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April 22, 2024
On the evenings of Wednesday, April 10, and Thursday, April 11, 2024, the Loria Center for the History of Art became a hub of cinematic exploration and feminist discourse as it proudly hosted the Colectivo Cine Mujer Film Screening. This pioneering...
April 22, 2024
On Wednesday, March 27th, the Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies (CLAIS) at the Yale MacMillan Center invited Dr. Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj to give a lecture on the sociopolitical contexts that drove Guatemalan indigenous...
March 22, 2024
Professor Moira Fradinger has been awarded the prestigious René Wellek Prize for her book, Antigonas: Writing from Latin America. The René Wellek Prizes recognize outstanding books in the discipline of Comparative Literature. Please read more about...
March 1, 2024
Iniciativa Proxima, an organization established in 2020 with support from Yale University, helps young Brazilian students emerge as leaders in the field of biomedical sciences. Founded and led by Marcelo Dietrich, Associate Professor at the Yale...
 Rocío Aranda-Alvarado
March 1, 2024
On Friday, February 23rd the Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies (CLAIS) at the Yale MacMillan Center and the Yale School of Art collaborated to bring the the artist Rocío Aranda-Alvarado on campus to for a talk, an exhibit, and other...
Manuela Tahay presents "History Flies" at the Yale MacMillan Center on February 14. Photo by Stephanie Anestis.
February 28, 2024
On February 14-15, the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies (CLAIS) at the Yale MacMillan Center welcomed Manuela Tahay, a Maya K’iche’ scholar and language instructor from Nahualá, Guatemala, to lead a series of events for Yale and the...
February 16, 2024
Lisa Voigt holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. from Brown University. Prior to becoming a Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Department at Yale University, she taught at the University of Chicago and The Ohio...