Written by Gillian Quinn. Mary Morales, a master student in the LACIS program, has received a scholarship to get her PhD at UT-Austin. Mary got involved with LACIS in fall of 2016 because she was …
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Alberto Vargas Receives the Kaleidoscope Faculty Support Award
Written by Gillian Quinn The Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program is very excited to announce that Alberto Vargas, the Associate Director of LACIS, is a recipient of The Kaleidoscope Faculty Support Award in …
Ancestry and Art: Leigh Garcia’s MFA Exhibition
Written by Gillian Quinn Leigh Garcia, a third year graduate student in the art department at UW-Madison, was recently awarded a Tinker Nave Short-Term Field Research Grant through LACIS for her collaborative project with Maria …
Resizing Reality: Scale and Sumptuary Privilege Among the Classic Maya – Upcoming Lecture by Dr. Stephen Houston from Brown University
Written by Gillian Quinn and edited by Margarita Orozco The mysteries of ancient Mayan civilizations have long puzzled historians. Why does the Mayan calendar end on December 21st 2012? What exactly happened to the Mayan …
Five things you need to know about Trump’s Cuba policy — and who it will hurt
Written by Martina Kunovic, SKJ & LACIS Graduate Summer Field Research Award Recipient, recently published an article on Cuba for the Washington Post On Friday, President Trump announced in front of a crowd gathered in …
LACIS faculty releases new book!
Written by Megan Humphreys Pablo F. Gomez is assistant professor in the Department of Medical History and Bioethics and the Department of History & also part of the LACIS core faculty. Check out his latest …
Professor Ibarra’s community-based research explores needs of Wisconsin Latin@s
Written by Grady McHugh Professor Armando Ibarra is a tireless advocate for Wisconsin’s Latin@ community, dedicating his teaching and research to ensuring the needs of the state’s Latin@ population are being met. “The best way to …
LACIS Professor Rubén Medina interviewed by The Capital Times
Written by Lindsay Christians, The Capital Times Q&A: Rubén Medina lives a life with poetry at the center Rubén Medina has had a home in Madison longer than he’s lived anywhere else. But Medina was …
LACIS Summer Grant Recipient’s Experience in Nicaragua
by Jesus Del Toro (LACIS Social Media/Outreach Intern, BA, LACIS, & Spanish ’18) Every year, LACIS distributes grant money to qualified undergraduate students from any major or discipline in order to help those students complete …
A history of collaboration – Latin American history professor Steve Stern to retire after nearly 40 years of working closely with colleagues in the history department.
Written by: Katie Vaugh, Arts & Humanities Collaboration and respect for other opinions not only played an ongoing role in Steve Stern’s career — they also helped shape a division of the history department where he …