Global and Regional Studies
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Latin American and Caribbean Studies
John Waldron, Program Director
Tel: 802-656-3570
John.Waldron@uvm.edu
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The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, one of nine areas of study within the Global and Regional Studies Program, offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary set of course offerings on the histories, cultures, literatures, politics and economies of Latin America, the Caribbean and U.S. Latinos. Affiliated faculty include specialists in democratization, indigenous politics, struggles over globalization, human and community development, environmental conflicts, social movements, health, colonial and contemporary literature, poetry, performance, race and ethnicity, gender dynamics, and pre-contact archaeology and arts. Rather than simply providing a window through which North Americans may observe Latin America and the Caribbean, the Program seeks to serve as a bridge between them, hosting guest speakers, artists and activists, encouraging study abroad, and organizing faculty-led study courses in the region. We offer our students a strong liberal arts education enhanced by significant cross-cultural competence, skills that serve our graduates well in fields such as policy analysis, government, research, journalism, business, international development, higher education, graduate school, and activism in the U.S. and throughout Latin America.
The LAS Program and its affiliated faculty sponsor or work with the following UVM groups and programs: La Alianza Latina and La Casa Hispánica (student groups); The Hispanic Forum (conference held every Fall semester at UVM); UVM faculty-led courses to Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, and several Spanish Caribbean countries; UVM bilateral exchange program with La Universidad de Belgrano (Argentina) and other Latin American and Caribbean universities; Burlington-based community projects, such as the Burlington-Bilwi (Puerto Cabezas), Nicaragua Sister City Program.
Latin American Caribbean Studies News:
The Mexico Solidarity Network presents:
Clearing the Path - Resisting repression and building solidarity in Mexico
by Claudia Torres of the Network Against Repression for Solidarity, and Mexico Solidarity Network representative Corry Banton
(Talk will be conducted in Spanish – introduction and Q/A in English)
WHEN: February 26 (Tuesday), at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Fireplace Lounge (Living/Learning)
SPONSORED BY: Romance Languages and Linguistics, Global Studies, and Latin American Studies
CONTACT: irma.valeriano@uvm.edu
Latin American Countries Links
- Argentina — Argentina Reference Desk
- Barbados — Barbados Reference Desk
- Belize — Belize Reference Desk
- Bolivia — Bolivia Reference Desk
- Brazil — Brazil Reference Desk
- Chile — Chile Reference Desk
- Colombia — Colombia Reference Desk
- Costa Rica — Costa Rica Reference Desk
- Cuba — Cuba Reference Desk
- Dominican Republic — Dominican Republic Reference Desk
- Ecuador — Ecuador Reference Desk
- Guatemala — Guatemala Reference Desk
- Guyana — Guyana Reference Desk
- Haiti — Haiti Reference Desk
- Honduras — Honduras Reference Desk
- Jamaica — Jamaica Reference Desk
- Mexico — Mexico Reference Desk
- Nicaragua — Nicaragua Reference Desk
- Panama — Panama Reference Desk
- Paraguay — Paraguay Reference Desk
- Peru — Peru Reference Desk
- Salvador — Salvador Reference Desk
- Suriname — Suriname Reference Desk
- Trinidad — Trinidad Reference Desk
- Uruguay — Uruguay Reference Desk
- Venezuela — Venezuela Reference Desk