News

The Center of Latin American Studies has embarked on two significant projects inspired by the spring 2007 launch of its Caribbean Initiative:

Cuba Task-Force

Brown Study Abroad: The College Curriculum Committee has approved the Brown Cuba Study Abroad program for fall 2008. Ten Brown students will study with ten Cuban students at the Casa de las Américas in Havana for the semester. Adrián López Denis will be coordinating the program and teaching one of the on-site courses. The application deadline is March 1, 2008.

Cuba Film and Lecture Series:  An exciting film and lecture series brings some of the leading scholars of Cuban history, society, and culture to campus this year.

Cuba Faculty Colloquium:  Brown faculty and visiting scholars present academic work on the theme “The Cuban Revolution and the Future of Cuba” throughout the year.

Haitian-French Caribbean Project

Basic Haitian Creole:  Patrick Sylvain joined the CLAS faculty to teach two sections of Basic Haitian Creole.

The Haitian-French Caribbean Task Force will be presenting a report and proposal to President Ruth Simmons in February 2008 that will expand and enrich the study of this area of the Caribbean at Brown University.
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In addition, the Center launched a new film festival this spring:

CineBRASIL: Brown's Brazilian Film Festival - March 5- 9, 2008

The Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies are proud to announce the reincarnation of Brown's Brazilian Film Festival. This event will feature films representing a broad spectrum of genres and subjects and is a collaboration with Cinemateca Brasileira, the foremost institution for film studies in Brazil.

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Finally, the Center convened an incredibly successful two day conference in February:

Changes in the Andes: Realities, Challenges, & Opportunities for Inter-American Relations- February 12-13, 2008

The purpose of the conference was to analyze how the current situation in the Andean countries of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela influences our understanding of the processes of social development as well as economic and political liberalization throughout the region. Despite the uniqueness of their experiences, these three countries seem to jointly represent the challenges and opportunities faced by societies trying to re-accommodate the logics of political and economic liberalization of the past two decades in order to foster social, ethnic, economic and political inclusion, and address concerns of growth and equity.
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Future Events, Fall 2008


Chile, 35 Years: The Pinochet Regime and its Aftermath- September 11-12, 2008

We will be organizing a concert of La Canción Nueva, the popular political and folkloric musical genre to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the military coup d’état in Chile on September 11th, 1973. The following day we will hold a conference on Chile with leading scholars and guest lecturers.

First Annual Sarmiento Lecture, September 18, 2008

Georgette Dorn of the Library of Congress will give the first annual Sarmiento lecture on educator and Argentine President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, who visited Brown in the nineteenth century.

The 35th/25th Anniversaries Celebration - October/November, 2008

The Center for Latin American Studies will celebrate its 35th anniversary as an academic concentration and its 25th anniversary as an academic center with an afternoon panel discussion featuring Brown alumni/ae who utilize their Latin American Studies education to make significant impacts in the world today.
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From Open Source with Christopher Lydon (Podcast and Blog)

Brazil's Statesman At Large (Fernando Henrique Cardoso)
April 14, 2008

Cuba in Our Ears (Ned Sublette)
March 20, 2008

Cuba on Our Minds (David Kaiser)
March 17, 2008

Cuba for the Long Run (Adrian Lopez Denis)
March 13, 2008

What's Coming in Cuba (Patrick Symmes)
March 12, 2008

In the Neo-Liberal Ruins: Why Venezuela Matters (Julia Buxton)
February 14, 2008

El Cambio: Latin America's Change and Ours
(Sujatha Fernandes and Thomas Ponniah)
February 13, 2008


From News Headlines

Bolivian President Shares the Wealth
(Providence Journal, April 23, 2008)

Morales Tells of Bolivian Childhood
(Brown Daily Herald, April 23, 2008)

Cardoso and Colleagues Revisit 'Dependency and Development'
(Watson Institute News, April 21, 2008)

Brazil's Ambassador Reinterprets US Relationship
(Watson Institute News, March 14, 2008)

Pinheiro Urges Jamaica to Protect its Children
(Watson Institute News, March 11, 2008)

Festival Brings Brazil to Brown
(Brown Daily Herald, March 7, 2008)

Publicity from the "Changes in the Andes" Conference
(various sources, February 12-13, 2008)

Anniversary Edition of Skidmore Book Tracks Birth of Modern Brazil
(Watson Institute News, January 9, 2008)

Project Focuses on Slums in Brazil's Distant Suburbs
(Watson Institute News, December 13, 2007)

Andreas Analyzes Drug Enforcement in Rolling Stone Magazine's 'Anatomy of a Failure' (Watson Institute News, December 13, 2007)

Simmons Jets to Guadalajara for Thanksgiving Holiday
(Brown Daily Herald, November 19, 2007)

Report: Oaxacans Remain in a State of Fear
(Watson Institute News, November 15, 2007)

Tackling the Challenge of Doing Research in Cuba
(Watson Institute News, November 15, 2007)

Protestors Greet Colombian Ambassador Barco P'10
(Brown Daily Herald, October 30, 2007)

Close Ties between Cuba and Jamaica Analyzed, as CLAS Launches New Focus on Cuba (Watson Institute News, October 6, 2007)

Inequality Initiative Launched with Presidential Dialogue on Latin America
(Watson Institute News, October 4, 2007)

Two Former Presidents Discuss Globalization in Latin America
(Brown Daily Herald, October 4, 2007)

Anarchist Director Screens New Film
(Brown Daily Herald, September 28, 2007)

Former Presidents Cardoso and Lagos Headline 'Year of Focus on Latin America' (Brown University Press Release, September 28, 2007)

Latin American Film Festival Kicks Off Saturday
(Brown Daily Herald, September 21, 2007)

Internationalization Takes Shape In Report
(Brown Daily Herald, September 10, 2007)

Brown Professor Chairs Fact-Finding Delegation of the Latin American Studies Association to Investigate the 2006 Social Conflict in Oaxaca, Mexico
(Latin American Studies Association Report, August 1, 2007)