Conceived of as a forum for policymakers and civil society to converse directly with scholars affiliated with the Latin American Interdisciplinary Gender Network (LAIGN), the forum first held six sessions between January and May 2022 with a new...
Launched in 2020 as a joint effort between CLAIS and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) through CIEG (Center for Research on Gender Studies), the Latin American Studies Gender Network (LAIGN) brings together faculty, scholars,...
On Sunday night, Margherita Tortora, LIFFY Founder & Executive Director, along with this year’s jury, announced the winners of LIFFY 2022.
Carajita, a Dominican drama directed by Sylvina Schnicer and Ulises Porra, received the award for...
On Thursday, November 10, a panel of esteemed filmmakers who participated in LIFFY joined the Yale International Alliance Film Society (YIAFS) for a conversation about the current state of Latin American Cinema. Maria Lopez-Bresnahan and Guillermina...
On Thursday, November 11, Efrén C. Olivares presented his memoir My Boy Will Die of Sorrow at the Yale Law School. The book talks about Olivares’ experience at the Southern U.S. border helping immigrant parents that the government separated from...
Human rights lawyer and author, Efrén Olivares talked to CLAIS about his background working on the front lines of immigration justice. On Thursday, November 10 at 4:10 PM, he will present his book My Boy Will Die of Sorrow: A Memoir of Immigration...
Unlike typical depictions of the white American hardships during the Great Depression, French photojournalist Pierre Fatumbi Verger introduces a new lens through which to understand the multiculturalism woven into the fabric of the United States in...
