CLACS Mission
CLACS advances humanistic, artistic, and interdisciplinary engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean through research, teaching, and public-facing initiatives.
Situated within Trinity College of Arts and Science, CLACS fosters translocal perspectives that connect languages, cultures, and communities across the Americas while engaging multidisciplinary collaborations across the university.
CLACS Purpose
CLACS purpose is defined by four pillars:
- Facilitating engagement through short residences for visiting scholars, artists, and practitioners.
- Sending students to study, research, present, and work in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Enhancing regional expertise through certificates, curricular development, pedagogical practices, and research.
- Centering sociolinguistic and cultural practices that engage the complexity of the region.
CLACS also convenes faculty, students, staff, and community partners through targeted programming, including lectures, teach-ins, and collaborative events.
CLACS amplifies work on Latin America and the Caribbean by supporting invited speakers, public engagement, and curricular connections, while prioritizing sustainable and strategic use of resources.
Why Study Latin America & the Caribbean?
In the post-Cold War world, Latin America and the Caribbean have emerged as more important than ever. The dynamism of the region's cultures, its prodigious agricultural capacity and vast energy reserves have made the region’s place in the global community more significant than at any time since the colonial era.