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We're offering beginner Kichwa in the fall! Once the language of the Inca Empire, today Kichwa/Quechua is spoken by more than 10 million people across South America. Join instructor Micaela Jerez to learn basic language skills as well as cultural, historical, and political context. 🏔️ MWF | 12:50 - 1:40 pm | Matherly 0251 🦙 LAS 3930 | KB01 | 27681 Grad students, you may audit this course or use it toward requirements for independent study 🤓 A course flyer shows the headline "Beginner Kichwa (Quechua) Culture through Language." The illustration shows a young woman in Indigenous dress guiding a llama, with an etching of the Andean peaks behind her. Instructor: Micaela Jerez. Kichwa/Quechua is one of the major native’s languages in South America. Nowadays, more than ten million people speak its different variants (dialects), from the south of Colombia to the north of Argentina. It was the language of the Inca Empire and also became a lingua franca for indigenous peoples and missionization in colonial times. This seminar is aimed at students of anthropology, linguistics, geography, and aligned disciplines, undergraduate and graduate. About fifty percent of the class will focus on the acquisition of basic language skills and the rest will consider aspects such as culture, history and political participation. Graduate students may audit this class or use it toward requirements for independent study supported by a faculty member. To register for graduate credit with independent study, contact Dr. Carlos de la Torre (delatorre.carlos@latam.ufl.edu). LAS 3930, Section KB01, Class 27681. Mon/Wed/Fri 12:50-1:40 pm, Matherly 0251. by @uf_latam
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Our 2026 Kislak Family Foundation Artist in Residence is Yucef Merhi! He will be joining us this fall to teach the course Foundations of Art + Technology, open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Yucef Merhi is an artist, video maker, writer, researcher, coder, and a pioneering figure in the field of digital arts. His course will explore how creativity and technology have evolved together to shape the world we live in today, connecting early thinkers like Archimedes and Al-Jazari to pioneers of media and interactive art. Students in the class will develop a piece of art during the course, which will be on display in the University Galleries at the end of the fall 2026 semester. We can't wait! A black and white headshot of Yucef Merhi holding his hands to his chest and gazing at the camera with a serene expression. The text: Yucef Merhi, Kislak Family Foundation Artist in Residence. LAS 4935 / LAS 6938 Foundations of Art + Technology. Fall 2026. Born Caracas, Venezuela. Artist, video maker, writer, researcher, coder. by @uf_latam
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A big CONGRATULATIONS to our own Meg Weeks, who has been named a 2026-2027 Member of The School of Historical Studies at the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS)! 🥳 During her time at IAS, she will further her work on women workers and feminisms in Brazil and across the Americas, completing a book project and drafting two proposed articles. Parabéns, Dr. Weeks! 👏 A black-and-white headshot of Dr. Meg Weeks with the logo of the Institute for Advanced Study and the text: Incoming member, Affiliation: Historical Studies. Field of Study: Modern Latin American History. by @uf_latam
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Our own Carmen Martínez Novo delivered one of the keynote speeches at the VIII Congreso Mexicano de Antropología Social y Etnología last month in Puebla! 🤩 The conference theme: Antropología de los mundos posibles - Nuevas metodologías, alternativas sociales y formación profesional. ¡Enhorabuena, Dr. Martínez Novo! by @uf_latam
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Look back at the spring semester with the Latinamericanist! Here are the stories we're sharing: 🍃 A conversation with Bacardi scholar Ane Alencar 🌳 Pan-Amazonian conservation at the annual conference 🛠 Thesis award winner explores 'Latina labor experience' 📜 Encountering Florida's Latinx histories in Ybor City 🗨 Student conference presentations 🌎 Welcoming new Center director Leonardo Villalón 📖 Paola Uparela brings colonial studies into interdisciplinary conversations 📚 Undergrad students selected for scholars program research 🔗 "Opening doors" lead Caroline Centeno to Brazil internship, urban and regional planning 🎓 Farewell from SALAS leadership Read all about 'em at the link in our bio! 🧡 The cover of the Spring 2026 Latinamericanist shows a crowded room at the annual conference. At the center of the photo is the guest speaker, holding a microphone and gesturing at the audience. He is an Indigenous leader wearing a blazer and a traditional hat that is red, yellow, and blue. by @uf_latam
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We are thrilled and honored to be a member of the Tinker Field Research Collaborative's second cohort! This support provides funding for student field research in Latin America, an invaluable component of the professional and intellectual growth of our graduate students. 🌎💙 We look forward with gratitude to continued collaboration with the Tinker Foundation and our cohort of Centers! A blue graphic with a faint outline of the American continent in the background. The text: grant announcement, Tinker Field Research Collaborative. Supporting student field research in Latin America: second cohort, UF Center for Latin American Studies. by @uf_latam
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Even though it's summer, we've been staying busy! We were delighted to attend the Recepción de Académicos de AMPEI (Asociación Mexicana para la Educación Internacional) at the Consulate General of Mexico in Orlando! 🇲🇽🌎 Our own faculty Luis Felipe Lomelí, Ariadna Tenorio, and Mary Risner represented the Center and UF, along with Paloma Rodriguez, Director of the Office of Global Learning (UFIC). Mil gracias to the consulate for welcoming us! Four professors pose together and smile, dressed professionally for a reception. An enormous Mexican flag is draped behind them, only partially visible due to its size. by @uf_latam
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It's not every day you get to meet up with colleagues in Paris! We had an amazing time in «Le quartier Latin... American Studies» at this year's LASA conference 🤓😁 It was a joy to convene with compis, reconnect with our alumni, and toast to another amazing year of the Latin American Research Review with the LARR editorial board, led by our own Carmen Martínez Novo. 🥰 Two photos showing groups of colleagues smiling together at the Latin American Studies Association conference. They all wear lanyards with name tags. by @uf_latam
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How it started ⏩ how it's going 🥹 It's always amazing to see the changes between MALAS orientation and graduation day! What an honor to witness the intellectual and personal development of our students, and the special bonds they create within our community over the course of two years 💙🧡 Two photos: the top photo has the text "August 2024" and shows a group of students gathered nervously smiling in the halls of Grinter. The bottom photo has the text "May 2026" and shows the same group of students in graduation regalia smiling outdoors before the graduation ceremony. by @uf_latam
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Our own Drs. Rick Stepp and Luis Felipe Lomelí are featured in this article by The Alligator that digs deeper into the popularity of Cinco de Mayo in the U.S. vs. Mexico. Read the whole article at the link in our bio 🤓 The logo of the Independent Florida Alligator is positioned at the top like letterhead. The headline: "How do Mexicans celebrate Cinco de Mayo? Most don’t" with the subhead "Cinco de Mayo is primarily celebrated in the United States" By Dulce Rodriguez-Escamilla, May 5, 2026 | 7:02am EDT. In the United States, Cinco de Mayo is widely celebrated, often marked by food, drinks and gatherings incorporating aspects of Mexican culture. Frequently misunderstood as Mexico’s Independence Day, it actually commemorates an entirely different victory — and it’s not a major national holiday in Mexico. In truth, Mexicans barely celebrate the holiday. Only residents from Puebla, Mexico, observe it. Cinco de Mayo marks Mexico’s 1862 victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla. The May 5 triumph over Napoleon lll’s troops, who sought to collect unpaid debts and establish a monarchy, is now celebrated by Puebla residents through street parades and battle reenactments. Mexican Americans in California began celebrating the holiday in 1863 as a sign of solidarity and resistance against European monarchy during the Civil War. Nearly 100 years later, the Chicano movement popularized Cinco de Mayo, said Rick Stepp, a cultural anthropologist and professor at the UF Center for Latin American Studies. The Chicano movement, a Mexican American civil rights movement in the 1960s and ‘70s that advocated for political rights, labor protections and educational equality, adopted the holiday to celebrate Mexican heritage and resistance to oppression. by @uf_latam
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A huge CONGRATULATIONS to affiliate faculty Max Deardorff (History) for being awarded fellowships from the Gulbenkian Institute for Advanced Study (GIAS) and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)! 👏🎉 Both grants support the development of Dr. Deardorff's forthcoming book, "At Sea and Ashore: Convicts, Slaves, and the Galleys of the Spanish Global Monarchy," a social and cultural history of the military penal institution in Spain’s American and Asian colonies. A photo of Dr. Deardorff sitting at a table gesturing while giving a talk. The room around him has wood paneled walls, two large windows, and overstuffed furniture, giving an air of academic esteem. Situated above him in the photo is the text: "Congratulations Max Deardorff! 2026-27 Fellow: Gulbenkian Institute for Advanced Study (GIAS) and 2026 Fellow: American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)." by @uf_latam
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Congratulations to all our graduates celebrating this weekend! 🎓🐊🎉 Thank you for choosing Latin American Studies and being a part of our community. We can't wait to see what's next for you! 🌎🩷 A graphic with a pink gradient background over an image of the Latin American Studies historical marker on the Plaza of the Americas. The text reads "Congratulations graduates!" in teal and gold with colorful confetti squares around it. by @uf_latam
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