Upcoming Events
All upcoming CLAS events, as well as other events that should be of interest to the CLAS community, will be featured here. Stay tuned for details regarding future events! Read up on past events here.
“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.
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.
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.
CLAS-Funded Research Showcase: LARS
When: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 12:30pm-1:30pm (lunch provided)
Where: ACMCU Conference Room (ICC 270)
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 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.
Ambassador Series
More information to come soon!