LALS - Smith College

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Today, at 5:35!

📢 Join us for a lecture by Dr. Elisa Loncón Antileo, Mapuche scholar and activist, advocate for Indigenous linguistic rights in Latin America, professor at the Universidad de Santiago de Chile, and former President of the Constitutional Assembly of Chile. February 2, 5:35 PM!

🔔 Please join the Feinberg Series on the “Vietnam Era Antiwar Movement” panel discussion! This online panel will be held on Zoom on Thursday, Dec. 1. Please register for this event at blogs.umass.edu/feinberg/vietn…

Come join us for a Talk and Workshop: Celebrating Indigenous Languages!! Held next Tuesday, Nov. 8 at the Poetry Center, 4-6pm! See you there!

Join us today at 4:30pm in the Dewey Common Room! Snacks and drinks provided! Come learn about our department and the people in it, both students and faculty! See you there!

Latin America & Latino/a Studies’ Presentation of the Major/Minor will be held on Monday (Oct. 17th) at 4:30pm in the Dewey Common Room! Light snacks & beverages will be served. Come meet some current students and faculty; all are welcome & encouraged to attend! See you there!

The Office of Equity and Inclusion, co-sponsored by our program, is organizing a conversation with Prof. Stephany Cuevas from Chapman University, titled “Apoyo Sacrificial: How Undocumented Latinx Parents Navigate Educational Settings.” We hope to see you next Friday, Oct. 14!

Join us for the second lecture of the 2022-2023 Feinberg Series, organized by @UMassHistory and co-sponsored by @LALS_Smith #FeinbergSeries blogs.umass.edu/feinberg/the-i…

Congratulations to Javier Puente for his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure in the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program. Professor @puentevaldivia is an interdisciplinary scholar of Andean peoples and places. Felicitaciones!

Congratulations to Marguerite Itamar Harrison for her promotion to Full Professor. Professor Harrison teaches in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese and the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program. Parabens!

The Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program, the Kahn Liberal Arts Institute, and the Lewis Global Studies Center present: IS THERE A LATINX VOTE? An Urgent Matter Series Event. Please register in advance at: bit.ly/3qYBT8w

The webinar registration, open to the public, is available here: smith.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

#UrgentMatter Continuing with the activities of our Year on Democracies at @smithcollege, join us for a timely conversation on the Latinx vote. Hybrid webinar, with a limited Smith audience in person, presenting @YalidyM from @RutgersU and @NWIHistorian from @NorthwesternU.

SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, December 8th at 12:10-1:10pm: "Egun Work: Art, Ethnography, & Method" by Dr. Courtney Desiree Morris @courtne07736934 our inaugural event to "Black Feminist Imaginings: Reflections on Race, Gender, Politics, and Aesthetic Possibility" @smithcollege

Dear Smithies @smithcollege @lals_smith please consider taking courses on African History with Professor Jeffrey Ahlman @jeffrey_ahlman for Spring 2022.

Visiting Northampton? Start with the @smithartmuseum says Home & Travel. We couldn't agree more! smithcollege.me/MA-Is-Covered-…

Join us next Tuesday, November 2nd, for the presentation of the @lals_smith major and minor at @smithcollege #LALSAtSmith #SmithiesLead.

Smith College today announced that it will eliminate loans from its undergraduate financial aid packages, beginning in fall 2022, replacing them with grants from the college. smith.edu/president-kath…

A reminder for @smithcollege students about this event! Organized by @lals_smith and co-sponsored by the Lewis Global Studies Center. Do not miss this conversation! #SmithiesLead #LALSAtSmith