LACAS Sponsored and Co-Sponsored Events

“A Reading of the Play Beckett and Godot”

Speaker: Juan Radrigan
February 3, 2009

“Afro-Caribbean Rhythms”

Speaker: Tito Sandoval
April 23, 2009

“Reading of Writings by Lesbians of Color”

April 22, 2009

“Students to help Nicaragua’s needy”

Facilitator: Nelson Lopez
April 4-12, 2009

LACAS OPEN HOUSE

March 10, 2009

“Gender and Women’s Experiences in the Arts” (In Haiti)

Spveaker: Lc. Mireille P. Jérôme
October 20, 2008

"Racism in the Judicial System"

May 6, 2006

"Confined Lives in Neo-Colonial Peru: Race, Class, and Imprisonment in Lima"

Speaker: Prof. Carlos Aguirre, University of Oregon
May 5, 2006

"The Importance of Marronage in Diaspora Studies"

Speaker: Prof. William Fred Santiago-Valles, Western Michigan University
April 27, 2006

"Violent Acts: Cultures, Structures, and Retraditionalization"

Speaker: Prof. Kumkum Sangari, University of Wisconsin
April 18, 2006

"The Sexual Other in Brazilian Television: Social and Institutional Constraints on Representations"

Speaker: Prof. Antonio C. La Pastina, Texas A&M University
April 7, 2006

"Viewing Brazil: Local Audiences and the Interpretation of the Nation"

Speaker: Prof. Antonio C. La Pastina, Texas A&M University
April 6, 2006

"Píntame a Dangerous Mujer: Poesía and Prose"

Speaker: Tatiana de la Tierra, SUNY-Buffalo
March 2, 2006

"Candomblé and Umbanda: Syncretism, Afro-traditions and Cultural Resistance in Contemporary Brazilian Religious Practices"

Speaker: Prof. Ricardo J. Santos, Nassau Community College, SUNY
February 16, 2006

"Talking the Talk: The School of the Americas and Human Rights"

Speaker: Dr. Lesley Gill, Department of Anthropology, American University
April 26, 2005

AFROARGENTINES Film screening

Discussion Leader: Prof. Miriam Victoria Gomes, Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina
Friday February 25, 2005

"A Memorial Teach-in: Dedicado a Pedro Pietri y Richie Pérez"

May 7, 2004

"Juan Sánchez: art and politics"

Speaker: Juan Sánchez
May 2004

"Latinos in the U.S. Criminal Justice System"

Speaker: Dr. Juanita Díaz-Cotto, SUNY-Binghamton
March 2004

"Are You Not Receiving Enough Financial Aid? When Should You File a FAFSA? How Can You Afford Graduate School?"

Facilitator: Shevonne McKenzie, Financial Aid Counselorv
March 18, 2004

"Birthing the Nation in Color, Black, and White: Afro-Cuban Perspectives on Race and Nation in 19th Century Cuba"

Speaker: Dr. Fannie T. Rushing, Benedictine University
March 16, 2004

PAST JOINT ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

The Upstate New York Consortium for Latin American Studies

The Upstate New York Consortium was established to: expand linkages among Cornell University, Syracuse University and the State University of New York at Binghamton to enrich connections among academic disciplines; connections between academic disciplines and the professions; and connections between academic and non-academic publics.

All members collaborated on:

• language instruction, to provide students with the skills that allowed them to connect effectively to Latin America and the Caribbean;
• interdisciplinary area studies, to connect the approaches of different disciplines and professions in ways that effectively address pressing public concerns;
• outreach, to foster informed connections between the region and communities in the United States, including students in K-12 and in post-secondary institutions.

In addition, the members sought to foster more effective collaboration among their libraries and between the Consortium and other colleges and university in Upstate New York.