Past Events

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

21st Century Competitiveness in Latin America: The Role of Education 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Wesley Gallery This event will feature Dr. Mark Rosenberg, President of Florida International University, as part of CLAS's Distinguished Speaker Series. Dr. Rosenberg’s talk on “21st Century Competitiveness in Latin America: The Role of Education” will examine key trends in Latin America and the Caribbean, and will raise questions about the forgotten issues related to educational attainment and per capita income. View Flyer

Friday, November 13, 2009

"The Sugar Babies" Roundtable Discussion with Filmmaker Amy Serrano. 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM WBC 4049 School of Communications A film by Amy Serrano, The Sugar Babies, examines the moral price of sugar, exposing those that continue to profit at the expense of human trafficking. Sugar Babies presents the circumstances of this modern-day slavery, the dehumanizing conditions, and denial of identity and rights, from the perspective of the children of the sugar cane workers in the Dominican Republic. Amy Serrano will lead a roundtable discussion of her film The Sugar Babies and the current lives of Haitian workers living in the Dominican Republic. View Flyer

Thursday, November 12, 2009

The Sugar Babies 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM Cosford Cinema Free screening of a film by Amy Serrano, The Sugar Babies, examines the moral price of sugar, exposing those that continue to profit at the expense of human trafficking. Sugar Babies presents the circumstances of this modern-day slavery, the dehumanizing conditions, and denial of identity and rights, from the perspective of the children of the sugar cane workers in the Dominican Republic. The film will be followed by Q&A with Amy Serrano. View Flyer

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Allen Wells and Tropical Zion 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM Merrick 105 Bowdoin College History Professor, Allen Wells comes to the University of Miami to discuss the origins and political situation of the controversial dairy cooperative, Sosúa, that was founded in the Dominican Republic by German-Jewish refugees who fled from the Nazis in 1940. Although President Franklin Roosevelt declined the their plea for entry into the United States, he did support their Dominican community financially. Wells will focus his lecture on the dialogue between Roosevelt, infamous Dominican President Rafael Trujillo, and the Dominican Republic Settlement Association (and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, who worked with and through the DRSA). The outcome of these talks and agreements were crucial to the survival and welfare of the cooperative and essential to Roosevelt’s relationship with Trujillo, the same tyrant that massacred 15,000 unarmed Haitians not two years before. Wells, being the son of a Sosúa settler, has and will illustrate a personal connection with the topic, and will hold a Question and Answer session after the presentation. View Flyer

Thursday, November 5, 2009

What Ever Happened to the War on Drugs in Latin America? 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM FIU Chemistry & Physics Bldg, Room 197 Dr. Bruce Bagley will analyze the evolution of the US-led "War on Drugs" in Latin America over the last 30 years, examine the factors that explain its evident failures and shortcomings and explore the recently adopted policy measures tending towards decriminalization of drug consumption in Argentina, Colombia and Mexico. He will also present alternatives to the policies toward drug cultivation, trafficking and consumption in the United States, Latin America and Western Europe. View Flyer

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The War on Illegal Drug Production and Trafficking: An Economic Evaluation of Plan Colombia 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Memorial Classroom 118 The Andean IRG, Center for Latin American Studies,and the Department of International Studies present Dr. Daniel Mejia,Professor of Economics at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia. View Flyer

Thursday, October 29, 2009

"The New Nineteenth Century in Latin America" By Mark Wasserman 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Whitten Learning Center 192 Mark Wasserman’s talk, “The New Nineteenth Century in Latin America” argues that this time period should no longer be dismissed as an unfathomable “age of chaos” and that its succession of colorful military leaders, such as Mexico’s Antonio López Santa Anna or Rio de la Plata’s Juan Manuel de Rosas should not be portrayed as either villains or heroes. Instead, this century is being redefined as the beginning of a golden age for the downtrodden. View Flyer

Monday, October 19, 2009

Latin and Latino America: Documentaries by UM Students 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Wesley Gallery This event will feature Documentaries and Short films by UM Students Noah DeBonis, Molly Dodge, Rachel Ewy, Gaby Loria, Joanna Suarez. View Flyer

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Calderon y la Crisis de Seguridad en Mexico 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM University Center Flamingo Ballroom A A panel discussion on Mexican President Felipe Calderon and the current issue with national security in Mexico. Dr. Bruce Bagley will moderate the five-person panel entirely in Spanish. View Flyer

Monday, October 12, 2009

"Poto Mitan" Film Screening 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Cosford Cinema Poto Mitan tells the story of five courageous Haitian women and their struggles to live in the world we live in. Their stories give a living face to understanding and changing the inhumane working/living conditions, violence, poverty, lack of education, and poor health care which face the population of Haiti. Followed by a Q+A session with Director Mark Schuller. View Flyer

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Chamaco y el novísimo teatro cubano 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM Learning Center 182 This is a special event as part of the Chamaco production and a joint initiative between the Archivo Digital de Teatro Cubano at the University of Miami, the Cuba Research Institute at Florida International University, the Joseph Carter Fund, Modern Languages and Literatures and La Má Teodora. Please see attached flyer for more information. View Invite

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Interculturalities: Contexts, Usages, and Meanings 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM College of Arts and Sciences Wesley Gallery In the US, “multiculturalism” is a commonly used phrase to describe experiences, policies and programs that recognize “cultural diversity” while in Latin America the term “intercultural” appears more frequently and has been an important subject of reflection for Latin American intellectuals. Mato traces the relationships, similarities and differences among these concepts. He examines the application of interculturality in various contexts through its uses in fields like healthcare, education, communication, and business. View Flyer

Monday, October 5, 2009

Trans Plantations with Janis Astor del Valle 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Storer Auditorium Trans Plantations, a one-woman show written and performed by Janis Astor del Valle and directed by Carolyn Kirsch explores her lifelong struggle with cultural and sexual identity as a New York-born Puerto Rican uprooted from her Bronx barrio and transplanted to rural Connecticut at age 7. A 1986 Graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, Janis was also a member of the Primary Stages Wrister' and Directors' Project and the Latino Writers Lab at the Public Theatre.She is a founding member of She Saw Rep, a lesbian feminist troupe which made its debut at the National Lesbian Conference in Atlanta in 1991. She is also a cofounder of Sisters on Stage (S.O.S.), a multicultural trio of lesbian theatre professionals dedicated to fostering the development of aspiring lesbian playwrights.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Hidden Scars A film revealing the story of a Mayan Indian, tortured by the Guatemalan army. This tells the story of the torture and how he lives with the memories. Directed by Grace Barnes. 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Cosford Cinema Hidden Scars tells the story of a Maya Indian, kidnapped from his neighborhood in Guatemala City, falsely accused as a guerrilla spy, tortured for days, then left for dead on a roadside. Shattered and alone, he makes his way north to Los Angeles, where he seeks political asylum and relief from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. This documentary adds a human face as context to the current discussion of the effectiveness or futility of torture used as a political tool. Discussion Panel to follow with: Grace Barnes, filmmaker John Lantigua, reporter, Palm Beach Post Jose Flores, Ph.D. student, International Studies, University of Miami View Flyer

Thursday, September 17, 2009

One Water: Introduction and Documentary Screening 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Cine Lekol Theater, Concorde UM's Sanjeev Chatterjee will present his documentary, One Water, in Haiti in efforts to engage Cine Institute Students and the surrounding Jacmel Community.