Institute of Latin American Studies

School of International and Public Affairs • Columbia University

Institute of Latin American Studies

School of International and Public Affairs • Columbia University

NOTICIAS

LANGUAGE GROUPS

Join us every Friday mornings at our language maintenance groups!

Bate Papo! Portuguese Speaking Club (Every Friday, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Room 802 IAB)

Looking for a laid-back way to practice your Portuguese with other students? Join us for Bate-Papo, the LASA Portuguese speaking club! All levels of speakers are welcomed to join us for a snack and Portuguese conversation.

¡Plática y Café! Spanish Speaking Club (Every Friday, 10:00 – 11:00 am, Room 801 IAB)

Please join us for our Spanish Speaking Club! All levels of speakers are welcomed to join us for a snack and some Spanish conversation.

STUDY QUECHUA AT NYU!

Taught by Odi Gonzales, a native speaker and experienced teacher of the language from Cuzco, Peru, and a poet published in both Spanish and Quechua. Quechua is the most important and most widely-distributed indigenous language in South America, with over10 million speakers living from the high mountains to the tropical lowlands in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. Quechua has remained central to indigenous peoples' efforts to preserve their cultural autonomy. It has gained greater force in recent years, during which indigenous movements have swept Quechua speakers into national politics, where they have succeeded in transforming constitutions to recognize cultural diversity, making Quechua an official language of state, and successfully promoting schooling in the language.

Beginning Quechua I - Fall 2008 (V95.0950) M, T, W 9:30am – 10:45am For more information, please contact the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU at 212-998-8686.

Welcome to the (new and improved) website of the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at Columbia University in the City of New York.

ANNOUNCEMENT

ILAS Student Travel Grants and Fellowships
For more information click here

The Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University is pleased to announce its support to the Organizing Committee of XIV Encuentro de Graduados y Estudiantes en Relaciones Internacionales del Conosur (XIV CONOSUR) & XIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Relações Internacionais (XIII ENERI). The event will take place in Ribeirão Preto in the state of São Paulo, Brazil from May 14 to 18, 2008. The conference this year expects to bring 2,500 scholars, professionals, graduate and undergraduate students from all Latin America, USA, and Europe. The focus will be on sustainable development issues, drawing attention to the ethanol production and carbon market.

For more information and other supporters of the event, please go to the official website at www.conosur2008.com!

UPCOMING EVENTS @ ILAS...

Title: Settling the Urban Sertão: Notes on the History of Brazil's Informal Cities
Brodwyn M. Fischer, Department of History, Northwestern University
Date/Time: Thursday, May 1, 2008, 12:15 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: IAB Room 802

Title: Imagining the Indigenous Community in Mexico
Speaker: Emilio Kourí, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Katz Center for Mexican Studies at the University of Chicago. He is the author of "A Pueblo Divided: Business, Property, and Community in Papantla, Mexico"
Date/Time: Friday, May 9, 2008, 12:10 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: IAB Room 802

For more information, please see our Events page.
The Institute is located on the 8th Floor of the International Affairs Building (corner of 118th Street and Amsterdam Avenue) at Columbia University's Morningside Campus. For more information about our institute, please click on the tab above, "About Our Institute."

A copy of our most recent Annual Report is available for download.

We have made significant changes and improvements to our website, so please feel free to explore or take a look at this short guide. If you notice anything missing or confusing, or would like to comment on our re-design, please e-mail Melissa D. Gonzalez at mdg2126@columbia.edu.

Institute of Latin American Studies
Columbia University
420 West 118th St., 8th Floor IAB
New York, NY 10027
Tel:(212) 854-4643
Fax:(212) 854-4607