Category: Research
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CLAS and Georgetown Americas Institute: “Democracy in the Americas” Workshop
Democratic backsliding is ongoing in many countries in the Americas. We often think of these and other regime dynamics in the hemisphere as being driven by the actions of…
December 4, 2025
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CLAS-Funded Research Showcase: LARS
Both presenters will discuss research they have completed with the help of CLAS research funding. Georgetown University doctoral candidate Pedro Lara de Arruda presents his…
October 19, 2025
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“Migrant Archives”: LARS
Georgetown University doctoral candidate Zyanya Dóniz Ibañez presents her research on “Memory Archives: Violence, Memory, and Displacement in Valeria Luiselli’s Lost…
October 14, 2025
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“Indigenous Food Systems in Latin America and The Caribbean”: LARS
Adjunct Professor Patricia Biermayr-Jenzano and undergraduate student Kira Casler present their research focused on food systems transformation and indigenous food systems across…
September 12, 2025
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Spring 2025 Capstone Presentations
Over the two days, our community gathered, in person and virtually, to listen to the presentations from our 2025 graduates: Andrea Casique, Marina Chen, Lucia Gonzalez, …
April 30, 2025
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Latin American Studies Minor Thesis Presentations
Under the guidance of Professor of Record Dr. Victor Fernández-Mallat and their individual faculty advisors, each student presented original research. Congratulations to this…
April 29, 2025
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SIGLA Hackathon
The Spring 2025 edition of the SIGLA Hackathon brought together more than 12 participants with different academic and professional experiences. Supported by SIGLA Research…
April 4, 2025
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Casa Pueblo
The presentation examined how grassroots activism, direct democracy, and education have transformed Puerto Rico’s environmental landscape. According to Dr. Arturo Massol-Deyá,…
March 26, 2025
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REPAL Conference
The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at Georgetown University hosted the Red para el Estudio de la Economía Política de América Latina’s (REPAL) Annual Meeting on…
August 29, 2024