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Exciting News: LACS has New Director

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Ryan Long has been appointed as the new Director of LACS.

September 08, 2023 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Chief of Programs and Services of CASA George Escobar is LACS inaugural Community Resident Affiliate, co-hosted by the Department of African American Studies (AASD).

LACS is proud to announce CASA Chief George Escobar as LACS 2023-2024 Community Resident Affiliate.

October 31, 2022 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center Isabella Alcañiz Featured on NPR

Russia sparks a rise in grain prices.

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LACS Director presents new book on Environmental Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean

September 22, 2022 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Professor Alcañiz’s timely book, The Distributive Politics of Environmental Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean, co-authored with Ricardo Gutierrez, was featured in the Sadat Chair Program.

WMAR

What is Hispanic Heritage Month?

September 15, 2022 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Isabella Alcañiz, associate professor and director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, speaks to WMAR.

LACS Director discusses President Biden's Heat.gov launch

August 01, 2022 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

LACS Director interviewed on NPR Marketplace Morning Report.

Caribbean Week: Dr. Keisha Allan, 2021-2022 LACS Postdoctoral Fellow, discusses Professor Nick Nesbitt's new book together with Dr. John Drabinski

April 20, 2022 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, English

Dr. Keisha Allan, 2021-2022 LACS Postdoctoral Fellow, discusses Professor Nick Nesbitt's new book The Price of Slavery: Capitalism and Revolution in the Caribbean

Dr. Keisha Allan, the 2021-2022 LACS postdoctoral fellow, has accepted a tenure-track position at Baruch College - CUNY.

March 03, 2022 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Dr. Allan will start in September 2022 as an assistant professor of Black and Latino Studies at Baruch College.

Dr. Keisha Allan, 2021-2022 LACS Postdoctoral Fellow, interviewed on Bronxnet TV

December 07, 2021 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, English

Dr. Keisha Allan discusses Barbados becoming a republic on Bronxnet TV.

LACS Director spoke at length with NPR regarging Cuba's internet shutdown

July 16, 2021 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

LACS Director interviewed on NPR Marketplace Morning Report about Cuba

Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Isabella Alcañiz Appointed Director of UMD Latin American Studies Center

July 01, 2021 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Isabella Alcañiz is serving as the director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, effective July 1, 2021.

LACS Director interviewed on CNN en Español about former president Trump's impeachment

February 13, 2021 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

LACS Director interviewed on CNN en Español.

Conference to Celebrate Groundbreaking 1989 Collection of Caribbean Women Writers

February 08, 2021 English, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

UMD’s ‘Her True-True Name’ event will feature readings by writers published in the book.