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Alison Bigelow, the Richard E. Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar, delivers, "Technical Literacies and Unlettered Work: Women Miners in the Seventeenth Century Andes," on Thursday, Feb. 7 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Zimmerman Library Waters Room. In 1641, ...

The Latin American & Iberian Institute received a $15,000 grant from the New York-based Tinker Foundation to support graduate student field research in Latin America. The funds, which will be matched by the LAII, will be available for research to be ...

The Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) announces a call for applications for U.S. Department of Education academic year and summer FLAS fellowships. Awards are contingent upon continuation of funding from the U.S. Department of Education. The FLAS ...

The Latin American and Iberian Institute hosts an information and application session for the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship on Wednesday, Dec. 5 from noon to 1 p.m. at the LAII Reading Room, 801 Yale NE.The call for applications is for ...

Molly Nelson, a master's student in the LAII's Latin American Studies program, curated, "Street Art of Oaxaca: Photos + Narratives from the Streets," an exhibition, is now on display through Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 in the Herzstein Latin American Gallery ...

Ramón ArzápaloThe Latin American and Iberian Institute welcomes its new visiting scholar, Ramón Arzápalo, from the Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas and the Department of Linguistics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). While ...

Venezuelan author Israel Centeno presents, "Pocos resultados ciertos," on Friday, April 20, from noon -1 p.m. in the Latin American and Iberian Institute. The lecture will be in Spanish with English interpretation provided; and light refreshments will be ...

The Latin American and Iberian Institute presents, "9/11 and U.S.- Latin American Relations," by Peter H. Smith, Latin American scholar and author, Monday, Jan. 23 from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. in Social Sciences room 2069. Smith specializes in comparative ...

Pavel Shlossberg discusses his community-based ethnographic and oral-historical research related to Indian Arts and the Politics of Race and Culture in Central Mexico, on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Zimmerman Library's Waters Room. A ...

"Mexico…A Legacy of Refuge for Jewish Immigrants," by Enrique Chmelnik, is the focus of presentation on Friday, Nov. 11 from noon to 1 p.m. in Zimmerman Library's Waters Room. This event is free and open to the public. Chmelnik, deputy director for the ...