BordertoBorderSeries
Spring 2025 Schedule of Events Spring 2025 Schedule of Events
Joinusforaseriesexploringglobalissuessurroundingborders andmigrationWe’llcomparemigrationroutesacrossregions, examinevarioustypesofborders(beyondjustmigration),and addressmisconceptionsaboutwhocrossesthemandwhy
January10:Immigration,Activism,andthe HighStakesofthe2024Election-WhatNow? 4130PosvarHall,6-8PM
April2-6:BeyondBorders:ReclaimingIndigenous KnowledgeforAmazonianHealing,withMayorAlfonso GarcíaHernández,indigenoushealer,elder,and presidentofÑatapaiJiyona(HealthyLife),Timeand LocationTBA
April2-6:FedericoRíos,TheLifeofaPhotojournalist, TimeandLocationTBA
CLASSpeakerSeries
4:30PM|4130PosvarHallandZoom(Lightdinnerprovided)
January29:AndreaPeñaVazquez,GSPIA/Pitt, TolerationInsteadofRefuge:TheProliferationof TemporaryProtectionsinLatinAmerica
February5:BillieLozanoScholar
AlessandraGasparotto,UniversidadeFederalde Pelotas,CorporateComplicityandHumanRightsViolations inBrazil'sDictatorship(1964–1985):InsightsfromRecent AmazonResearch
February19:BillieLozanoScholar
MarianaMuaze,UniversidadeFederaldoEstadodoRio deJaneiro,StoriesofRubberPlantations:Orality,Gender, andLaborintheAcreandPurusRiverBasin(1912–1997)
March27:LisaOrtiz,SchoolofEducation/Pitt, PuertoRicanMothersWhoStay:NegotiatingGender,Labor and(non)MigrationtoRuralMidwest
April2:MarthaAbreu,UniversidadeFederal Fluminense,InSearchofSlaveShipCamargo:the quilomboofBracuiandthefightforhistoricalreparations forslaveryinBrazil
April9:ReginaHortaDuarte,UniversidadeFederalde MinasGerais,ActivistEnvironmentalHistory:OnWar MachinesandGuerilaStrategies
InternationalConference:Authoritarianism,Memoryand HumanRightsinLatinAmerica
ThisconferenceunitesscholarsfromLatinAmericaandtheU.S.to exploreauthoritariangovernance,collectivememory,andthefight forjusticeandhumanrightsTopicsincludepoliticalpartiesunder authoritarianregimes,grassrootsmemoryinitiatives,transitional justice,andstrengtheningdemocraticresilienceagainstrising authoritarianism,inpartnershipwiththeGlobalStudiesCenterand theCenterforCivilRightsandJustice.
February13:ExploringtheLegaciesofAuthoritarianisminLatin America:ArchivalResearchandCollectiveMemory inpartnershipwiththeWorldHistoryCenter 12:30-2PM/Room4130PosvarHall
February13:Keynote4:30PM,4130PosvarHall
February14:Conference9-5:00PM,CenterforUrban Education,4thFloorPosvarHall.
Outreach/EngagementEvents,LecturesandPanels
February22:Visittotheexhibit“InSlavery’sWake: MakingBlackFreedomintheWorld”attheNational MuseumofAfricanAmericanHistoryandCulture
February26:Slavery,Museums,andPublic Engagement
JohannaObenda,SmithsonianNationalMuseumof AfricanAmericanHistoryandCulture KiloloLuckett,ChiefCurator,Alma|Lewis JasonHank,BeaverAreaHighSchool 12-2PM,Room4130PosvarHall
March12:FugitiveDecisions,FreeSoil,andAntillean Geopoliticsinthe1820sand1830s Inpartnershipwith theHistoryDepartment GunvorSimonsen,UniversityofCopenhagen SuePeabody,WashingtonStateUniversity 4:30PM,HistoryDepartmentLounge, 3rdFloorPosvarHall
ClubedoLivro
February11andApril8|4200PosvarHall
Afro-LatinAmericanStudiesatPitt:Conferencein HonorofGeorgeReidAndrews IncollaborationwiththeHistoryDepartment April18|2:30-8:30PM|ProvostSuites,2ndFloorPosvar Hall Charlemos! Avirtualseriestodiscusscriticalsocialandpolitical challengesinLatinAmericatoday.Stayupdatedonupcoming discussionsbyvisitingtheCLASwebsiteandsocialmedia CulturaNegranoAtlantico(CULTNA) CulturaNegranoAtlantico(CULTNA)isaninitiativethat bringstogethertheLaboratóriodeHistóriaOraleImagem (LABHOI) at the Universidade Federal Fluminense and UniversidadeFederaldeJuizdeForaandtheCenterforLatin AmericanStudiesattheUniversityofPittsburgh Oncea month,wediscussrecentworkwithscholarsandstudents interestedinthetopic.DiscussionsareheldinPortuguese. WorkshopsforK-16andCommunity
TheCenterforLatinAmericanStudies(CLAS)offersarangeof programmingfocusedontheAmericasanditspeopleIfyou haveaspecifictopicinmind,CLAScandevelopacustom workshoptailoredtoyourorganization'sneedsWorkshops aredesignedforvariousaudiences,includingthegeneral publicandK-16educators
CLASFeaturedEvent LatinAmericanandCaribbeanFestival
April5:Galleria-1stFloorWesleyWPosvarrHall
Thisyearmarksthe42ndeditionofthefestivalAstheLatino andHispanicpopulationinPittsburghcontinuestogrow,the festivalhasbecomeoneofthelargestgatheringsofLatinosin WesternPennsylvania.
Photo of Santarém, Brazil by Jaqui Hernandez-Martinez