Featured Events

Aarti S. Madan - Associate Professor of Spanish and International Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - 12pm - CTIHB Jewel Box/Room 143

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 01:22 PM

"Exploring the Contributions of Non-Western Marxisms" Thursday, October 3, 2024 | 3pm | CTIHB Jewel Box/Room 143

Monday, September 23, 2024 09:18 AM

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - 12pm-1pm - CTIHB Jewel Box/Room 143 Since the democratic transition in 1990, politicians and pundits have regarded Chile as one of the most successful Latin American countries. Economic performance has been remarkable, democracy has been stable, and most social indicators (including poverty and extreme poverty) have improved. However, since the mid-2000s, social protest and malaise have increased, reaching a peak in October 2019 when Chile experienced a wave of nationwide mobilizations known as the estallido social (social explosion) that lasted several weeks and almost brought the government to its knees. In a desperate effort to bring mobilizations to an end, most political leaders, including those who were the gatekeepers of the status quo, agreed to begin a process of constitutional change. For some, the objective was to tackle the most salient people's grievances; for others, the aim was to draft a Constitution to erase authoritarian legacies. However, more than four years later, after two unsuccessful attempts, constitutional change did not occur. This presentation explains why Chile, an allegedly prosperous country, entered a deep political crisis and the (possible) reasons behind the dramatic constitutional process failure that ensued.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 03:30 PM

Friday, February 16, 2024 - 10am-11:30 - LNCO 2120 Acquired Alterity provides a history of the Japanese-language literary activities of early migrants to Brazil, examining bookstores, serialized newspaper fiction, original creative works, and critical apparatuses. It challenges the dominant mode of literary study, in which texts are often explicitly or implicitly understood through a framework of ethno-nationalism. Self-representations by writers in the diaspora reveal flaws in this prevailing framework through what Edward Mack calls “acquired alterity,” in which expectations about the stability of ethnic identity are subverted in surprising ways. These flaws destabilize cultural analyses that make peoplehood constructs the ultimate objects of literary knowledge production.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 01:42 PM

Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 3:30-5pm - LNCO 2110 Silence and Shame in Kingo Nonaka's Memoir: From Captain in the Mexican Revolution to Enemy of the State

Thursday, November 30, 2023 02:41 PM

Wednesday, November 1 - 12pm-1:30 - CTIHB Jewel Box/Room 143

Thursday, November 30, 2023 02:35 PM

On April 4th the Center for Latin American Studies hosted award winning author and illustrator Raúl the 3rd. During the visit Raúl the 3rd conducted two school visits and one talk open to the public. The two school visits engaged students from four title one schools impacting over 500 elementary school students. Each student that attended received a copy of his most recent title Tacos Today. He discussed how he relies on his experiences growing up bilingual/bicultural on the El Paso/Juarez border as inspiration for his award-winning children's picture books.

Friday, April 14, 2023 01:34 PM

March 22, 2023 - 12pm-1pm - CTIHB Jewel Box 143

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 09:31 AM

Women in Mexico gained the right to suffrage in Federal elections in 1953. We propose a conference to commemorate the 70th anniversary of this event and to celebrate the history of women, gender, and sexuality in Mexico and the Mexican diaspora.

Friday, March 10, 2023 01:15 PM

Thursday, March 30, 2023 - 3:30-5pm - LNCO 2110

Tuesday, February 28, 2023 11:01 AM

Friday, March 24, 2023 - 3:30-4:30 - CTIHB Jewel Box 143

Tuesday, February 28, 2023 10:33 AM

Event Date and Time: Wednesday, March 15, 12pm-1:30, CTIHB Jewel Box 143

Tuesday, February 28, 2023 09:11 AM

110 Years of Mexico in Utah

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 02:42 PM

Paul Hart

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 02:34 PM

The Politics of the Mexican Border

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 02:29 PM

Dr. Gareth Williams: "The Collapse of the Living, or, Infrapolitics in the Age of Dismemberment"

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 02:18 PM

Each year, we coordinate thisevent for our International & Area Studies’ students in conjunction with the Career and Professional Development Center at the University of Utah, to highlight the global careers, international experiences, and language skills of individuals working in globally focused roles, and how those skills and experiences have benefitted them in the workplace. Because we want to highlight and elevate the voices and experiences of marginalized individuals in the U.S. (e.g. racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, etc.), we will also ask questions about how their identity has impacted their work.

Thursday, April 07, 2022 01:02 PM

Although many people assume that Mexico, with its strongly Catholic social orientation, would be a place of entrenched historic abortion prohibition. In fact, social and religious opposition to abortion is a fairly recent phenomena in Mexico. This presentation traces the legal history of abortion in Mexico from the viceregal period right up to the present moment.

Thursday, April 07, 2022 09:02 AM

Join us for an info session to learn more about CLAC!

Thursday, April 07, 2022 12:03 AM

Professor Bessa Antunes will discuss the current status of indigenous peoples’ rights as construed by South American constitutional courts, with emphasis on the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF). He will situate those rights within the context of human rights, environment, and indigenous peoples in Brazil.

Wednesday, April 06, 2022 12:25 PM

Alberto Lopez is a Mexican, Mayan Tzotzil from Aldama, Chiapas. He is a world renowned fashion designer who shares his talent and devotion to his cultural heritage.

Monday, March 28, 2022 03:32 PM

Alberto López Gómez, a Tzotzil designer from Magdalenas Aldama, Chiapas, México, is known worldwide for his beautiful weaving and clothing design and for breaking barriers as a male weaver.

Monday, March 21, 2022 03:22 PM

Cecil Taylor’s experimental jazz exhibited a particular sensibility for transmedial and trans-sensory experience. It is therefore no coincidence that Argentinean writer César Aira would turn to the iconoclastic musician to stage his own version of transmedial aesthetics. In this talk, Professor Graff Zivin examines the incorporation of Taylor's method and aesthetic into Aira's work.

Monday, March 21, 2022 03:16 PM

El Consulado pretende conmemorar tal fecha con la organización de múltiples eventos culturales, incluyendo un conversatorio, un artículo académico publicado bilateralmente (MX-EU), un número especial para la revista ORBEM.

Thursday, March 10, 2022 02:53 PM

Este encuentro busca hacer un diálogo sobre la cultura náhuatl para discutir sobre los temas actuales, donde el invitado especial conversará sobre sus orígenes y su labor realizada a lo largo de las décadas en el activismo de las lenguas indígenas en los medios de comunicación de México.

Friday, February 04, 2022 12:31 PM

While a significant amount of research has examined the conditions giving rise to legal and policy reform on violence against women (VAW), there is less understanding of whether or not new VAW laws have been accompanied by changes in behavior and attitudes. Has the adoption of VAW legislation—a huge priority of feminist movements since the 1970s—produced social change? This paper presents evidence for a cautiously optimistic assessment of the power of VAW laws to alter social norms, based on analysis of four waves of survey data from Mexico.

Friday, January 28, 2022 12:21 PM

This talk seeks to show and discuss my current dissertation project related to the Nahua culture, from Chicontepec located in the north of Veracruz, Mexico, known as huasteca veracruzana.

Thursday, January 27, 2022 11:45 AM

Come learn more about the interdisciplinary Latin American Studies MA at the University of Utah, which emphasizes advanced language study and breadth of area studies.

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 07:03 PM

Each year International and Area Studies in conjunction with the Career and Professional Development Center at the University of Utah coordinates our Going Global event to highlight the global careers, international experiences, and language skills and how those skills and experiences have benefitted them in the workplace.

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 04:30 PM

The Consulate of Mexico in Salt Lake City in coordination with the University of Utah and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents the virtual event "The Florentine Codex: Life and Artof the Nahuatl world."

Wednesday, November 03, 2021 02:00 AM

Filméxico, Salt Lake Film Society's annual celebration of contemporary Mexican cinema, will happen virtually this year, November 12 through 18!

Friday, October 29, 2021 01:00 AM

Join us this November 2021 for our International Education week events.

Saturday, November 13, 2021 12:00 AM

Come learn more about Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) scholarships! The online application will be available in November 2021 and is due on Friday, January 28, 2022.

Monday, October 25, 2021 12:22 PM

Este encuentro busca hacer diálogo entre académicos sobre la cultura náhuatl para discutir temas actuales e históricos. En esta presentación se invitan a tres especialistas en la materia quienes se destacan por sus investigaciones en el ámbito histórico, en los estudios mesoamericanos y los estudios coloniales sobre México.

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 10:32 AM

Join the Hispanic Reading Room at the Library of Congress and Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) in a virtual celebration of children’s and YA Latin American and Latinx literature.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 06:01 PM

Join the Glendale Branch of the Salt Lake City Public Library for an evening with the powerful Aida Salazar, author of Land of Cranes and the Moon Within.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 05:49 PM

Learn more about global opportunities on campus, such as majors, learning abroad, scholarships, internships, and more. Get your passport stamped and receive free international food.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 05:42 PM

Many countries have a long history of excluding poor people from politics. Holzner and co-author Carew Boulding find, however, that in recent years a majority of Latin American countries have achieved near equality of participation across wealth groups, and in some cases poor people participate more than wealthier individuals. How can this be? Voice and Inequality provides important insights about how the elusive goal of political equality can be achieved even in contexts of elevated poverty and inequality.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 05:35 PM

On Sept 15-16, Dr. Cintli and Tania Pacheco will speak to this ancient story - found in several Mexican Indigenous codices - including La tira de la peregrinacion - that speak to their departure from Aztlan and Chicomoztoc, the seven caves. They will speak to whether this migration actually began in the Salt Lake region. This program is made possible with support from the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Utah, Antelope Island State Park, and Utah Humanities.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 05:30 PM

Join us on August 6th for our last Summer 2021 Nahuatl Brown Bag event. This event will be presented by Mtra. Irma Xóchitl Cuauhtémoc Xicoténcatl, Originaria de Cuauhtlancingo, Puebla, presenting on Persistencia de topónimos y antropónimos and Martín Tonalmeyotl, Originario de la Chilapa Guerrero, presenting on Poesía contemporánea en lengua náhuatl.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 05:19 PM

Alanna S. Radlo-Dzur is an art historian of Indigenous arts in the Americas, specializing in post-classic and early colonial Nahua communities of central Mexico. She is a research specialist at the Getty Research Institute and a doctoral candidate in the Department of the History of Art at Ohio State University.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 05:13 PM

Dr. Jeff Pynes has a BA in Linguistics from UC Berkeley and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Utah. He has conducted a variety of research projects including field work with several North and Central American indigenous languages, most notably Nahuatl and Shoshone.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 04:52 PM

The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Utah holds an annual Brown Bag Lecture series as part of its Summer Nahuatl Language and Culture Intensive Program. In an effort to create a network of indigenous studies scholars, CLAS organizes weekly Brown Bag Talks with a variety of speakers.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 04:39 PM

This presentation uses a story map created in collaboration with the UW-Madison Nelson Institute and the Ho-Chunk Nation to outline three methods for honoring Indigenous language, place names, and histories through cartography.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 04:23 PM

In partnership with the Consulate of Mexico in Salt Lake City, join us for a virtual discussion with experts as they discuss two indigenous language groups, Ute and Nahuatl.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 03:44 PM

In this conversation we will discuss the underlying problems that have led people to protest in Colombia, the government’s response to these (and other) mobilizations, and the potential pathways that all the actors involved could take to start resolving the conflict.

Thursday, May 20, 2021 11:41 AM

Junko Yokota, Hans Christian Andersen Award jury president, and Roger Mello, winner of the 2014 HCA Illustrator Award talk about how winning this award has led to increased international attention through exhibitions, collaborative book creations, and jury work.

Wednesday, April 07, 2021 06:01 PM

Chile, where Huichaqueo was born, embraces a racialized concept of citizenry, waging a covert and overt war on the Mapuche people. In retaliation for the defense of their territories against deforestation and other forms of extractivism, the Chilean state continues to prosecute Mapuche activists under a counter-terrorism legislation introduced by the military dictatorship.

Friday, April 02, 2021 01:05 PM

Since 1990, spending on large infrastructure projects has increased across Latin America. This trend is puzzling because it comes at a time of democratization and decentralization thought to hinder investment in long-run and spatially concentrated projects. This talk explains the over-time growth in investment by highlighting the financialization of infrastructure.

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 08:00 PM

We coordinate our Going Global event each year for our International & Area Studies’ students in conjunction with the Career and Professional Development Center. This year we want to highlight the global careers and international experiences and language skills of BIPOC individuals and how those skills and experiences have benefitted them in the workplace.

Wednesday, March 03, 2021 02:00 PM

Join award-winning performance historian Brian Eugenio Herrera to engage in a lively interactive discussion. Professor Herrera will invite questions from our virtual audience members to guide a collaborative conversation about the state of US Latinx theatre and performance today.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 12:01 AM

This webinar seeks to create a dialogue between Nahua scholars from the Municipality of Chicontepec, northern Veracruz, around their current research involving topics such as language, health, religion and contact with mestizo cultures. Scholars will talk and reflect on contemporary Nahua culture, focusing on the Nahua communities of the Municipality of Chicontepec.

Friday, February 19, 2021 10:29 AM

The Center for Latin American Studies and the Hinckley Institute of Politics have invited Ezequiel González-Ocantos to discuss his current book project discussing Operation Lava Jato. Operation Lava Jato started in Brazil as a money-laundering case and quickly turned into a full-blown judicial anti-corruption crusade with far-reaching political implications across Latin America.

Friday, February 19, 2021 10:28 AM

A short discussion with Julián Herbert about his journey and literature.

Thursday, February 11, 2021 08:23 AM

The Center for Latin American Studies and Creative Writing at the University of Utah are partnering together to bring you readings, Q&A sessions, and a roundtable discussion with our invited authors. Learn more about the authors, when they will be speaking and where on this site.

Friday, January 29, 2021 11:31 AM

This program will tackle the history of Utah before statehood, when it was Mexican territory, focusing on the significance of this history and what it means to Utah today.

Friday, January 08, 2021 03:48 PM

Join us for two info sessions to learn more about what CLAC is, how to find and register using CLAC attribute, what classes are being offered this semester, and what the student experience and advantages are in taking a CLAC section. Our CLAC coordinator will be able to answer any questions you may have.

Friday, January 08, 2021 03:11 PM

International and Area Studies (Asia Center, Center for Latin American Studies, International Studies, and Middle East Studies) will be hosting six events during IEW. Make sure to check out what we are offering below and on the IEW website.

Monday, November 16, 2020 10:55 AM

Please join CLAS the Premiere Night film, Identifying Features, a Sundance 2020 film on November 13 at 7pm & 9pm. Along with access to this fantastic Sundance film you will receive access to a pre-recorded discussion with the filmmakers moderated by CLAS director, Claudio Holzner.

Thursday, November 12, 2020 03:42 PM

The Asia Center and Center for Latin American Studies have partnered together to bring you a Covid series dedicated to informing you about how Covid has impacted politics in Latin America, first-hand experience in Wuhan from a physician on the ground, India's response to the virus, and how Indigenous communities have been impacted. If you were unable to attend, check-out the YouTube links below.

Thursday, November 12, 2020 03:30 PM

Come learn more about the interdisciplinary Latin American Studies MA at the University of Utah, which emphasizes advanced language study and breadth of area studies.

Thursday, November 12, 2020 03:15 PM

Learn more about how Covid has impacted Indigenous communities in Columbia and Brazil. Learn more about our speakers and what they will cover during the discussion below. This event will consist of a 20 minute discussion with each speaker followed by a Q&A.

Thursday, November 12, 2020 02:39 PM

Join us for an info session to learn more about what CLAC is, how to find and register using CLAC attribute, what classes are being offered in the Spring, and what the student experience and advantages are in taking a CLAC section. Our CLAC coordinator will be able to answer any questions you may have.

Thursday, November 12, 2020 02:28 PM

Join us for a panel discussion and networking event with employers across industries and disciplines to learn where your degree can take you.

Thursday, October 29, 2020 01:06 PM

Join us for a virtual info session to learn more about the FLAS scholarship! Please email ias@utah.edu for Zoom information.

Wednesday, October 07, 2020 01:31 PM

In this panel discussion, presenters will address different ways that social justice is sought for Latinx and Hispanic Americans. Panelists consider questions such as: What achievements have been made in the last 70 years for Latinx and Hispanics in America? What types of racism and prejudice do Latinx and Hispanic Americans face today? How do we, in our own communities, encounter and address racism and strive for social justice?

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 01:39 PM

Monday, August 31, 2020 05:20 PM

The Mexican Consulate in Salt Lake City will be hosting a virtual Culture Series that will be taking place every Thursday evening this month.

Wednesday, August 12, 2020 03:19 PM

Created in a year-long partnership with Artes de México en Utah, the UMFA presents a unique series of classes designed to explore Mexican history through art. The series consists of three sessions in June, July, and August, each with a unique artistic focus. Taught by Susan Vogel and Fanny Guadalupe Blauer, the final lesson in August will focus on Manifest Destiny.

Wednesday, August 05, 2020 01:52 PM

Join us for the 2020 Utah Summer Nahuatl Language & Culture Program’s Closing Event for an evening of Poetry, storytelling, and music from our esteemed guests!

Thursday, July 30, 2020 11:54 AM

This essay takes up the early political projects of the Chicano movement. “Nations, Nationalisms, and Indígenas: The Indian in the Chicano/a Revolutionary Imaginary,” serves as a point of entry for the discussion of indigeneity from the vantage point of Chicana/o political identities.

Thursday, July 30, 2020 11:40 AM

History is said to always be written by the victors. In the case of The Florentine Codex, also known as General History of Things in New Spain, it was written primarily by Nahua intellectuals, although with some Spanish influence. Book 12 in particular contains accounts of the series of events that culminated in the collapse of the Mexican Empire, La Conquista. There are academic publications that emphasize the complexity of this collapse, emphasizing the resistance of the Mexica Empire and the crucial alliances between various original groups and the Spanish. Despite the availability of this information, the Conquest of Mexico is taught in Mexican primary education through a lens that describes the total defeat of the original groups by the Spanish, portraying them as defenseless. It could be said that the Mexican educational system projects a victim mentality and feeds a contemporary hatred towards the Spanish in today’s youth.

Monday, July 27, 2020 04:31 PM

Nahuatl is a language of the Yutonahua linguistic trunk distributed throughout regions of Mexico and ranks first with nearly 2 million speakers. Each Nahua territory has its own historical and cultural processes, which implies not only dialect variations, but also distant times and precise places, where they had developments consistent with geography and socialization processes with other indigenous peoples.

Tuesday, July 21, 2020 11:05 AM

This presentation focuses on demonstrating and analyzing the religious work carried out by the motiochihuanih (Lit. ‘people who become gods) who are the traditional catechists and rezanderos in the Chicontepec communities. During these devotions, motiochihuanih sing and pray Catholic prayers in Nahuatl, derived from authentic translations. Today they represent religious models for the tlaneltocanih “believers.”

Monday, July 06, 2020 04:28 PM

Justyna Olko is professor in the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” at the University of Warsaw and director of its Center for Research and Practice in Cultural Continuity. She specializes in ethnohistory, sociolinguistics, contact linguistics, language endangerment and revitalization as well as decolonizing research practices, with a special focus on Nahua language and culture. Olko is also involved in a program for revitalizing the Nahuatl language and works with researchers and activists committed to revitalizing endangered languages of ethnic minorities in Poland.

Monday, July 06, 2020 04:24 PM

Created in a year-long partnership with Artes de México en Utah, the UMFA presents a unique series of classes designed to explore Mexican history through art. The series consists of three sessions in June, July, and August, each with a unique artistic focus. Taught by Susan Vogel and Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez, in July's lesson we will discuss the history of Mexican muralism.

Friday, June 19, 2020 03:40 PM

Created in a year-long partnership with Artes de México en Utah, the UMFA presents a unique series of classes designed to explore Mexican history through art. The series consists of three sessions in June, July, and August, each with a unique artistic focus. Taught by Susan Vogel and Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez, the first lesson will be centered around Utah-born art activist Pablo O’Higgins.

Tuesday, June 16, 2020 05:12 PM

CLAS is happy to sponsor the 3rd Annual Nahuatl Conference at UCLA! This webinar features new research on Mesoamerica by 3 teachers and 4 advanced students of the Nahuatl language.

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 04:29 PM

CLAS and the Honors college are partnering to launch a Spanish speaking Living Learning Community in the Honors Dorms, starting Fall 2020.

Monday, February 10, 2020 05:07 PM

Meet the films submitted by Mexican directors/filmmakers that will be featured at the Sundance Film Festival from January 23-February 2. Conoce las propuestas del cine mexicano que estarán presentes el festival de cine de Sundance del 23 de enero al 2 de febrero.

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 11:48 AM

The University of Utah offers federally funded Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships. The award is open to students in any department who will include language and area study in their course load.Applications are due January 31st for both Summer 2019 and Academic Year 2020-2021 awards.

Monday, December 02, 2019 04:05 PM

FLAS Scholarships are open to U of U students in any department (except the School of Medicine) for the study of a less commonly taught foreign language and related area studies.

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 04:04 PM

May 17-18, 2019 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. Admission is free!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 01:10 PM

"Migration in the Americas: A Panel Discussion about Borders, Humanity, and the State." Thursday, March 28th, 2019.

Friday, March 15, 2019 11:35 AM