Teacher-led and Learner-led Interaction in Spanish Language Classrooms: How Teachers and Peers Facilitate Linguistic Development" (4/29/2008)

Lecture presented by Leigh Payne (Professor of Political Science) "Criminalized Speech and the Democratic Dilemma in Post-Dictatorship Latin America" (4/30/2008)

Lecture presented by Professor Gustavo Vega-Canovas (Director, Ctr. For Intl Studies, El Colegio de Mexico) "The Impact of NAFTA on Trade and Investment in Mexico" (5/6/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture presented by Marie Kegel and Kristina Stanek (LACIS Undergrad Students) "Undergraduate Panel on Thesis Research in Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Region" (5/6/2008)

Performance: Luisa Capetillo: La Musa/Activa/The Active Muse (5/8/2008)

Study Abroad Program: Mexico: Health, Culture and Wellness (5/20/2008 - 5/31/2008)

Study Abroad Program: Peru Past and Present: Art, Literature and Culture (5/21/2008 - 6/14/2008)

Teacher Professional Development: NRC Teacher Training Network (6/10/2008 - 6/13/2008)

Study Abroad Program: Brazil: Brazilian Popular Dances and Music in the Northeast (6/17/2008 - 6/30/2008)

Teacher Professional Development: Global Environment Teachings (UW-Stevens Point) Exchange Program in Puerto Rico (6/17/2008 - 7/1/2008)

Infusing Understanding of Peace and Conflict in the Muslim World into the Curriculum - LACIS' Outreach Coordinator, Sarah Ripp, attended in order to make contacts with teachers throughout the US who are interested in infusing the Muslim world into their K-12 curriculum. (6/19/2008)

Workshop on "New and Emerging Migrations" - S. Ripp prepared a two-page handout based off of research she conducted on current patterns of migration in and out of Latin America as they relate to contemporary issues of border control, economic woes, etc., and she also presented these findings in a 30-40 minute presentation and Q and A session w/ the group. (6/24/2008)

Summer Teacher Institute: "Human Rights and Latin America" - This workshop examined the legacy of state terrorism in Latin America in the efforts of civil society and governments to come to terms with the recent violent past. This program was geared towards 7th through 12th grade teachers interested in incorporating these topics into their classrooms. Presenters from Wellesley College, UC-Davis and UW-Whitewater. (7/8/2008 - 7/11/2008)

Teacher Workshop: Summer Teacher Institute: Human Rights and Historical Memory in Latin America (7/8/2008 - 7/11/2008)

Cultural Program: Musica del Lago: a summer performance series featuring Cache (7/17/2008)

Teacher Workshop: The Faces of Globalization: Global to Local Connections in Teaching and Learning (7/23/2008 - 7/25/2008)

Cultural Program: Musica del Lago: a summer performance series featuring De la Buena (7/31/2008)

Exhibit Eugenio Espinoza (8/8/2008 - 9/28/2008)

MITA - Madison International Trade Association's Annual Outreach Mixer attended by LACIS' Outreach Coordinator, Sarah Ripp (8/12/2008)

Conference STILLA Conference on Indigenous Languages. Attended by LACIS Assoc Director, Alberto Vargas. (8/14/2008 - 8/16/2008)

Cultural Program: Musica del Lago: a summer performance series featuring Orquesta Veneno (8/14/2008)

STILLA Conference on Indigenous Languages -- symposium on teaching indigenous languages of Latin America attended by LACIS' Associate Director, Alberto Vargas (8/14/2008 - 8/16/2008)

The Alterra Grafton Performance Series Salsa Music by Nabori (8/20/2008)

WIOC Teacher Presentation -- Neenah High School, Neenah, WI (8/26/2008)

WIOC WI Intl Outreach Consortium Teacher Presentation. Presenters were LACIS Outreach Coordinator Sarah Ripp and Nancy Heingartner, Outreach Coordinator for CREECA. (8/26/2008)

Film La Leon Uruguay (9/6/2008)

Film XXY Argentina/Spain/France (9/7/2008)

Exhibit Women of the Book (9/10/2008 - 11/2/2008)

Gasthaus Entertainment Series Bossa Tres! (9/11/2008)

Lecture La Poesia de Ernesto Cardenal/The Poetry of Ernesto Cardenal Presented by Ernesto Cardenal (9/11/2008)

Musica del Lago Bahia (9/11/2008)

Lecture The Jewish Artist in Latin America (9/15/2008)

Bilingual Vallejo Poetry Reading and Lecture Fecapital Ponk Translating and Imagining Cesar Vallejo Presented by Clayton Eshleman (9/16/2008)

Lecture The Role of the Poet in Latin America (9/16/2008)

Preservice Teacher Education - WIOC Presentation (9/18/2008)

Anthropology Colloquium Magical Medicine, Magical Death Afro-Cuban Healing and Revenge Sorcery in Suburban South Florida Presented by Mario Cubas (9/22/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture The Revolutionary 60s in Latin America State Terrorism, Human Rights and Guerrilla Warfare Presented By Hiber Conteris (9/23/2008)

Reception Honoring Tinker Visiting Professors Honoring David Sheinin, Helena Alviar Garcia, Luiis Peirano, Wilson Almeida (9/23/2008)

Preservice Teacher Education - WIOC Presentation (9/25/2008)

Teacher Workshop Latin American Studies A Call for Collaboration (9/27/2008)

Lecture Inter-American Literature and Comparative Iberian Studies Two New Fields in the 21st Century Presented By Earl Fitz (10/2/2008)

1st Student Colloquium of Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Studies (10/3/2008)

Student Program Presentations by Laura Resau (10/3/2008)

Amricas Award for Children and Young Adult Literature (10/4/2008)

Lecture Junot Diaz The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (10/6/2008)

Guest Speaker How I Became a Historian Presented by Franklin Knight (10/7/2008)

Guest Speaker Migration and Culture A Case Study of Cuba 1750-1900 Presented by Franklin Knight (10/7/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture Did the Generals Have Support? Sport and the Construction of a Dictatorship Culture in Argentina, 1975-1984 Presented by David Sheinin (10/7/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture Should Latin Americans Lose Their Faith in Law? Visiting Tinker Professor Helena Alviar Garcia (10/14/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture Literature in the Construction of Cuban Identity Presented by Jose Maria Aguilera Manzano (10/21/2008)

Professional Advancement Course Environmental and Water Issues Around the World Fall 2008 Presented by LACIS Outreach Coordinator Sarah Ripp and LACIS Associate Director, Alberto Vargas. (10/21/2008 - 11/25/2008)

The Battle over Spanish in Contemporary Latin America A Symposium (10/27/2008)

Guest Speaker Latin America in the Changing Global Economy Presented by Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (10/28/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture Evaluating Sustainability A Case Study of Two Ejidos Practicing Sustainable Forestry in SE Mexico Presented by Ann Busche (10/28/2008)

Conference Latin Americas Cultural Diversity Art, Politics and History (10/30/2008 - 11/1/2008)

Symposium Popular Culture in Latin America Drama on Stage, Court and Track Presented by Luis Peirano, David Sheinin (10/30/2008)

Symposium Popular Culture in Latin America Drama on Stage, Court, and Track (10/30/2008)

Student Program UW-Milwaukee Open House (10/31/2008 - 11/1/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture Theatre and Politics in Peru Yesterday and Today Presented by Luis Peirano (11/4/2008)

Lecture An Evening with Danny Glover (11/7/2008)

Teacher Professional Development Chile y la Literatura Infantil (11/7/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture American Integration Regionalism, Integration or Hegemonic Capitalism? Presented by Wilson Almeida (11/11/2008)

Lecture Lost Bullets Fetishes of Urban Violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (11/14/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture Solving Plant Disease Problems to Help Small Growers in Latin America Presented by Jonathon Jacobs (11/18/2008)

Luna Negra Dance Company Performance and Community Event (11/19/2008)

Meeting Visit to Governors Mansion and Reading with Children from Milwaukee Public Schools -- Author Margarita Engle was chaperoned by LACIS Outreach Coordinator Sarah Ripp. (11/21/2008)

Student Program Jessica Doyles Reading Day at the Governors Mansion for Read on Wisconsin Program (11/21/2008)

Conference Childrens Literature Conference featuring Magarita Engle (11/22/2008)

Teacher Professional Development Open a DoorOpen a BookOpen your Mindto the World 7th Annual International Childrens and Young Adult Literature Celebration (11/22/2008)

Lecure Forgetting and the Willful Transformation of Memory The Death and Rebirth of a Mapuche Shaman in Chile presented by Ana Mariella Bacigalupo (12/1/2008)

Lunchtime Lecture The Manabi Conservation Corridor Working with Landowners and Local Communities to Foster Forest Protection in Ecuador Presented by Catherine Woodward (12/2/2008)

Lecture The Gendered Shamanization of Mapuche Politics Resistance and Negotiation with the Chilean State presented by Ana Mariella Bacigalupo (12/3/2008)

Reading Colloquium Slave Ship Charting the Legacy of the Middle Passage (12/5/2008)

Lecture Slave Ship Charting the Legacy of the Middle Passage (12/6/2008)

Study Abroad Program Bahamas Marine Science at Sea A Hands-On Laboratory (1/6/2009 - 1/20/2009)

Information Session Study Abroad Session for the LACIS Region presented by International Academic Programs and coordinated by LACIS Outreach Coordinator Sarah Ripp (1/30/2009)

Lecture and Musical/Dance Demo Capoiera An Historical Overview Presented by Dominic Stryker, Director of Raizes do Brasil (2/3/2009)

Lecture Cuba Contemplating Engagement (2/3/2009)

Radio Interview Wayne Smith, Cuba Contemplating Engagement (2/3/2009)

Meeting Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial Board on Cuba and contemplating engagement (2/4/2009)

Television Interview Wayne Smith, Cuba Contemplating Engagement (2/4/2009)

Film Frantz Fanon Sa vie, son combat, son travail (2/6/2009 - 2/8/2009)

Lecture/Poetry Reading An Evening with Jimmy Santiago Baca/Una Noche con Jimmy Santiaga Baca Presented by Jimmy Santiaga Baca, Poet and Writer (2/9/2009)

Info Session LACIS Academic Programming Session presented by Sarah Ripp, Alberto Vargas and Ksenija Bilbija of LACIS (2/10/2009)

Lunchtime Lecture Droughts in Northeast Brazil Stephen Hastenrath, Professor Emeritus, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (2/17/2009)

Student Program Art 108 2D Concepts class participation in a Caribbean Carnival theme (2/17/2009)

Lecture Fear, Art and Freedom (2/18/2009)

Exhibit La Plena Inmortal (2/20/2009 - 3/20/2009)

Teacher Professional Development Chile and Childrens Literature (2/21/2009)

Lunchtime Lecture-Latin American Relations New President - New and Improved Relationships? Presented by Charles Schudson, WI Reserve Judge and Adjunct Professor, UW-Madison and Marquette (2/24/2009)

Lecture and Book Signing Capoeira Beyond Brazil From a Slave Tradition to an International Way of Life presented by author Aniefre Essien (2/27/2009)

Cultural Program Building Dignity An Evening of Spoken Word, Music, Dance and Civic Engagement (3/1/2009)

Lecture and Dance Demo History of Afro-Brazilian Dance Presented by Dandha da Hora, Brazilian Samba Dancer (3/2/2009)

Lunchtime Lecture Community Radio in Latin America Origins, Organizations and Outlook Presented by Norm Stockwell - WORT Radio, and Jill Hopke - School of Journalism and Mass Communication (3/3/2009)

Lecture El Cuerpo y la ley violencia y violacion en Backyard de Sabina Berman y el Viaje de los cantores de Hugo Salcedo Presented by Priscila Melendez, Professor, Yale University (3/5/2009)

Conference Kaleidoscope Mimesis Imitation, Mind and Matter Presented by John Hawks, Associate Professor at UW-Madison, Anthropology (3/6/2009)

Lunchtime Lecture Interdisciplinary Health and Sustainable Development in Rural Mexico Tequililla, Jalisco Presented by Nadya Perez-Reyes - Dual Law/LACIS, Katy Ramsey - Dual Law/LACIS, Kathleen Rateree - Medical Anthropology, Alyson Williams - LACIS/Library and Information Studies, Jenny Zimmerman - Law and Nora Stieglitz (3/10/2009)

Lecture The Portraits of the Intrepid Mariner Simao A Visual History of Blackness in the Luso-Atlantic at the End of the Slave Trade (3/11/2009)

Study Abroad Program Panama Tropical Ecology component of semester-long BioSci 475 course (3/14/2009 - 3/22/2009)

Teacher Professional Development Wisconsin Council for Social Studies and International Education Conference (3/15/2009 - 3/16/2009)

Conference WCSS/IEC Global Challenges and Changes Presented by Sarah Ripp, LACIS Outreach Coordinator (3/16/2009)

Conference WCSS/IEC Outreach Resources and Opportunities for Teachers through WIOC Presented by Sarah Ripp - LACIS and Nancy Heingartner - CREECA (3/16/2009)

Presentation @ International Education Conference Bridging Worlds An Initiative to Pair UWMadison Students with High School Teachers to Produce Lesson Units on US-Mexico Interdependencies presented by LACIS Assoc. Director Alberto Vargas and Michel Waittux of Dairy Science (3/16/2009)

Panel Discussion and Screening of Film The Sixth Section @ the International Education Conference Presented by Alberto Vargas of LACIS , Gregg mitman of the Nelson Institute and Jennifer Blazek grad student LACIS and Agroecology and Sarah Ripp of LACIS. (3/17/2009)

A Film Screening and Community Discussion about the Globalization of Families and Communities through Mass-Migration (3/23/2009)

Lecture Reconfiguring the American Polity through Latino Incorporation Latino Political Incorporation and an Emerging Democratic Majority? Presented by Gary Segura (3/24/2009)

Lunchtime Lecture New Media and Civic Engagement in Colombia Presented by Hernando Rojas, Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences Communications (3/24/2009)

Lecture Reconfiguring the American Polity through Latino Incorporation Immigration and its Discontents Evaluating the Arguments about Latin American Integration on their DeMerits Presented by Gary Segura (3/25/2009)

Lecture Reconfiguring the American Polity Through Latino Incorporation Open Seminar Presented by Gary Segura (3/25/2009)

Cultural Program Brazilian Carnaval in Milwaukee (3/27/2009)

Film Festival Retrospective of Luis Bunuels Work Juan Egea, Professor, Spanish and Portuguese (3/27/2009 - 3/29/2009)

Lecture Human Rights in the Americas Challenges Confronting the Inter-American System Presented by Felipe Gonzalez, Comissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (3/30/2009)

Lunchtime Lecture Cartonera Publishers Recycling Latin American Bookscapes Presented by Paloma Celis Carbajal - Memorial Library, Djurdja Trajkovic, Lauren Pagel, Sapir Sasson, and Miriah Dolores Berger, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and Ksenija Bilbija, LACIS Director (3/31/2009)

Info Session Resume and Cover Letter Development for Students Wishing to Market Themselves Internationally Presented by Rep from the LandS Career Center (4/2/2009)

Lecture British Subjects and Pichones in Cuba The British West Indian Diaspora and Cuban Nationalism, 1920-1960 Presented by Robert W. Whitney, Associate Professor of Intl Studies and History, University of New Brunswick, St. John, Canada (4/3/2009)

Teacher Workshop Oral Proficiency Interview Familiarization Workshop (4/4/2009)

Lunchtime Lecture Economic and Social Change in a Lacandon Maya Community Presented by Jessica Hurley, Faculty Assistant, Department of Anthropology (4/7/2009)

Student Program Global Citizenship and Health in the 21st Century (4/7/2009)

Lecture Transnational Migration from the Hispanic Caribbean The Dominican Diaspora A Transnational Perspective Presented by Jorge Duany, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Puerto Rico (4/8/2009)

Workshop Domestic Job Search Tips for Students with Interdisciplinary Degrees, Foreign Language Skills and Study Abroad Experience Presented by LandS Career Center (4/9/2009)

Lecture Reframing Topics in Mexican American History The Tejano Diaspora in Action Texas, Wisconsin, and the Civil and Labor Rights movement of the 1960s Presented by Marc Rodriguez, History and Law, University of Notre Dame (4/14/2009)

Lunchtime Lecture The Culture of Non-Compliance in Latin America Presented by Mauricio Villegas, Visiting Professor, Law School (4/14/2009)

Lecture Reframing Topics in Mexican American History Open Seminar Presented by Marc Rodriguez, History and Law, University of Notre Dame (4/15/2009)

Lecture Reframing Topics in Mexican American History The Jury Right in Comparative Context Reconsidering Hernandez v. Texas Presented by Marc Rodriguez, History and Law, University of Notre Dame (4/15/2009)

Conference Sustaining Cities Urban Lost and Found (4/17/2009 - 4/18/2009)

LACIS 2009 Graduate Student Conference Academia and Latin America What is your Scholarly Impact? (4/17/2009)

The 31st Annual Latin American Film Series (4/17/2009 - 4/24/2009)

LACIS 2009 Latin American Organizations Roundtable (4/21/2009)

Lecture From Bomba to Reggaeton The Socio-Sonic Circuitry of Caribbean Latino Music Reggaetons Socio-Sonic Circuitry From Jamaica and New York to Panama, Puerto Rico and Beyond Presented by Raquel Z. Rivera, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College (4/21/2009)

Student Program El Camino de San Diego Film (4/21/2009)

Lecture From Bomba to Reggaeton The Socio-Sonic Circuitry of Caribbean Latino Music New York Bomba Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and a Bridge Called Haiti Presented by Raquel Z. Rivera, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College (4/22/2009)

Lecture From Bomba to Reggaeton The Socio-Sonic Circuitry of Caribbean Latino Music Open Seminar Presented by Raquel Z. Rivera, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College (4/23/2009)

Conference/Symposium Nabuco and Madison A Centennial Celebration Presenters Various (4/24/2009)

Teacher Workshop Revolutions A Collaborative Latin American Studies Workshop on Research and Teaching Ideas (4/25/2009)

Student Program Introduction to International Careers (4/27/2009)

Lecture The Diaspora Strikes Back Cultural Challenges of Transnational Communities Coming Home to Roost Rethinking Diasporas and Cultural Remittances Presented by Juan Flores, Latino Studies, NYU (4/28/2009)

Lecture The Diaspora Strikes Back Cultural Challenges of Transnational Communities Caribeno Counterstream Puerto Rican, Dominican and Cuban Diasporas on the Move Presented by Juan Flores, Latino Studies, NYU (4/29/2009)

Lecture A Poet of Politics and the Rebel Imagination Martin Espada on Puerto Rico, Chile, Wisconsin and Places Not Found On Any Map Presented by Martin Espada, Poet, Essayist, Editor and Translator and Professor of English, University of Massachusetts (4/30/2009)

Lecture Colonialism and the Poetry of Rebellion Presented by Martin Espada, Poet, Essayist, Editor and Translator and Professor of English, University of Massachusetts (4/30/2009)

Lecture The Diaspora Strikes Back Cultural Challenges of Transnational Communities Open Seminar Presented by Juan Flores, Latino Studies, NYU (4/30/2009)

Lecture The Redemption of Pablo Neruda Presented by Martin Espada, Poet, Essayist, Editor and Translator and Professor of English, University of Massachusetts (4/30/2009)

Lecture Collective Memory and Collective Resistance Presented by Domingo Tum Mejia (5/1/2009)

Conference La Decimocuatra Conferencia de La Mujer Latina Establecidos a sus tradiciones y a lo lucha por su reconocimiento Presenters Various (5/2/2009)

Film and Lecture Owners of the Water Conflict and Collaboration Over Rivers (5/6/2009)

Lecture Resonating Change Connecting Communities through Fair Trade (5/9/2009)

Study Abroad Program Costa Rica Intensive Spanish and Its Use for Social Work Practice (5/23/2009 - 6/13/2009)

Conference 2009 World Dance Alliance-Americas Conference and Dance Festival What Moves Us Presenters Miscellaneous (5/28/2009 - 5/30/2009)

Keynote Lecture 2009 World Dance Alliance-Americas Conference and Dance Festival What Moves Us Presented by Rex Nettleford (5/28/2009)

Musica del Lago Spanglish Band (6/11/2009)

International Conference LASA 2009 Marketing Memory Presenter Ksenija Bilbija, LACIS Director (6/12/2009)

International Conference LASA 2009 Issues in Latin American Studies Undergraduate Education Presented by Ksenija Bilbija of LACIS (6/14/2009)

Lecture The Panama Canal Expansion Program Building One of the Greatest Projects in the Americas (6/15/2009)

Study Abroad Program Peru Past and Present Archaeological Perspectives (6/16/2009 - 7/8/2009)

Symposium Uncertainties in Mexico Updates for Wisconsin Businesses Presented by Sigrid Emrich, Counselor for Economic Affairs, US Embassy, Mexico City/Miguel Noyola, Baker and McKenzie LLP, Chicago/Jorge Prieto, Sales Director for Asia and Latin America, BouMatic (6/16/2009)

Student Program Lady Day Conference 2009 (6/20/2009)

Course Current Topics in Curriculum and Instruction Using Childrens Literature to Explore Latin American/Latino Cultural Heritage (6/22/2009 - 7/18/2009)

Book Drive/Benefit Concert Un Mundo Book Drive for Rural Honduras and Benefit Concert (6/25/2009)

Musica del Lago Nabori (6/25/2009)

Teacher Professional Development NRC Teacher Training Network (7/6/2009 - 7/17/2009)

Summer Teacher Institute Migrantes Migrations Impact on Mexican and Central American Lives Migrations Cultural Impact The Case of Mexico Presented by Seth Meisel (7/7/2009 - 7/10/2009)

Teacher Institute Migrantes Migrations Impact on Mexican and Central American Lives (7/7/2009 - 7/10/2009)

Seminar International Credit Executives Latin America (7/15/2009)

Musica del Lago Rumbrava (7/16/2009)

Musica del Lago De La Buena (7/30/2009)

Study Abroad Program Mexico Health, Culture and Wellness (8/2/2009 - 8/13/2009)

University Visit Universidad de Guadalajara Visit by Alberto Vargas (8/8/2009 - 8/17/2009)

Musica del Lago Orquesta Veneno (8/13/2009)

Musica del Lago Cache (9/3/2009)

World Music Festival Kepa Junkara Basque Country Music, and other international music groups (9/16/2009 - 9/19/2009)

Lecture/QandA/Film Screening with Professor Ernesto Acevedo-Munoz as oart of the Festival de Cine Film Festival (9/25/2009)

Film Lake Tahoe (9/26/2009 - 9/28/2009)

North Central Council of Latin Americanists An Interdisciplinary Conference (10/1/2009 - 10/3/2009)

Film Gigante (10/2/2009 - 10/4/2009)

Cartonera Conference Preview and Demonstration featuring Jaime Vargas Luna founding editor of Sarita Cartonera and first president of the Alianza Peruana de Editores Independientes, Universitarios y Autonomos, Ksenija Bilbija LACIS Director and Professor, Spanish and Portuguese, Paloma Celis Carbajal Bibliographer, Ibero-American, Memorial Library, Djurdja Trajkovic Ph.D. student, Department of Spanish and Portuguese (10/6/2009)

A discussion with Stacyann Chin Homophobia in the Caribbean (10/7/2009)

Cartonera Publishers Recycling Latin American Bookscapes/Libros Cartoneros Reciclando el paisaje editorial en america latina featuring Ksenija Bilbija LACIS Director Paloma Celis Carbajal Bibliographer, UW Madison Eloisa Cartonera, Sarita Cartonera, Javier Barilaro, Yerba Mala Cartonera, Animita Cartonera, Mandragora Cartonera, Dulcineia Catadora, Yiyi Jambo and La Cartonera (10/8/2009 - 10/9/2009)

2nd Student Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Studies (10/15/2009)

Americas Award for Childrens and Young Adult Literature (10/17/2009)

Bilingual Poetry Reading (10/20/2009)

Poetry Translation Workshop (10/20/2009)

Film To Die Like a Man (10/21/2009)

Caribbean Fest (10/23/2009)

Capoeira (10/26/2009)

Dialogues with Diplomats Global Water Crisis (10/27/2009)

Representing the Detained (10/30/2009)

The Huapangueritos Traditional Music of Mexico (10/30/2009)

UW-Milwaukee Open House (10/30/2009 - 10/31/2009)

Tales from Planet Earth Environmental Film Festival featuring filmmaker Alex Rivera (11/6/2009 - 11/8/2009)

Exhibit booth at the National Council for the Social Studies (11/13/2009 - 11/14/2009)

International Childrens Literature Celebration Internationalize Your Curriculum Teacher Session (11/18/2009)

International Book Club Discussion Brother, Im Dying (11/20/2009)

International Childrens Literature Celebration Book Reading (11/20/2009)

Land Tenure Discourses and Identity Belize and the Andes presented by LACIS Quechua instructor Armando Muyolema (11/20/2009)

8th Annual International and Childrens Literature Celebration (11/21/2009)

An Evening with Edwidge Danticat (11/23/2009)

Argentina Public Education in Argentina (1/2/2010 - 1/22/2010)

Mexico Air Pollution and Ancient Cultures (1/9/2010 - 1/20/2010)

Madison Metropolitan School District Library Collections Event (1/19/2010)

Film Jacques Roumain La Passion dun pays (2/8/2010)

Resources for your Classroom Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, UW-Milwaukee (2/13/2010)

Beyond the Music Traditional Mexican Music featuring Members of Sones de Mexico ensemble Raquel Gonzalez Paraiso, Phd Candidate, Enthnomusicology Jorge Rodriguez (3/3/2010)

LACIS Festival de Cine Brazilian Films of the 1950s featuring discussions with Robin Peery, Phd Candidate Ben Singer, Professor Robin Ribeiro, Phd Candidate (3/5/2010 - 3/19/2010)

World Languages Day featuring a presentation by LACIS Quechua Professor Armando Muyolema (3/13/2010)

Brazil Night featuring Dandha da Hora, Mestre Papiba, Dominic Stryker and Cody Jussel from Roots of Brazil Thais Passos Fonseca, Eduardo Martorelli, Ronaldo Ribeiro and Robert Schoville (3/14/2010)

Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies and International Education Conference (3/14/2010 - 3/16/2010)

Film Poto Mitan Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy (3/15/2010)

Radio Interview The Global Drug Trade Distant Conflicts, Local Impacts (3/15/2010)

Television Interview The Global Drug Trade Distant Conflicts, Local Impacts (3/15/2010)

Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies/International Education Conference 2010 Todays Student, Tomorrows Global Citizen featuring keynote speakers Craig Kielburger, Founder of Free the Children and Robert J. Norrell, Schmitt Chair of Excellence and Professor of History @ U of TN (3/15/2010 - 3/16/2010)

Introduction to International Careers (3/16/2010)

The Global Drug Trade Distant Conflicts, Local Impacts (3/16/2010)

Midwest Mesoamericanist Meeting (3/20/2010)

Critical Issues in the New US-Mexican Relations, Stumbling Blocks and Constructive Paths featuring Silvia Nunez Garcia, Director for Research on N. America @ Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, and Manuel Chavez, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Michigan State and Javier Laguna, Escuela de Extension en Chicago, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de mexico (3/23/2010)

Latin/o American Writers Symposium (4/8/2010)

Political Crisis in Honduras Spanish (4/12/2010)

Health Care in Honduras (4/13/2010)

The 32nd Annual Latin American Film Series (4/16/2010 - 4/23/2010)

Latin American Modernities A Workshop on Collaboration, Research and Service (4/23/2010 - 4/24/2010)

Law and Disciplinarity Thinking Beyond Borders (4/23/2010 - 4/24/2010)

A Crime So Monstrous Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery (5/3/2010)

Radio Interview A Crime So Monstrous Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery (5/3/2010)

Television Interview A Crime So Monstrous Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery (5/3/2010)

Europe Day attended by LACIS Outreach Coordinator, Sarah Ripp (5/6/2010)

Latin American Outreach Conference attended by LACIS Outreach Coordinator, Sarah Ripp (5/20/2010 - 5/21/2010)

Peru Past and Present Art and Culture (5/26/2010 - 6/19/2010)

Vidas Entrejidas/Woven Lives created by Professor of Design Studies, Carolyn Kallenborn (6/1/2010 - 8/30/2010)

Brazil Popular Dances and Music in the Northeast of Brazil (6/3/2010 - 6/27/2010)

Musica del Lago Bahia (6/3/2010)

NRC Teacher Training Network (6/8/2010 - 6/11/2010)

Musica del Lago De La Buena (6/17/2010)

Costa Rica Intensive Spanish for Social Work Practice (6/19/2010 - 7/10/2010)

Sciences Teacher Series Tropical Ecology (6/22/2010 - 7/22/2010)

Summer Film Series featuring films @ Colombian history, politics and human rights (7/1/2010 - 7/22/2010)

Americanos Spanish Americans in the Age of Democratic Revolution, 1808-1822 (7/6/2010 - 7/8/2010)

Americanos Spanish Americans in the Age of the Democratic Revolution, 1808-1822 (7/6/2010 - 7/8/2010)

Musica del Lago Orquesta Veneno (7/15/2010)

Musica del Lago Cache (7/29/2010)

Mexico Health, Culture and Wellness (8/1/2010 - 8/12/2010)

Artist Residency featuring Brazilian Dancer Dandha da Hora (8/11/2010 - 8/14/2010)

Musica del Lago Carmen Lamarque (8/12/2010)

Musica del Lago Nabori (8/26/2010)

Lecture Nabuco in Wisconsin, over a hundred years of collaboration between Brazil and UW-Madison. A presentation in honor of Brazils independence day! presented by Servino Albuquerque, Paloma Celis Carbajal, Professor, Dept of Spanish and Portuguese, Bibliographer, Ibero-American Studies Collection, UW-Madison (9/7/2010)

Reception LACIS Welcome Back Open House (9/10/2010)

Lecture Moving from Food Crisis to Food Sovereignty presented by John Peck, Director, Family Farm Defenders (9/14/2010)

Lecture The Cross and the Pelourinho Christian Violence, Visual Culture, and the Representation of Slavery in Brazil presented by Matthew Rarey, Art Dept @ UW-Madison (9/14/2010)

Study Abroad Fair LACIS Advisor Sarah Ripp staffed a booth and met with over 30 students (9/15/2010)

North Central Council of Latin Americanists An Interdisciplinary Conference (9/17/2010 - 9/18/2010)

Culture Caf Presents Paraguay (9/21/2010)

Dance Peformance The Women In Action Dance Ensemble-Elegant Nicaraguan Folkloric Dancing (9/21/2010)

Lecture and Film Screening The Duke of Bachata (9/21/2010)

Conference Brazil Business Opportunities for U.S. Companies with keynote provided by Welber Oliveira Barral and Tim Sheehan, Barral-Foreign Trade Sec, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Government of Brazil, Sheehan-Partner, Foley and Lardner (9/23/2010)

Conference Emerging Issues in US-Brazilian Relations Second Conference in Honor of Joaquim Nabuco with keynote provided by Brazilian Ambassador Joao Almino (9/23/2010 - 9/24/2010)

Film Screening and QandA with film Director Jeremy Robins The Other Side of the Water the Journey of a Haitian Rara Band in Brooklyn (9/23/2010)

Outreach to local elementary school Lincoln ElementaryMusical Performance Young Huapango Musicians (9/27/2010)

Reception Honoring our 2010 Tinker Visiting Professors Glauco Arbix from Brazil and German Palacio from Colombia (9/27/2010)

Reception Honoring Susana Chavez-Silverman (9/27/2010)

Lecture Flora y Fauna del Sur, presented by Susana-Chavez Silverman, Professor, Pomona College (9/28/2010)

Lecture Behind the Development Banks Washington Politics, World Development, and the Wealth of Nations, presented by Sarah Babb, Boston College (9/29/2010)

Book Reading Shattering Americana, Stitching Ourselves presented by Susana-Chavez Silverman, Professor, Pomona College (9/30/2010)

Lecture and Musical Review Wildman of Rhythm The Life and Music of Benny More presented by John Radanovich, UW alum and author, and Ricardo Gonzalez, President Madison-Camaguey Cuba Sister City Organization (10/5/2010)

Lecture/Discussion Haitian Earthquake to Mexican Drug Cartels Washington Post Writer Manuel Roig-Franzia Shares His Experiences of Reporting throughout Latin America and The Caribbean (10/6/2010)

Behind the Mask (10/7/2010)

Yuyachkani Theatre Company (10/7/2010)

Lecture An Alternative Truth Commission for Honduras presented by Bertha Oliva, General Coordinator of the Committee of Families Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (10/8/2010)

Conference International Resources Fair (10/12/2010)

Lecture Espacios teatrales el lugar del teatro independiente argentino presented by Jorge Dubatti, Universidad de Buenos Aires (10/12/2010)

NAVE Summer Research Forum presented by graduate and PhD students doing research in Latin America (10/14/2010)

Joao Gilberto Noll Writer in Residence (10/19/2010)

Reception honoring Joao Gilberto Noll (10/19/2010)

Film Screening/Dicussion Farmingville as part of the Indocumentales/Undocumentaries Film Series presented by Shamina de Gonzaga and UW Assistant Professor Jill Harrison--Gonzaga-Co-Founder of Org. What Moves You?, Harrison-Community and Enviro. Sociology (10/20/2010)

Lecture Filosofia y cartografia teatral nuevas orientaciones en la teatrologia argentina presented by Jorge Dubatti, Universidad de Buenos Aires (10/21/2010)

Film Contracorriente (10/22/2010)

School Visit Carmen Tafolla, writer and recipient of the Americas Award for Childrens and Young Adult Literature (10/22/2010)

Symposium in Honor of Joao Gilberto Noll (10/22/2010)

Workshop on the fiction of Joao Gilberto Noll (10/22/2010)

Amricas Award for Children and Young Adult Literature (10/23/2010)

Film Children of God (10/24/2010)

Film El Nino Pez (10/24/2010)

Luncheon/Keynote Address Civil Society and the Future of the UN-After 65 Years What role does civil society play? as part of the United Nations-USA-Dane County Chapters Annual United Nations Day Celebration presetned by Dr. Wolfgang Schmidt, Chair, Governors Commission on the UN (10/24/2010)

Presentation/Lecture El Salvador Program History of Madison-Arcatao Sister City Relationship presented by Ian Davies and Marc Rosenthal Edgewood College, Patrick Barrett the Havens Center, Alberto Vargas Associate Director, LACIS (10/26/2010)

Film Screening/Discussion Al Otro Lado as part of the Indocumentales/Undocumentaries Film Series, presented by Attorney Huma Ahsan, Jorge F. Rodriguez, Alfonso Zepeda-Capistran, Rodriguez-PhD candidate in Curriculum and Instruction, School of Edu., UW-Madison, Founder of Son Mudanza Capistran-Migrant Edu. Program, WI Department of Public Instruction (10/27/2010)

Lecture The Third Conquest of the Colombian Amazon by Global Forces Neo-Conservationism vs. Neo-Developmentalism presented by Tinker Visiting Scholar German Palacio (10/27/2010)

A Round-Table Discussion with the Authors Adriana Lisboa, Cristavao Tezza, Brazils Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Consulate General of Brazil Chicago (10/28/2010)

Lecture Whats Behind the Rise of the Poor and Brazils Shrinking Wealth Gap? presented by TInker Visiting Professor Glauco Arbix, Professor of Sociology, University of Sao Paulo, Tinker Fellow (10/29/2010)

UW-Milwaukee Open House (10/29/2010 - 10/30/2010)

Lecture Four analytical axes to understand the Colombian Amazon presented by Tinker Visiting Scholar German Palacio, Tinker Visiting Scholar, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (11/2/2010)

Film Screening/Discussion Which Way Home as part of the Indocumentales/Undocumentaries Film Series presetned by Stacy Taeuber, Immigration Lawyer (11/3/2010)

Taco Shops, Popular Nationalism, and the Revolution of 1910 in Mexico City (11/3/2010)

Caribbean Fest (11/5/2010)

Conference The Farther Shores of Literacy Amerindian Graphic Invention and the World of Letters presented by Elizabeth Boone Tulane, Stephen Houston Brown, Gary Urton Harvard (11/5/2010 - 11/6/2010)

Noche Picante! presented by Grupo Candela, DJ Muhammad, Los Sabrosos Performance Coaches (11/6/2010)

Lecture Beyond Writing Notation and Memory at the Margins of Script presented by Stephen Houston, Dupee Family Professor of Social Science and Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology, Brown University (11/8/2010)

Lecture Historical and Political Roots of the never-ending Colombian Conflict presented by Tinker visiting Scholar German Palacio (11/9/2010)

Presentation UW-Madison/Edgewood College El Salvador Program Contemporary Issues in El Salvador presented by Ian Davies and Marc Rosenthal Edgewood College, Patrick Barrett the Havens Center, Alberto Vargas Associate Director, LACIS (11/9/2010)

Film Screening/Discussion Mi Vida Dentro/My Life Inside as part of the Indocumentales/Undocumentaries Film Series presented by Sandy Magaa, Stacy Taeuber, Alberto Vargas, Magaa-Associate Professor of Social Work and the Waisman Center and Director of Chican@ Latin@ Studies at UW-Madison, Tauber-Immigration Lawyer, Vargas-LACIS Associate Director (11/10/2010)

Negotiating Climate Change (11/10/2010)

Presentation Mariachi Los Camperos Educator Workshop presented by Jesus Gusman and the Mariachi Los Camperos (11/10/2010)

Lecture Cuerpo y catastrofe presented by Francine Masiello, UC Berkeley (11/11/2010)

Presentation Mariachi Los Camperos Live in Concert (11/11/2010)

CLASP Exhibit Booth National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference (11/12/2010 - 11/13/2010)

Lecture/Film Screening Behind the Scenes Vidas Entretejidas/Woven Lives presented by Carolyn Kallenborn, UW Design Studies Professor (11/16/2010)

Film Screening/Discussion Los Que Se Quedan/Those Who Remain presented by Medina-Chair of the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, Vargas-LACIS Associate Director (11/17/2010)

International Book Club Discussion A Crime So Monstrous Face-to-Face with Modern Day Slavery (11/17/2010)

World Languages Day Internationalize Your Curriculum A Toolbox from UW-Madison (11/17/2010)

Childrens Literature Conference Open A Door Open A Book Open your Mind to the World presented by Award-winning authors Betsy and Ted Lewin, Ying Chang Compestine, Laura Resau, Truong Tran (11/20/2010)

Open a DoorOpen a BookOpen your Mindto the World 9th Annual International Childrens and Young Adult Literature Celebration (11/20/2010)

LACIS Graduate Student Jessica Moore presented at Lodi High Schools International Speakers Fest (11/23/2010)

Sumak Kawsay Good Life or Sustainable Development? Refounding the State and the New Constitutionalism of Latin America presented by Boa Santos, University of Coimbra and UW Law School (11/23/2010)

Is there a new Brazil? presented by Glauco Arbix, Tinker Visiting Scholar, University of So Paulo (11/30/2010)

Televisionary Memories A Usable Past for the Family Room presented by Mario Santanta, NAVE Visiting Scholar, University of Chicago (12/2/2010)

Protection of Human Rights in the Americas presented by UW-Professor of Law Alexandra Huneeus (12/4/2010)

Challenges to Brazil post-Lula presented by Glauco Arbix, Tinker Visiting Scholar, University of So Paulo (12/7/2010)

Religious Discourses and the Molding of an Argentinean Identity presented by Ezequiel Gomez Caride, PhD Candidate, Currilculum and Instruction Department (12/7/2010)

Brazil an Emerging Player in Science and Technology? presented by Glauco Arbix, Tinker Visiting Scholar, University of So Paulo (12/8/2010)

Film The Music Tree (12/8/2010)

Mexico Air Pollution and Ancient Cultures (1/3/2011 - 1/18/2011)

Information Session NAVE Short-Term Field Research Grant Informational Session for Graduate Students presented LACIS Associate Director Alberto Vargas (1/25/2011)

Lecture Pomp and his Circumstances How One Negro League Owner Changed the Face of Baseball and Its Implications for Understanding the History of Sport and Society presented by Adrian Burgos, Professor of History, African American Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Latino/Latina Studies, University of Illinois-Champaign (1/27/2011)

Lecture The Role of the State on Innovation Policies Remarks on the Brazilian Experiences on Agro-Business and Aircraft Manufacturing presented by Renelson Sampaio, Professor of Graduate Programs at SENAI-CIMATEC Center, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil (2/1/2011)

Film La Derive douce dun enfant de Petit Goave Haiti (2/6/2011 - 2/7/2011)

Introduction to International Careers (2/8/2011)

Lecture Learning About the Cuban Healthcare System presented by Dr. Bernard Micke, President, Wisconsin Medical Project, affiliated with UWHealth Palliative Care and HospiceCare, Inc. (2/8/2011)

Film The Gold Forest Guiana (2/9/2011 - 3/13/2011)

Lecture Ciudad Juarez the definitive neoliberal city presented by Veronica Leyva, Grassroots Organizer in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico (2/9/2011)

Career Workshop College to Career IS and LACIS Majors in the Field presented by Molly Krochalk, LandS Career Services Advisor, Sarah Ripp, LACIS Advisor and Outreach Coordinator and Rebekah Pryor-Pare, International Studies Advisor (2/10/2011)

Resources for Your Classroom The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, UW-Milwaukee (2/12/2011)

The Worlds of the Brazilian Short Story (2/14/2011)

Travel Adventure Film Series Film Cuba A Road Journey from Havana to Santiago with Marlin Darrah (2/14/2011 - 2/15/2011)

Lecture Tourists, Ports and Hotspots, Oh My! The Dilemmas of Development and the Politics of Place in Brazils Atlantic Forest presented by Colleen Scanlon Lyons, Associate Director, Center for the Study of Conflict, Collaboration, and Creative Governance 3cg, University of Colorado at Boulder (2/15/2011)

Professional Development Course for Teachers Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World presented by various faculty from UW-Madison (2/15/2011 - 3/15/2011)

Film Screening and Discussion Microlending Film A Documentary about Enterprising Women presented by film producer and director Rachel Cook (2/17/2011)

Introduction to International Careers (2/22/2011)

Radio Interview Rebuilding a Sustainable Haiti (2/22/2011)

Rebuilding a Sustainable Haiti (2/22/2011)

Television Interview Rebuilding a Sustainable Haiti (2/22/2011)

Lecture Mixing of Species, Self Organization, and Ecological Surprise in Cities and Novel Ecosystems presented by Ariel Lugo, Director, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Service, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (2/25/2011)

Living and Teaching in the Guatemalan Highlands My Experiences in a Chuj Mayan Community presented by Alex Allweis, UW Graduate Student (3/1/2011)

Kaleidescope 7th Annual Graduate Student Conference The Ethics of Representation and the Representation of Ethics (3/4/2011 - 3/6/2011)

Legalizing Identities Becoming Black or Indian in Brazils Northeast presented by Jan HOffman French, NAVE Visiting Scholar and Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Richmond (3/8/2011)

Come and learn about the fair trade industry directly from a Guatemalan producer! presented by Florinda Gomez de Aquilar, Coordinator of the Asociacion de identidad del pueblo MAM (3/10/2011)

Of Macho and Men Russian and Latino Heroes in Contemporary Film presented by Thomas Garza, University Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, University of Texas at Austin (3/10/2011)

Technology Workshop for World Language Educators (3/12/2011)

Borgess Secretary A literary reading (3/18/2011)

Panama Tropical Biology short-term study abroad component of semester-long BioSci 475 course (3/19/2011 - 3/26/2011)

Conference Building a Better World -- WI Council for the Social Studies/International Education Conference annual Conference for educators (3/21/2011 - 3/22/2011)

TV Serrana from Cubas Sierra Maestra Mountains (3/22/2011)

TV Serrana from Cubas Sierra Maestra Mountains presented by filmmaker Carlos Rodriguez (3/22/2011)

Conference Peace Corps and Africa Honoring 50 Years (3/24/2011 - 3/26/2011)

Do Politics Really Matter? Reforming Health Care Systems in Latin America The Uruguayan Case in the Comparative Perspective presented by Tinker Visiting Scholar Jorge Papadopulous, Tinker Visiting Professor, Faculdad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales-Uruguay (3/29/2011)

UW-SOTA Peru Orphanage Project (3/30/2011)

Paula Rego and the Power of Vision My painting is like an interior story (3/31/2011)

World Cinema Day featuring the film The Colors of the Mountain/Los Colores de la Montana (3/31/2011)

Citizenship and Community Second La Crosse Area Latina/o Collaborative LALAC Workshop on Teaching, Service and Research (4/1/2011 - 4/2/2011)

The 33rd Annual Latin American Film Series (4/1/2011 - 4/8/2011)

Exclusions and Preferences Argentine Immigration and Nationality Law in Comparative Perspective presented by David Cook, Professor Santiago Lopez-Rios (4/4/2011)

Conference reTURN USA Academia and Latin America What is your Impact? with a keynote address by Professor Fernando O. Reati, Georgia State U. with presentations by UW graduate and PhD students (4/5/2011)

Poetry Reading Nacion Nomada/Nomadic Nation presented by Ruben Medina, Chair of Spanish and Portuguese Dept. (4/6/2011)

Brazil Day (4/8/2011)

Phantom within the National Canon - Star within the World Canon A Prosopographical Approach to Vincente Blasco Ibanez Professor Cesar Dominguez, NAVE Visiting Scholar of the Mellon World Literatures Workshop UW-Madison Dept of Spanish Literature, Literary Theory and Linguistics, Facultade de Folilixia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (4/8/2011)

Religious Images and Heterodoxy presented by NAVE Visiting Scholar and Associate Professor Santiago Lopez-Rios of the Universidad Complutense in Madrid (4/8/2011)

World Health Day Celebration Collaboration and Partnership in Global Health Success and Challenges of the World Health Organization (4/8/2011)

2011 Teaching and Learning Workshop Bringing Latin America Home Using Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir in the Classroom (4/9/2011)

La Mujer Latina Conference Mujeres con Fuerza Defining our Legacy while Enhancing Society (4/9/2011)

Lecture presented by Dr. Rusty Barcelo, Community Building is not a Euphemism for Assimilation but Inclusion of Different Identities (4/9/2011)

Lecture Current Trends in Brazilian Higher Education prestented by Leandro Tessler, Professor of Physics and Director of International Relations at the State University of Campinas UNICAMP, Sao Paulo, Brazil (4/12/2011)

Through Jewish Cuban Eyes The Jewish Latin American Experience (4/12/2011)

Lecture Borges, of the Death of Theory Really this Timepresented by Brett Levinson, 2011 Roberto G. Sanchez Distinguished Lecturer, State University of NY at Brittingham (4/14/2011)

Eating, Cooking, Culture The Politics and History of Food (4/15/2011 - 4/16/2011)

Film Screening and Discussion of Pedro Costas film Ne Change Rien (4/16/2011)

Lecture Transcending Blackness in the 21st Century, or How Can I Be Like Barack Obama? presented by Ralina Joseph, Assistant Professor of Communications, University of Washington (4/18/2011)

Global Marketplace Workshop presented by Catherine Reiland, Assistant Director African Studies Program (4/20/2011 - 4/22/2011)

Lecture as part of Brazil Month African Nations and Ethnics Identity in the Mina Coast and in Brazil an Atlantic Comparative Approach presented by Luis Nicolau Pares, Professor of Anthropology, Federal University of Bahia UFBA (4/20/2011)

The Global Marketplace A One-Day K-12 Teacher Workshop (4/20/2011)

Panel Discussion featuring Members of First Wave, Los Rakas, Beat Gang Crew Hip Hop in Panama A Panel Discussion (4/21/2011)

Poetry Reading Nacion Nomada/Nomadic Nation presented by Ruben Medina, Chair of Dept of Spanish and Portuguese, UW-Madison (4/21/2011)

Sacred Double Consciousness The Signs of Citizenship and Spirit Posession in the Afro-American World presented by J. Matory, Lawrence Richardson Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Director, Center for African and African America Studies-Duke University (4/21/2011)

The Origin of Species and Other Poems (4/21/2011)

Film Screening, Dance and Music Festival Woven Lives Film Premiere A Celebration of Latin AMerican Art, Music and Dance (4/23/2011)

Global Citizen Award Presented to Ambassador Joao Almino (4/25/2011)

An Eco-Political Vision for an Environmental History Debates in Common Research Agenda for Latin American and North American Scholars (4/26/2011)

Economic and Political Aspects of the Drug War and Rising Violence in Mexico presented by Gerardo Esquivel Hernandez, Professor of Economics at El Colegio de Mexico, Tinker Visiting Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago (4/26/2011)

Why Isnt Mexico Rich? Why Should it be? presented by Gerardo Esquivel Hernandez, Professor of Economics at El Colegio de Mexico, Tinker Visiting Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago (4/26/2011)

A Rising Powers Challenge to Lead Brazils Growing Presence and Influence in the Region (4/28/2011)

Successful Experiences on Microfinance and Fair Trade in Honduras and Nicaragua presented by Juana Vallareyna and Irma Lopez of Fundacioni Entre Mujeres in Esteli, Nicaragua and Magda Edy Lopez and Olivia Castellanos of Cooperative Mixta de Mujeres Ltda in Honduras (4/28/2011)

Knots and Names A Khipu/Alphabetic Hybrid Text from the Central Andes presented by Sabine Hyland, Associate Professor of Anthropology, St. Norbert College (5/2/2011)

Culture Caf Brazil at a Glance From the Early Colonial Period to the Country of the Present (5/3/2011)

Panel Discussion I Speak for Myself American Women on Being Muslim, presented by Zahra T. Suratwala Co-editor of I Speak for Myself/CEO of Zahra Ink, Incorporated, Mariam Sobh Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Hijabtrendz.com, Zainab A. Alwan JD, Concentration in Immigration Law, Amany Ezeldin Immigration Attorney, Porfessor of Human Rights at Columbia Chicago Chicago (5/5/2011)

What Can We Learn from Brazils Pro-Poor Strategies? presented by Gay Seidman, Professor of Sociology, UW-Madison (5/6/2011)

12th Annual Capoeira Angola Conference (5/13/2011 - 5/15/2011)

Dengue Virus in Brazil the 2010 epidemic presented by Camila Ramona, PhD, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Sao Paolo (5/18/2011)

Discussion with Otton Solis, former Costa Rican presidential candidate (5/24/2011)

Argentina Language and Culture (5/26/2011 - 6/25/2011)

The BIG Learning Event Powerful Conversations for the Future (6/7/2011 - 6/8/2011)

Musica del Lago La Chazz (6/9/2011)

Presentation Honduran Attorneys Ignore Death Threats, Fight for Justice and Democracy after Coup presented by Attorneys Attorney Alex Navas Alvarez, Attorney Alejandro Mairena, Members of the Laws for Justice Collective CAJ and Lawyers Against the Coup (6/9/2011)

Conference Internationalizing the Business Curriculum (6/16/2011 - 6/17/2011)

Film Screening Marimbas from Hell Las marimbas del infierno (6/21/2011)

Current Topics in Curriculum and Instruction Using Childrens Literature to Explore Latin American/Latino Cultural Heritage (6/27/2011 - 7/23/2011)

NRC Teacher Training Network (6/27/2011 - 7/23/2011)

Capoeira Workshop for the Summer Portuguese Intensive Series (6/28/2011)

Summer Teacher Institute The New Left in Latin America (7/6/2011 - 7/8/2011)

Film Screening/Discussion Woven Lives Art and Life Interwoven with Music presetned by Carolyn Kallenborn, UW Professor (7/13/2011)

Mexico Art and Cultural Transformation (7/14/2011 - 8/7/2011)

Musica del Lago Bahia (7/14/2011)

Musica del Lago DCalleSon (7/28/2011)

Mexico Through the Lens The Photography of Paul Strand and Manuel Carrillo (8/4/2011 - 8/24/2011)

Musica del Lago De La Buena (8/11/2011)

Engaging Students in the Science of Tropical Ecology (8/17/2011)

Reception for the Memorandum of Understanding with interim Chancellor David Ward, UW-Madison and President Fernando Costs and Director of International Relations Leandro Tessler, Universidade de Campinas, Brazil (8/23/2011)

Musica del Lago Cache (8/25/2011)

Musica del Lago Carmen Lamarque (9/1/2011)

The Americas Award for Childrens and Young Adult Literature (9/17/2011)

Radio Interview on WI Public Radios Here on Earth Program featuring the Haitian band Dja-Rara (9/23/2011)

Technology Workshop for World Language Educators (9/24/2011)

North Central Council of Latin Americanists An Interdisciplinary Conference (9/30/2011 - 10/1/2011)

26th Linguistics Symposium (10/20/2011 - 10/22/2011)

Bate Papo (10/26/2011)

UW-Milwaukee Open House (10/28/2011 - 10/29/2011)

Latin Americas New Stature in the Global Economy presented by Dr. Luz Mara de la Mora Snchez, J.Jobe Sofa and Marguerite Jacqim Soffa Distinguished Speaker-expert in foreign relations (11/15/2011)

Bate Papo (11/16/2011)

10th Annual Childrens and Young Adult Literature Celebration (11/19/2011)

Bate Papo (12/14/2011)

Enriques Journey Art Competition (1/1/2012 - 3/19/2012)

Introduction to International Careers (2/14/2012)

Bate Papo (2/15/2012)

Introduction to International Careers (2/21/2012)

UWM Portuguese Lecture Series (2/22/2012)

Lecture Vida, muerte y responsibilidad en Los enamoramientos de Javier Marias algunas notas a pie de pagina (3/2/2012)

Carnival Celebrating Music from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula (3/3/2012)

Haiti 2012 Conference (3/5/2012 - 3/9/2012)

Visit by Sarah Ripp, LACIS Outreach Coordinator, to Horticulture 372 Tropical Horticulture in Costa Rica (3/5/2012)

Green Faith An Interfaith Conversation on Eco-Consciousness and Activism (3/6/2012)

Two Settlement Houses in Chicago and the Mexican Identity (3/6/2012)

Bate Papo (3/7/2012)

The Afro-Colombian Presence in Art Deconstruction of Marginalized Identities (3/7/2012)

Art as a Form of Expression (3/8/2012)

Globetrotting to End Hunger Stories from the Frontlines of Fighting Hunger Holy Cow! From the UW to CNN to the UN Quakes, Wars and Celebs - Fighting Hunger Worldwide (3/8/2012)

Kaleidoscope Graduate Conference Civil Disobedience/Acts of Resistance (3/8/2012)

High School Workshop with Brazilian Graffiti Artist and Womens Rights Activist Panmela Castro (3/12/2012)

Youth Worshop with Brazilian Graffitti Artist and womens rights activisit Panmela Castro (3/12/2012)

Mother Fools Graffiti Mural Project presented by Brazilian womens rights activist and artist Panmela Castro (3/13/2012)

The Labor and Science of Images Science Fiction in 21st-Century Latin America (3/13/2012)

LACIS Country-Focused Study Abroad Info. Session (3/15/2012)

R3 Race, Religion and Representation (3/15/2012)

AmeriCorps Information Session (3/16/2012)

Interview w/ Eugenia Podesta about Brazilian Graffiti Artist and womens rights activist Panmela Castro (3/18/2012)

Borders, Immigration and Photo Journalism with Pullitzer-prize Recipient Don Bartletti (3/19/2012)

Community Workshop at Centro Hispano (3/19/2012)

Forced and Compulsory Sterilizations of Indigenous Women in the Americas (3/20/2012)

Lecture and Award Ceremony for Photographer of Enriques Journey (3/20/2012)

Languages for Life Languages and Global Health (3/22/2012)

Border Politics from Above and Below Organizing for Justice in Spite of Elections (3/26/2012)

Classroom Visit (3/26/2012)

LACIS Academic Programs Presentation (3/26/2012)

Public signs and threatened face The pragmatics of public prohibitions in Spanish and its neighbors (3/27/2012)

The manual to Romance Its history from Bouriciez to Elcock, with the occasional diversion (3/28/2012)

UWM Portuguese Lecture Series (3/28/2012)

Classroom Visit to LACIS 260 Intro to Latin American Studies (3/29/2012)

The Ideational Foundations of Judicial Power Legal Cultures, Strategic Litigations and Judicial Behavior in Cases of Gross Human Rights Violations in Peru (4/9/2012)

Business Realities of Chile, Colombia and Brazil Opportunities, Strategies and Challenges (4/10/2012)

Cosmopolitanism from Behind Language, Identity, and Critical Genealogy (4/10/2012)

Human Rights Threats and Mining in Colombia (4/10/2012)

The Art of Jonatas Chimen (4/11/2012)

Biomitografiando el bildungsroman una lectura de la novela El arca de la memoria de Dinorah Cortes-Velez (4/12/2012)

LACIS Graduate Conference Flowing Frontiers the Dancing Dynamics of the Americas (4/13/2012)

The 34th Annual Latin American Film Series (4/13/2012 - 4/20/2012)

Conference Two Spanish Masterpieces and La origninalidad artistica de La Celestina an International Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Maria Rosa Lidas Work (4/15/2012)

Mayan Cosmovision Politics and Spirituality in 2012 (4/16/2012)

Alcahuetas en las ciudades bajomedievales y su representacion en la literatura coetanea Libro de buen amor y Celestina (4/17/2012)

Film Screening Miss Bala (4/17/2012)

Lecture Aesthetics and Politics of Post Autonomous Literatures in Argentina (4/17/2012)

Art into Life The Lost Love Lyrics of the Libro de buen amor (4/18/2012)

Film Screenings as part of the WI International Film Festival Bad Intentions Granito Little Matador El Velador Please Remember Me (4/18/2012)

UWM Portuguese Lecture Series (4/18/2012)

What is literature? Partes de frica (4/19/2012)

Celebrating Fifty Years of the Luso-Brazilian Review A Symposium (4/20/2012 - 4/21/2012)

Lecture Land Use, Climate and Fire in the Western Peruvian Amazon (4/20/2012)

Sawyer Seminar Globalization and the New Politics of Womens Rights (4/20/2012)

World Cinema Day (4/20/2012)

2012 Teaching and Learning Workshop (4/21/2012)

Lecture Racial Cannibalism Carmen Miranda and the Performance of White Negritude on the Brazilian Stage of the 1930s (4/23/2012)

A Producers Perspective on Fair Trade Coffee in Latin America (4/24/2012)

Discussion Language for Life Professional Opportunities in National Security and Intelligence (4/25/2012)

Global Marketplace Workshop (4/25/2012)

Lecture Symbols of Resistance the Legacy of Artists Under Pinochet (4/25/2012)

Lecture Bilingual and Multicultural Education in Guatemala Opportunities and Challenges (4/26/2012)

50th Anniversary of the Land Tenure Center (4/27/2012)

Center for International Education Annual Conference (4/27/2012 - 4/28/2012)

Third Annual LaCrosse Latina/o Collaborative Teaching, Research, and Service Workshop (4/27/2012)

Conference Thirty-Five Years of Struggle Thirty-Five Years of Success Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Chican@ Latin@ Studies Program (4/28/2012)

Iran, The New Geopolitical Balance in the Middle East, and Implications for Latin America (4/30/2012)

LACIS Graduation Celebration (5/1/2012)

Cuba Today Domestic Developments and Foreign Policy (5/2/2012)

Thinking about Brazil in Todays Global Environment (5/3/2012)

Lecture The Haller Lecture Tales of Two Brazilian River Basins Multi-level Struggles for Political Authority (5/4/2012)

Workshop International Trade Office Directors from Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation visit Madison (5/11/2012)

History and Origins of Tequila Workshop (5/31/2012)

The War We Are Living Women, War and Peace in Colombia (6/7/2012)

Impunity (6/14/2012)

Musica del Lago Lo Nuestra (6/14/2012)

Exploring Humanitarian Law Preserving Human Rights and Dignity in Conflict (6/18/2012 - 7/21/2012)

Who shot my brother? (6/28/2012)

National Latin American Studies Teacher Training Network (7/9/2012 - 7/22/2012)

Summer Teacher Institute (7/11/2012 - 7/13/2012)

The Politics of Motherhood in Latin America Summer Teacher Workshop (7/11/2012 - 7/13/2012)

No podemos guardar silencio (7/12/2012)

Musica del Lago Carmen Lamarque (7/19/2012)

Plan Colombia (7/19/2012)

El baile rojo (7/26/2012)

Crash, Bang Integrating Literacy and Social STudies insnt an Accident Agenda Teacher Workshop (8/1/2012)

Musica del Lago de la Buena (8/2/2012)