Category: Updates

  • Critical Grassroot Efforts in the Time of Covid-19/ Esfuerzos Críticos de Organizaciones de Base en Tiempos de Covid-19

    As the pandemic unfolded across the world, front line workers in New York City bore the brunt of keeping things in motion while millions adhered to the quarantine guidelines. They comprised a critical workforce in the circulation of food, goods and services that helped New Yorkers survive the pandemic. Many of these workers labored for…

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  • Feminicidios en Latinoamérica: Contando lo que los Estados ocultan/ Feminicide in Latin America: Counting what the States Hide

    La falta de datos actualizados, interseccionales y con perspectiva de género se ha convertido en un verdadero obstáculo para el diseño e implementación de políticas públicas que tengan en la mira el goce efectivo de los derechos humanos de la mitad de la población mundial: las mujeres. La falta de información estadística actualizada y con perspectiva…

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  • Call for Interpreters

    The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies is looking to hire simultaneous interpreters for our multi-lingual events currently hosted via Zoom. If you have experience in simultaneous interpretation in Portuguese/ English or Spanish/ English, we would love to work with you. We will give priority to currently enrolled full-time Graduate Center students. We are…

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  • Call for Applications

    The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies is accepting proposals for the CLACLS Summer Research Fellowships 2021. The Center will award multiple fellowships of up to $1,500 (partial awards may also be granted) to full-time students currently enrolled, and in good standing, in one of the doctoral programs at the Graduate Center, CUNY. The fellowships…

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  • Georgia On My Mind: On Voter Participation Rates by Race/Ethnicity in the 2020 Election and the Senate Runoff Scheduled for 2021

    By Laird W. Bergad Distinguished Professor, Department of Latin American and Latino Studies, Lehman College Ph.D. Program in History, The Graduate Center, and Director of the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies, CLACLS The Georgia runoff election for two senatorial seats scheduled for January 5, 2021 may well determine the success, partial success, or…

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