2020 Michael Baptista Lecture: A brutal glimpse of migrant reality by Luis Horacio Nájera For those who missed the opportunity to attend the 2020 Michael Baptista Lecture and are wondering how it was, the best words to describe the event are: brutally honest. For those gathered at the Toronto Reference Library, the Baptista Lecture offered […]
York University's Centre for Research on Latin American and the Caribbean (CERLAC) presents its 2020 Michael Baptista Lecture on March 11. Titled "Central American Migrants in Limbo: Transit Experiences and Grassroots Responses," the talk will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. in Beeton Hall at the Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge St.). This lecture […]
On December 28th, 2019, York Security Services conducted a sweep of Kaneff Tower. At the time, a number of graduate students were working in their assigned study carrells in the CERLAC area on the 8th floor of the building. The students were approached aggressively by security officers in a way that appeared racially motivated. Security […]
The Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) at York University is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Michael Baptista Essay Prize for outstanding scholarly papers on topics of relevance to the area of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. At the graduate level, the prize was awarded to: Kimberly Palmer […]
CERLAC Fellow Professor Maria Figueredo publishes a new book: Creation Sounds: Music, Gender and Performativity in Contemporary Latin American Literature This book considers the role of music in multi-mediated formats that privilege the performative elements of meaning production. Among the possible links between literature and music, the research in this volume pays close attention to: […]
Founders College event series honours the late Professor and CERLAC Fellow Christopher Innes From Sept. 26 to 28, Founders College is hosting an event series titled “Calypso, Carnival, Steel Band: Expressive Cultures of the Caribbean Diaspora” in honour of the late York University Professor Christopher Innes, whose contributions to the study of carnival have been […]
CERLAC is delighted to announce the CALACS Outstanding Dissertation Prize 2019 Winner: Kevin Chrisman, Ph.D. “Meet Me at Sanborns: Labor, Leisure, Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Mexico” Dept. of History, York University Supervisor: Dr. Anne Rubenstein The Outstanding Dissertation Prize committee commends Dr. Chrisman’s Ph.D. dissertation, a highly original and beautifully written cultural history of […]
CERLAC is delighted to announce that Danielle Robinson has been appointed CERLAC Associate Director and Coordinator of the Graduate Diploma in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Danielle Robinson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Dance in the School of Arts, Media, Performance, and Design, and is cross-appointed to the Graduate Programs in Theatre […]
CERLAC Director - Alan Durston publishes a new book: Escritura en quechua y sociedad serrana en transformación: Perú, 1920-1960. Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos and Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (Lima, Peru), 2019 (132p). Translation of blurb: Between 1920 and 1960 there was a Quechua literary boom in Peru characterized by the emergence of new genres […]
Académicos cubanos víctimas de la nueva política de visas de Canadá en Cuba El tratamiento que se les dio a los académicos cubanos no está a la altura de lo que se exige y se espera del servicio público canadiense, que trate con ciudadanos canadienses o con ciudadanos extranjeros. To read or listen to the […]