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Dirk Donath
February 20, 2019
Dirk Donath, Yale College Alumnus (Class of ’88) spoke as part the CLAIS Lunchtime Colloquia series on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Mr. Donath is a Managing Partner of Latin America at L Catterton, and has previously worked at Eton Park Capital...
January 18, 2019
This fall, the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) partnered with Yale’s La Casa Cultural (the Latino Cultural Center at Yale) and Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies (CLAIS) at the MacMillan Center to launch a program...
Julio Guzmán, 2018 Yale World Fellow
January 4, 2019
Julio Guzmán Cáceres is an economist, politician, and public policy expert with extensive experience in international trade and government.  He holds a degree in economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, as well as a Master’s in...
Tinker Field Research Grants
January 4, 2019
CLAIS recently received the Field Research Grant from the Tinker Foundation to fund pre-dissertation research travel for graduate students. The Tinker Field Research Grants are awarded for use for travel and field-related expenses for brief periods...
Opening comments are made by these four esteemed guests. From left to right: Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, Kenneth Jackson, Felipe Sartori Sigollo, Claudia Valeggia.
December 19, 2018
As part of an effort supported by UNESCO to increase collaboration with Brazilian institutions among U.S. universities on the topic of studies of Brazil, the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies at Yale and the Ministry of Education in...
Sylvia Aguilera García
December 18, 2018
The following interview is the first in a series of Spotlight of Scholars in Latin American and Iberian Studies. Sylvia Aguilera García is a peacebuilder with extensive experience in human rights and conflict resolution.  Sylvia earned a degree in...
CITY, La Casa, and CLAIS Announce Critical Innovation Fund Awardees
December 13, 2018
This fall, the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) partnered with Yale’s La Casa Cultural (the Latino Cultural Center at Yale) and Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies to launch a program meant to empower students to...