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Abigail Lapin
My project studies how space and art embody religious imagery to become signs of resistance against government repression and dominant inequalities, forming an Afro-Brazilian ethno-religious identity through the visual arts and architecture. Thanks in part to CLACLS’s travel fellowship, I traveled to Brazil for a month and explored the history and work of artists active…
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Charles Dolph
Thanks in part to a CLACLS summer travel fellowship, I spent five weeks in Buenos Aires, Argentina conducting preliminary research towards my dissertation, which focuses on the politics of money and debt in the wake of dictatorships in this Southern Cone nation. I went with the purpose of talking to state officials, diplomats, lawyers, and…
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Liz Donato
During my CLACLS Summer Travel Fellowship in 2014, I traveled to Valparaíso, Chile to conduct dissertation research on the radical, interdisciplinary pedagogy of the Escuela de Arquitectura de Valparaíso (f. 1952—), which is based on the encuentro between architecture and poetry. My dissertation, “An Intimate Modernism: The Valparaíso School in the Urban Sphere, 1952-1972” focuses…
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Krystle Farman
With the CLACLS Summer Travel Fellowship, I spent two weeks in Mexico City conducting preliminary research for my dissertation. This summer’s research provided me with the opportunity to explore the Inquisition collection held at Mexico’s Archivo General de la Nación. In the expansive archives, I discovered cases that detailed the charges brought against Afro-Mexicans in…
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Noah Burg
I am a biology PhD student in the Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEB) sub program and my research focuses on the intersection of biodiversity in human altered landscapes. My work is centered on tracing the introduction of birds suite of closely related African finches – to the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. The CLACLS…
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