Duke PhD student in History student Ayanna Legros was studying Haitian Creole this summer at FIU with a Summer FLAS Fellowship from CLACS, and sparked a debate about Haitian and Afro-Latinx identity. She was invited to talk about it on NBC Miami...
The Amazon region’s vital interdisciplinary relevance will be on display April 5 and 6, 2018 at Amazon Frontiers , the Fourth Annual Global Brazil Conference at Duke University. “We chose the name ‘Amazon Frontiers’ for the conference because the...
While immigration activists have focused on the implications of ending DACA and its political, legal and humanitarian consequences, scholars at a Duke panel Friday cautioned that the DACA concerns were part of a larger, troubling move against...
What does the future hold for immigrants who have lived in North Carolina for years and whose families include some members with DACA status or U.S. citizenship? Will the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which has protected...
The Cuban embassy's First Secretary, Miguel Fraga visited Duke University on November 15, 2017, and gave a talk, "How far is 100 miles? An Update on U.S.-Cuban Relations from a Cuban Diplomat" in the Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall at the John...
Never easy, human rights work in Latin America is especially difficult now, according to José Miguel Vivanco , executive director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch. Speaking at Duke as part of the Center for Latin American and...
This year’s North Carolina Latin American Film Festival will bring 20 films from 13 countries in the region, which focus on the paths/ caminos Latin American peoples take to pursue their dreams, preserve their culture, and seek inclusion, justice...
Duke Desarrolla, a Duke student organization that does research and service projects in Latin America, sent students to Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Mexico this summer. Many of the participating students received travel award funding from CLACS and...
NCLAFF director publishes book on art and cultural policy in contemporary Colombia
Miguel Rojas-Sotelo once served as visual arts director in Colombia’s Ministry of Culture (1997-2001), and after more than 10 years in the United States, the...
