Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)

Monday, February 3, 2025

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  • 3:00 pm   TBD
  • Coble Hall, Room 306. (801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801)

  Ignacio Sanchez Prado: "The Aesthetics and Intimacies of Food Sovereignty. Maíz Criollo in Gastronomy and Art"

  • Lecture

Friday, February 7, 2025

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  • 2:00 - 7:00 pm
  • Campus Instructional Facility (CIF) Room 4036 and 4039 (1405 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801)

  Summer Graduate Research Conference

  • Conference/Workshop

Saturday, February 8, 2025

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  • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • The Lewis Auditorium, The Urbana Free Library

  Latin American Story Time: "Drummer Boy of John John"

  • Other

Thursday, February 20, 2025

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  • 5:00 - 8:00 pm   TBD
  • Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium Temple Hoyne Buell Hall (611 Lorado Taft Dr, Champaign, IL 61820)

  Celebrating Afro-Cuban Artist Wifredo Lam: A Talk with Lowery Stokes Sims

  • Performance

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

• • 6:30 - 7:00 pm
  • Nate & Lillie Story Room, Champaign Public Library. 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820

  Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean (Portuguese)

  • Other

Monday, March 3, 2025

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  • 3:00 pm   TBD
  • Coble Hall, Room 306. (801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801)

  LAC Women Justice: Maria Jose Mendez

  • Lecture

Friday, March 7, 2025

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  • All Day
  • TBD

  Archaeology Conference

  • Ceremony/Service

Saturday, March 8, 2025

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  • All Day
  • TBD

  Archaeology Conference

  • Ceremony/Service
• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • The Lewis Auditorium, The Urbana Free Library

  Latin American Story Time: Quechua

  • Other

Monday, March 10, 2025

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  • 3:00 pm   TBD
  • Coble Hall, Room 306. (801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801)

  CLACS Series: Alex Borucki

  • Lecture

Monday, March 24, 2025

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  • 3:00 pm
  • Coble Hall, Room 306. (801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801)

  Ellen Moodie -Book Talk: Liberalism, Political Futures, and El Salvador’s Post-postwar Generation

  • Lecture

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

• • 6:30 - 7:00 pm
  • Nate & Lillie Story Room, Champaign Public Library. 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820

  Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean (Q'anjob'al)

  • Other

Thursday, April 3, 2025

• • 8:30 am   TBD
  • TBD

  Lac Cities Collective Presents: Mariana Alegre Escorza

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, April 7, 2025

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  • 8:30 am   TBD

  Women Enviromental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon: Peru - Dr. Maritza Paredes

  • Ceremony/Service

Saturday, April 12, 2025

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • The Lewis Auditorium, The Urbana Free Library

  Latin American Story Time

  • Other

Monday, April 14, 2025

• • 3:00 pm
  • Coble Hall, Room 306. (801 S Wright St. Champaign IL 61801)

  LAC Women Justice Presents: Elizabeth Kennedy

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

• • 6:30 - 7:00 pm
  • Nate & Lillie Story Room, Champaign Public Library. 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820

  Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish)

  • Other