Center for Latin American Studies

 

Press Releases

Smathers Libraries receives a grant to support the Panama Canal Museum collection

The award will provide for funding to help enhance the collection and will help fund the development of a centennial exhibit at UF in 2014.

University of Florida Receives Funds for Human Rights Program in Colombia–11/26/12

University of Florida faculty, led by the Levin College of Law, the Center for Latin American Studies, and the College of Education will spend the next three years working with two universities in Colombia to enhance the human rights programs at their law schools.

UF's Languages, Literatures and Cultures and Smathers Libraries receive National Endowment for the Humanities grant award - 8/10/12

Online resources will create an archive of Haitian Religion and Culture

UF and MDC Sponsor Panel on Presidential Elections in Nicaragua and Argentina–10/10/11

The UF Center for Latin American Studies, in collaboration with The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Initiatives at Miami Dade College (MDC), will host Electoral Politics: Nicaragua and Argentina in the Context of their Presidential Elections on October 27 at 11 a.m. in Miami, FL.

LAS Faculty Author Book on Challenges Faced by Unauthorized Immigrants–8/18/11

Living “Illegal,” The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration offers the first on-the-ground, in-depth account of the challenges faced by unauthorized immigrants. It is co-authored by Marie Marquardt (Emory), Timothy Steigenga (FAU), Philip Williams (UF), and Manuel Vasquez (UF).

UF Signs Agreement with Honduras to Establish Graduate Fellowships–8/18/11

The new agreement will establish a graduate fellowship program to be administered by the Center and supported by the Government of Honduras.

UF Celebrates 80 Years of Latin American Studies–3/3/11

The University of Florida (UF) proudly celebrates 80 years of teaching, research, and service in Latin American Studies. The anniversary will be marked by a series of public events from March 24–26, 2011.

Glenn Galloway Hired as Director of MDP Program–2/21/11

The Center for Latin American Studies is pleased to announce that Dr. Glenn Galloway will join UF in fall 2011.

Jean Stubbs to Deliver Bacardi Lecture on The Havana Cigar Goes Global–2/16/11

Jean Stubbs, the UF Center for Latin American Studies Bacardi Family Eminent Scholar, will deliver the 2011 Bacardi Lecture entitled, “The Havana Cigar Goes Global” on Wednesday March 2, 2011, 7:30 p.m., Smathers Library, Room 1A.