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  • Disappearing Rooms: The Hidden Theatres of Immigration Law

    MARCH 28 2025 6:00-8:00PM | ROOM 9206/07 CUNY GRADUATE CENTER Michelle Castañeda is an activist and Professor of Performance Studies at NYU. She uses a performance studies perspective to show how the theatrical concept of mise-en-scene offers new insights about immigration law and the absurdist dynamics of carceral space. This book is presented in conversation…

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  • Call for Applications: Latino Data Project Fellowship 2024-2025

    This Call for Applications closed in Oct 28 2024 The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies is pleased to offer Latino Data Project Fellowships for the 2024 ‐ 2025 Academic Year for $4,000 each. Fellows will be expected to produce an original report for the Latino Data Project. LDP reports are original descriptive…

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  • The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Welcomes New Staff

    Victoria Stone-Cadena Departs, Professors John Gutiérrez and Mila Burns Rejoin CLACLS NEW YORK, June 27, 2022—The Graduate Center of The City University of New York’s Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies (CLACLS) announces staff changes. Distinguished Professor Laird W. Bergad, CLACLS Executive Director, announced a number of staff changes at the Center for…

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  • The 2018 Mid-Term Elections: Who Voted in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, and Texas?

    CLACLS released a new report on the 2018 Mid-Term Election results analyzing voter participation rates by race, ethnicity, and age in four key states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, and Texas. The report highlights that if Democratic demographic constituencies – African Americans, Latinos, and young voters between 18 and 29 years of age – would have voted…

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  • Latino Data Project

    CLACLS’ flagship program is the Latino Data Project, established in 2003 by Laird W. Bergad, founding and current CLACLS Executive Director. Professor Bergad is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies at Lehman College and in the Ph.D. Program in History at the Graduate Center. Under Professor Bergad’s leadership and…

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