Thursday, October 15, 2009, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Browsing Room, Knight Library

Ana Alonso (Department of Anthropology at University of Arizona) "Legal Narratives, Gender, and Violence in Northern Mexico" and Robert Irwin (Department of Spanish and Portuguese at University of California, Davis) "Mexican Masculinities in Dispute: Popular Icons of the Borderlands."  Free public symposium and discussion sponsored by CLLAS.

Thursday, April 16, 2009, 4:00-5:30 p.m., Browsing Room, Knight Library

Sarah Cribbs (Department of Sociology, UO). CLLAS Grantee Presentation, “Immigration and Health Care.” Reception to follow.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 3:30 p.m., Walnut Room, EMU
Lourdes Portillo (independent film maker), presentation "A Glimpse of Latin America through the films of Lourdes Portillo. CLLAS Public seminar and discussion as part of series, “Putting Latino/a Studies and Latin American Studies in Conversation.” Co-sponsored with CSWS, Ethnic Studies, other departments.  Reception to follow.

Friday, February 20, 2009, 4:00 – 5:30pm, Browsing Room, Knight Library

Carrie Ann Tracy (Northwest Federation of Community Organizations), Irmary Reyes-Santos (Department of Ethnic Studies, UO) and Daniel Martinez HoSang (Department of Ethnic Studies, UO) CLLAS Grantee Presentation, “ Shaping the Public Debate Over Immigration Policy: Popular Education in the Classroom and Community” Reception to follow.

January 30, 2009, 3:30 p.m. Walnut Room, EMU
Frances Aparicio (University of Illinois, Chicago), “Reading the Latino in Latino Studies; Perspectives from Chicago.” CLLAS Public Seminar as part of series “Putting Latino/a and Latin American Studies in Conversation.” Reception to Follow.

January 22, 2009, 4:00-5:30pm, Browsing Room, Knight Library
CLLAS Grantee Presentation: Documentation of Huambisa and Aguaruna, two languages of the Peruvian Amazon
Presenter: Jaime Peña -Linguistics Department, UO

November 17, 2008, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., 330 Hendricks Hall, UO

CLLAS Grantee Presentation: Psychosocial Stress, Health and Lifestyle Change among Latino Immigrant Farmworkers in Oregon
Presenters: Heather McClure - Oregon Social Learning Center--Latino Research Team
and OSLC interns from the University of Oregon:
Keshia Baker (psychology major) and Sara Epstein (anthropology major)
Laura Isiordia - Farmworker Housing Development Corporation
Josh Snodgrass - anthropology, University of Oregon

CLLAS Grantee Presentation: (Political) Being and Authenticity: The Philosophy of Race and the Possible Foundations for a ‘Hispanic Citizenship?'
Presenter: Grant Silva - Philosophy Department, UO
The link between Latin American philosophy and Social Political thought is the question of citizenship and national identity. In this presentation the ways in which race is ingrained into the conceptions of "Americans" will be explored. Silva uses the idea of 'estadounidense’ (citizen of the U.S. or "unitedstatesian") as his springboard.

October 31, 2008, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Fir Room, Erb Memorial Union
Symposium. From Che to Ramona to Evo: Leftist Political Cultures in Latin America, 1960s-2000s. Co-sponsored with Latin American Studies, Savage Endowment.

October 23, 2008, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m., Walnut Room, Erb Memorial Union, University of Oregon

Latino/a & Latin Americans in the US: Clear and Present Dangers

Presenters: Rosaura Sánchez (Department of Literature, UCSD)and Beatrice Pita (Department of Literature, UCSD).

CLLAS Public seminar and discussion followed by a reception.
” Reading for discussion: Sánchez and Pita, "Theses on the Latino Bloc: A Critical Perspective ,” Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies 31(2): 25-52, fall 2006.

Part of CLLAS series, “Putting Latino/a Studies and Latin American Studies in Conversation.

October 29-31, 2008,
Visit of Pablo Marimán, Mapuche historian from Chile. Events TBA

Conference on Gender, Families, and Latin American Immigration in Oregon.
Thursday, May 22 and Friday, May 23, 2008
School of Law, Room 175
Sponsors of the conference include the Center for the Study of Women in Society, the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, the School of Law, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Office of the Provost, and the Vice-Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity. The conference is free and open to the public.
Registration information, a detailed program and schedule, and speaker information can be found at htthttp://csws.uoregon.edu/Immigration

Grant Reception
Friday May 2, 2008
3:00-4:30pm McKenzie Hall, Room 375
Reception to publicly announce the projects and research funded by CLLAS Faculty/Community Seed Grants and Graduate Student Research Grants.

Lecture by Charles Hale
Thursday April 10, 2008
3:30-5:00 pm  McKenzie Hall, Room 229
“Take the Money and Run?  NGOs, Afro-Indigenous Politics, and the Return of the Left in Latin America”  Public lecture by Prof. Charles Hale, of the University of Texas.  Co-sponsored by CLLAS, Latin American Studies, and the Association of Anthropology Graduate Students.

January 31st through February 2, 2008. Conference on Violence and Reconciliation in Latin America: Human Rights, Memory, and Democracy.
An international conference co-sponsored by CLLAS, the Latin American Studies Program, the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, The Savage Endowment for International Relations and Peace, and the College of Arts and Science.  All panels, in addition to the keynote speeches by Arturo Arias, Arturo Escobar and Greg Grandin, are free and open to the public.  For more information, see: http://las.uoregon.edu/events/conference.htm

January 16th to March 12, 2008—Wednesdays.  Films of Cuba’s Special Period

All films will be screened at 7PM in McKenzie 129. Click here to download a detailed list of the films.

Wednesday, January 16: Fresa y chocolate/Strawberry and Chocolate (1994)
Discussant: Ernesto Martínez (Women’s and Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies)

Wednesday, January 30: Guantanamera (1995)
Discussant: Gabriela Martínez (Journalism)

Wednesday, February 13: La vida es silbar/Life is to Whistle (1998)
Discussant: Priscilla Peña Ovalle (English)

Wednesday, February 27: Lista de espera/Waiting List (2000)
Discussant: Sangita Gopal (English)

Wednesday, March 12: Suite Habana (2003)
Discussant: Gina Herrman (Romance Languages)

November 29, 2007. Speaker: Enrique Morones: Border Angels.
A presentation by internationally acclaimed human rights activist Enrique Morones on Border Angels, an all-volunteer group that places water, blankets and food in the desert in border areas to save migrant lives.
Co-sponsored by CLLAS, Teacher Education, ASUO Multicultural Center, MEChA, Amigos Multicultural Services, CAUSA, Ethnic Studies Program, and CSWS.

November 6, 2007 Speaker: Javier Gómez Chávez: Autonomy, Human Rights, and Resistance: Chiapas Communities Confronting Globalization.
A bilingual dinner and public forum featuring Professor Javier Gámez Chávez of Latin American Studies from the National University of Mexico (UNAM). The event also featured an indigenous-produced film on issues of autonomy and human rights. Co-sponsored by CLLAS, LAS and the Law School. 

October 26, 2007. Reception to introduce new faculty and grad students in Latino/a and Latin American Studies.
CLLAS co-sponsored a reception with the Latin American Studies program (LAS) for new faculty and grad students.  The proposed center was announced along with the seed grants program for Faculty/community/student projects and for grad students.