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Daniel Alvarenga
November 3, 2020
As part of the Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies colloquia series, Poynter Fellow and Telemundo journalist Daniel Alvarenga presented on “Central Americans: Beyond the Headlines” on October 28. Mr. Alvarenga is a Salvadoran-American...
Margherita Tortora
November 2, 2020
One of Margherita Tortora’s passions is watching Latin American films. She has always incorporated them into her classes at Yale, where she is a Senior Lector II in Spanish and Portuguese. Not only do her students get additional language instruction...
October 29, 2020
Yale has a long history with Brazil, going back to the 1800s. We invite you to learn more about our programs, partnerships, and collaborations in Brazil by exploring a new online resource that shines a spotlight on Yale’s presence in Brazil and...
UNAM's Centre for Research and Gender Studies
October 26, 2020
The Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies (CLAIS) at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) through the Center for Research and...
Photo by Orel Beilinson
October 23, 2020
The Councils on Latin American & Iberian Studies (CLAIS) and European Studies (ESC) at the MacMillan Center are proud to announce the winners of the “Fall 2020 Photo-Essay Competition: Reflections on Research.” Yale undergraduate and graduate...
Pablo Vidal, Universidad Católica de Valencia (UCV)
October 21, 2020
The following interview is part of the European Studies Council and Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies collaborative collection titled “On the Ground Perspectives.” This new series features our international academic collaborators and...
Boris Muñoz, Maria Sol Borja, Jacqueline Fowks, and Daniel Matamala from top left to bottom right
October 16, 2020
Over 80 people virtually attended the Roundtable on Protests in Latin America, a Spanish-language webinar hosted by the Council for Latin American and Iberian Studies, on Wednesday, October 7. The event was moderated by Professor Maria Jose Hierro...