Latin American and Caribbean
Graduate Student Conference
9th Annual South Florida Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Graduate Student Conference
What started as a joint effort between the University of Miami and Florida International University has expanded to include universities from throughout the greater South Florida region. The 9th Annual Latin American and Caribbean Studies Graduate Student Conference welcomed students from both Florida Atlantic University and University of North Carolina, a partnership that goes beyond the University classroom. The Graduate Student Conference not only provides a great learning experience but also a time to share with fellow students and faculty and generate ideas for further research. Beyond academics, the Conference is ultimately a celebration of Latin American identity and the many things that make Latin America and the Caribbean unique.
The Graduate Student Conference consists of different panels with topics ranging from immigration to music, film and even archeology. Prize winners are announced at the conference.
Students across all of South Florida are united under their shared interest in the Latin America and Caribbean region.
2011 Winners
1st Place:
"Taking Issue with History: Reconciling Vestiges of Enslavement and the Power of Creative Intervention"
Monica Vera, Florida International University
2nd Place:
"Motherhood: Its Influence on the Work of Latin American Congregational Rabinas"
Valeria Schindler, Florida International University
3rd Place:
“Nation and Nación? Cultural Strategies of Belonging among Afro-Descendants in Cuba circa 1898”
Bonnie Lucero, University of North Carolina
2010 Winners
1st Place:
“Voyage en soi pour rencontrer l’autre: quand introspection rime avec action et verticalité avec agentivité. Une étude de la démarche de Claire Clamont dans Amour de Marie Chauvet”
Maud M. Cassagnol, Florida Atlantic University
2nd Place:
“Enrique Dussel's Trans-Modern Liberation Project, Capital and a Trans-Nationally Networked World”
Matthew Kronz, Florida Internatinal University
3rd Place:
Patterning the "Other": Sewing Machines in the Age of the American Empire”
Paula de la Cruz-Fernandez, Florida International Univeristy
“Beyond Restavek: The Historical Development of Child Domestic Service in Haiti”
Amelia Hintzen, University of Miami
2009 Winners
1st Place:
"Removing the Silencer from the Gun: Women Creating a Collective Voice against the Pinochet Dictatorship"
Julie Ellen Hector, Florida Atlantic University
2nd Place:
"Female Voice and Feminist Text: Testimonio as Powerful Resistance in Latin America"
Kathryn Marie Smith, Florida Atlantic University
3rd Place:
"The Role of Ownership Structures in Hydrocarbon Resource Development: A Comparative Analysis of Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela"
John Twitchell, University of Miami