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Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies at UW-Milwaukee promotes & develops teaching, research, and outreach about Latin America & the Caribbean

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Thanks for a great 2025! Our many wonderful partners helped us bring 62 fantastic programs to our audiences this year, promoting a deeper understanding of Latin America and the Caribbean among Milwaukee Public Schools students, educators across the U.S., UWM students and faculty, and Milwaukee community members!

Here are some of our 2025 highlights – thanks for being part of it, and see you in 2026!

January: UWinteriM study trips to Mexico and Ecuador, with @uwmfreshwater and UW-Green Bay
February: host award-winning author @writerreynagrande at UWM and MPS middle school, with @uwmenglish , @wgs.uwm, @uwmletsci , @uwmsociocul , and @uwminternationaleducation
March: support @uwmrhc ’s cultural field trip to Chicago
April: 46th annual Latin American Film Series at @uwmunioncinema (supported by 27 cosponsors – you know who you are!)
May: end-of-year celebration with campus and MPS partners
June: kick off Música del Lago summer music series with @colectivocoffee
July: summer teacher institute on Childhood and Youth in Latin America, with @uwlacis and @fiulacc
August: end-of-summer planning retreat with UW consortium partners @uwlacis , connecting WI to the world
September: launch talk series with @srishtimeera ‘s mhSEVA lab on community mental health work across Latin America
October: kick off fall 2025 LACUSL speaker series, highlighting the topics you can study in our interdisciplinary major
November: migration panel with @uwminternationaleducation & migration documentary and artmaking at MPS high school, with @uwmartseco and Mexican Consulate in Milwaukee
December: Storytime in the Caribbean at the @uwmplanetarium , featuring titles honored by the @americasbookaward (and an astronomical craft) by @uwmclacs

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🇵🇷Join us on October 22 for a talk with Grammy Award musician (and UWM MA student) Beto Torrens! He will speak about his decades of cultural artistry working in Puerto Rico's oldest living musical tradition, bomba. This music and dance was created on the island by our enslaved African ancestors to create communities of support between the various ethnic groups that were forced to live together.

🎵Come learn about this continually evolving art form and feel the rhythms for yourself! Full event details at link in bio.

* Thursday, October 22
* 2:30pm - 3:30pm
* UWM Libraries – American Geographical Society Library (3rd floor east wing)

Beto Torrens is a Grammy Award musician, producer, and educator from San Juan, Puerto Rico. With a career that spans over 30 years professionally, Beto’s main interest is in creating bridges between Afro-diasporic music and dance traditions from the Caribbean and the Americas. He is currently pursuing an MA in music here at UW-Milwaukee. by @uwmclacs

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C21’s Careers for Humanists panel discussion (coming up on Oct 21) will feature five emerging- and mid-career professionals working in humanities-adjacent fields. Swipe to learn about 2 of them.

Jamee graduated from UWM last August with a Ph.D. in African and African Diaspora Studies. She secured a role as the Special Assistant to the Executive Director at the Bronzeville Center for the Arts—where she now supports executive leadership, institutional initiatives, and public programming—before the ink was dry on her diploma. How’d she land a job so fast? What’s the current job market like?

Monica earned her Ph.D. in Iberian and Latin American Cultures from Stanford University before teaching Spanish and Portuguese language and Latin American literature at Reed College, Mt. Tamalpais College, and Stanford. Now she’s the Associate Director at UWM’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. How’d she make the leap from teaching to admin and what informed that decision?

You’ll get the chance to ask the above questions, and more, at 175 Curtin Hall on Wed, October 21. The panel and Q&A run from 6 to 7:30p with a meet and greet reception to follow.

This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

Browse our IG grid for info about the other panelists. Check the link in our bio or visit tinyurl.com/c21humancareer to learn more and register.

@uwmletsci @uwm_set
#uwmgrads #uwmprofessionaldevelopment #mkecareers #wisconsinhumanities #humanitiescareers taken in C21: Center for 21st Century Studies by @uwmclacs

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Join us this Monday Sept. 28, in Curtin 187, for a back-to-campus celebration! Connect with UWM's community of students and researchers with personal and scholarly connections to Latin America and the Caribbean. Drop by any time between 3pm-5pm.

Plus, at 4pm: hear from three current UWM students about their recent studies and research in the region!

Full details at the link in our bio – hope to see you there! by @uwmclacs

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23 days ago

Hey humanities students and degree-holders, are you frustrated with the job market for your field? Are you anxious about your prospects post-graduation?

You’re not alone.

On Oct 21, C21 is hosting a panel discussion with five emerging- and mid-career professionals who’ve been where you are. From publishing to policy, social impact, academic programming, and the arts, all five panelists are currently putting their humanities degrees to work in their chosen fields.

Designed with current students in mind, this candid conversation will offer concrete advice for navigating the job market and making major (or minor) life decisions in uncertain times.

Stick around after the panel and audience Q&A for a meet and greet with panelists, a reception with refreshments, and a chance to chat with career advisors from UWM’s Student Experience and Talent.

* Careers for Humanists panel discussion
* Wednesday, October 21
* 6-7:30 PM, with reception to follow
* Curtin Hall 175, 3243 N. Downer Ave.
* Free & open to the public

Learn more and register at tinyurl.com/c21humancareer or via the link in our bio.

@uwmletsci @uwm_set
#humanitiescareers #wisconsinhumanities #uwmgrads #mkecareers #humanitiesjobs taken in C21: Center for 21st Century Studies by @uwmclacs

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Calling all Wisconsin K-12 educators (and please help spread the word!) Our "Global Citizenship for Career Readiness" fellowship is accepting applications through September 13.

It's going to be a great year of developing curriculum for global learning and local impact. Learn more and apply at the link in our bio! by @uwmclacs

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Earlier this month, we joined UWM Children’s Learning Center’s 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 for a workshop on Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral.

After learning about her iconic painting 𝘈𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘶, kindergarten and school-age children created their own colorful interpretations inspired by her work. We loved seeing their creativity come to life and are grateful for opportunities to collaborate across campus with our youngest learners! by @uwmclacs

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3 months ago

💃🎵 Milwaukee, join us tonight for the first of three FREE outdoor concerts this summer!

Septeto Charambó (local group known for their "salsa dura" music!)
Thurs. June 18, 2026
6pm - 8pm
Colectivo Coffee Lakefront Location
1701 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr.

Free parking across the street in the lot next to the sailing center! Full series details at the link in our bio. Hope to see you there! by @uwmclacs

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4 months ago

UWM students: want to learn Portuguese? Want an English-language HUM GER course that will guide you through the music of different Portuguese-speaking countries? Check out these upcoming courses for summer session and fall semester!

☀️ Summer 2026 language: Accelerated Portuguese (June 1- July 7) – asynchronous
🍁 Fall 2026 language: Portuguese 103, 203, 310 – hyflex and online
🎵 Fall 2026 culture (in English): Portuguese 360, Music of the Lusophone World – online

Sign up today! by @uwmclacs

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5 months ago

Join us to celebrate the end of another great academic year!! We'll have light bites from a local taquería and look forward to hearing about your spring successes, summer plans... and hatching new program ideas for 2026-27!

Drop in when you can or join for the whole time. See you soon!

CLACS end-of-year celebration
Tuesday May 12
12:30pm - 2:00pm
CLACS offices (NWQ B, room 2479) by @uwmclacs

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Join us at noon on Friday for the final WLC Speaker Series event of the semester with Dr. Leah Leone Anderson! #UWM #Borges #VirginiaWoolf Leah Leone Anderson
A Translation of His Own? Borges and Virginia Woolf
On commission, Jorge Luis Borges translated A Room of One’s Own into Spanish in 1936 and Orlando in 1937. Both translations had tremendous impacts among Spanish language readers who came to celebrate the feminist rhetoric of the former and the narrative innovations of the latter. Comparative analyses of original and translation reveal that important aspects of these acclaimed features were in fact attenuated by an author/translator whose own narrative style was diametrically opposed to that of Virginia Woolf.
Dr. Leah Leone Anderson is a translator from Spanish and Portuguese and a scholar of Borges, translation, feminism and care ethics. Her book Borges’s Creative Infidelities: Translating Joyce, Woolf and Faulkner was published by Bloomsbury in 2024 and was recently released in paperback. She is a graduate of UWM’s MA in Language, Literature and Translation program. Friday, April 24, 12-1pm, CRT 118. by @uwmclacs

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6 months ago

POV: you step into the Latin American Film Series 🎬

From walking into the theater, to catching glimpses of all the academic programs, trips, and opportunities waiting just outside, this is what the 47th Annual Latin American Film Series felt like. Every night was filled with stories, conversations, and moments that stayed with us long after the credits rolled. The energy, the community, and the love for film made it something truly special.

Thank you to everyone who showed up, supported, and shared this experience with us. And if you missed it this year, we hope to see you next time 👀✨

See you next year at the 48th Annual Latin American Film Series! by @uwmclacs

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