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 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
When: Monday, Sept. 8, 9:45am-5:45pm
Location: Healy Family Student Center (HFSC) Herman Room
About: The Georgetown Americas Institute (GAI) welcomed the CLAS community to their second annual conference on the state of democracy in the Americas.