Past Events

All past CLAS events, as well as other events of interest to the CLAS community, will be featured here with relevant information. Read up on upcoming events here!

Georgetown Americas Institute: “A Conversation with Alejandro Oxenford, Ambassador of Argentina in the United States”

  • When: Wednesday, Oct. 29, 12:00pm-1:00pm
  • Location: HFSC Social Room
  • About: The Georgetown Americas Institute (GAI) welcomes the CLAS community to a conversation between His Excellency Alejandro Oxenford, ambassador of Argentina to the United States, and Ambassador Andres Duran, former ambassador of Uruguay in the United States, on Argentina’s evolving relationship with Washington, D.C., at a time of global and regional transformation.

 

“Institutional and Political Crisis in Peru”: LAC Moments

  • When: Monday, Oct. 27, 12:30pm-1:30pm (lunch provided)
  • Location: ICC 662
  • About: CLAS welcomes three discussants — Alberto Vergara, professor of social and political science at Universidad del Pacífico (Lima, Peru); Cynthia McClintock, professor of political science at George Washington University; and Michael Shifter, adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Center for Latin American Studies — to offer their reactions to and insights on the ongoing institutional and political crisis in Peru.

 

CLAS Colloquium

  • When: Friday, Oct. 24, 4:00pm-5:30pm (reception to follow)
  • Location: McGhee Library (ICC 301-A)
  • About: Join Georgetown Professor Emeritus Arturo Valenzuela, Professor of Law Alvaro Santos, and former U.S. Department of Justice official Paul Vaky to discuss rule of law and justice in the Americas. Small reception to follow.

 

CLAS-Funded Research Showcase: LARS

  • When: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 12:30pm-1:30pm (lunch provided)
  • Where: McGhee Library (ICC 301-A)
  • About: Join CLAS for the third LARS of Fall 2025, featuring presentations on two CLAS-funded research projects: Pedro Lara de Arruda will present on “Redistribution and Coalition-Building: The Politics of Targeting and Universalism in Developing Countries,” and Camille Gaskin Reyes will present on “Multi-hazard Vulnerability and Resilience in the Caribbean.”

 

CLAS Alumni Panel

  • When: Tuesday, Oct. 21, 5:30pm-6:30pm
  • Where: McGhee Library (ICC 301-A)
  • About: Join CLAS for a discussion panel featuring a number of CLAS alumni, who will share how their experience with CLAS shaped their professional careers and personal lives.

 

Georgetown Democracy Initiative: “Visions of Democracy: Inaugural Democracy Dialogue”

  • When: Thursday, Oct. 16, 9:00am-12:00pm (reception to follow)
  • Location: Riggs Library, then Maguire 304
  • About: Join the Georgetown Democracy Initiative for the inaugural Democracy Dialogue, which considers the multiple intersections between public opinion and democracy — how citizens’ views do and do not align with democracy’s core principles, and the ways in which public sentiment can both bolster and undermine democratic regimes, the very existence of which depends upon the consent of the governed.

 

“Migrant Archives: Violence, Memory, and Displacement in Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive and Balam Rodrigo’s El libro centroamericano de los muertos”: LARS

  • When: Wednesday, Oct. 15, 12:30pm-1:30pm (lunch provided)
  • Location: ACMCU Conference Room (ICC 270)
  • About: Join CLAS for the second LARS of the Fall 2025 semester featuring Zyanya Dóniz Ibáñez, a doctoral candidate in the department of Spanish and Portuguese.

 

Democracy in the Americas Project Panel: “Democratic and Legal Regression in the Americas”

  • When: Thursday, Oct. 9, 1:00pm-2:30pm
  • Location: ICC 270
  • About: CLAS and the Georgetown Americas Institute (GAI) hosted a panel to discuss democratic and legal regression in the Americas.

 

“Balancing Powers? Courts and Presidents in Brazil and the U.S.”: LAC Moments

  • When: Wednesday, Sept. 24, 12:30pm-1:30pm
  • Location: ICC 302-P
  • About: CLAS welcomed three discussants — Luciano da Ros, assistant professor in the department of sociology and political science at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Jon Ladd, associate professor of government and public policy at Georgetown University; and Elcior Santana, adjunct professor of Latin American studies at Georgetown University — for the semester’s first session of Latin American and the Caribbean Moments.

 

“Indigenous Food Systems in Latin America and The Caribbean”: LARS

  • When: Wednesday, Sept. 17, 12:30pm-1:30pm
  • Location: ACMCU Conference Room (ICC 270)
  • Presenter: CLAS welcomed Patricia Biermayr-Jenzano — adjunct professor in the department of science, technology, and international affairs (STIA); the Center for Latin American Studies; and the department of women’s and gender studies — for the first Latin American Research Seminar of the Fall 2025 semester.

 

Georgetown Americas Institute “State of Democracy in the Americas” Conference