"Acquisition vs. Learning in 2021"
Karen Lichtman
Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics and Director of Educator Licensure in the Department of World Languages & Cultures, Northern Illinois University

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stephen Krashen put forward a model of…

Often seen solely as a calamity, El Niño Southern Oscillation has impacted the Peruvian Andes for hundreds of years and has (re)shaped the means of agrarian life for Indigenous and campesino peoples. Based on archival and ethnographic work, this presentation discusses how El Niño and its “disasters” — floods,…

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides full funding for graduate and professional students conducting research or teaching in any field in more than 150 countries. Open to U.S. citizens only.

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program supports doctoral students conducting research…

The Africana Studies & Research Center (ASRC) at Cornell University will host a lecture by Meagan Sylvester: People Power Movements in Caribbean Festival Culture

Meagan Sylvester, - Senior Lecturer, Music Sociologist, Author, Researcher.

Meagan Sylvester is a published author from the Caribbean…

IXCANUL (“volcano” in the Kaqchikel language, English Subtitles)

Time: 6-8 PM | Place: G08 Uris Hall

This year’s LACS Film Series will screen movies from all over the region, highlighting the program’s recent focus on the Caribbean. During the Fall semester we’ll watch and discuss movies from North…

Is the Einaudi Center's International Relations minor for you? Here's a chance to find out. Graduates go on to successful careers in fields like international law, economics, agriculture, trade, finance, journalism, education, and government service.

Contact:…

In this moment of hyper-politicized border and migration issues, questions of representation are crucial. This roundtable of scholars, journalists, and practitioners will address the needs and challenges of producing stories about complex border issues along with the potential for different stories to effect real…

For many Cubans, Fidel Castro’s Revolution represented deliverance from a legacy of inequality and national disappointment. For others—especially those exiled in the United States—Cuba’s turn to socialism made the prerevolutionary period look like paradise lost. Michael J. Bustamante unsettles this familiar schism…

Join us to learn about our interdisciplinary minor, summer 2022 internships, and other funding opportunities.

The Latin American Studies minor is an undergraduate minor across disciplines that will allow students to explore the history, culture, government, politics, economy and languages of Latin America…

"How Can I Learn All These Words?"
Research-Based Strategies for Teaching and Learning L2 Vocabulary
Jamie Rankin
Senior Lecturer, Princeton University

Second language (L2) classrooms have undergone radical changes during the past 50 years, moving away from formal linguistic…

In 1821, as insurgent forces battled Spanish royalists in what would become the last throes of the Wars of Independence in the northern Andes, representatives of the newly constituted republic of Gran Colombia (present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama) passed a gradual emancipation law to address the…

The migration studies minor is a university-wide, interdisciplinary undergraduate minor that prepares students to understand the historical and contemporary contexts and factors that drive international migration and shape migrant experiences around the globe. This minor draws on the rich course offerings found…

Through an interdisciplinary curriculum that you can mold to your interests, the European Studies (ES) Minor provides the opportunity to explore Europe’s past, present, and future. You will cultivate a knowledge of European languages, culture, history, politics, and international relations. The minor offers the…

Come meet students, faculty, and staff and learn about the organizations that are part of the Latinx community at Cornell.

OPEN TO THE CORNELL COMMUNITY!

Register via Campus groups: https://cglink.me/2ee/r1182710

Hosted by the Latino Living Center,…

"Designing (Indigenous) Language Classes Rooted in ACTFL Standards to Promote Spoken Proficiency"
Elvia Andía Grágeda
Lecturer, The Ohio State University

Unlike commonly taught languages, most Indigenous ones share a particular characteristic: The lack of material for language…

The annual International Fair showcases Cornell's global opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Explore the fair and find out about international majors and minors, language study, fellowships, internships, study abroad, exchanges, service learning, and more.

Due to capacity limitations…

Welcome, introduction to, and opening of the Fall 2021 semester's Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program's weekly seminar series.

Migration flows have been entangled with race for centuries. In this webinar, Cornell faculty discuss the relationship between human migration and race-based discrimination. From the earliest forced movement of enslaved peoples to nations built on excluding or extracting from particular racial-ethnic groups, we…

Join us on Zoom throughout the summer for LRC Happy Hour. Every second Wednesday of the month. We'd love to hear how it’s going! All of it.

Bring your (language instruction) stories whether they be good, bad, amazing, or unusual. It takes all kinds of stories to make Happy Hour great!Bring your own…

Celebration Conversations are spaces to celebrate the stories, accomplishments, cultures, and heritages of Cornell staff, centering on historically marginalized voices. These conversations provide opportunities to bring us closer together and create a better understanding of our colleagues at Cornell. We encourage…

Register at: https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DmadXQe4QsidxC_MITCu3g

This plenary panel will discuss the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic in the region. It features scholars working on issues like variation in…

The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and Department of Government at Cornell University, will host this year’s virtual REPAL Annual Conference from July 15 to 17th, 2021-REPAL (Red para el Estudio de la Economía Politíca de América Latina). Speakers are scheduled for the three-day conference from 10am…

The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and Department of Government at Cornell University, will host this year’s virtual REPAL Annual Conference from July 15 to 17th, 2021-REPAL (Red para el Estudio de la Economía Politíca de América Latina). Speakers are scheduled for the three-day conference from 10am…

The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and Department of Government at Cornell University, will host this year’s virtual REPAL Annual Conference from July 15 to 17th, 2021-REPAL (Red para el Estudio de la Economía Politíca de América Latina). Speakers are scheduled for the three-day conference from 10am…

In this eCornell Keynotes event, Nicole Salgado '98, an advocate for environmental conservation and migrants’ rights based in Querétaro, México, and journalist Nathaniel Hoffman '99 will discuss their chronicle of a highly underreported aspect of our country’s punitive immigration system: the often…

The Einaudi Center’s global racial justice research team presents the inaugural session of Race Matters, a new webinar series that fosters in-depth conversations on colonial questions and racial justice across international relations.

This panel brings together global experts for a candid appraisal of…

"Developing an Open and Inclusionary Language Textbook for Portuguese"
Eduardo Viana da Silva
Associate Teaching Professor of Portuguese, University of Washington

This presentation describes the development of an e-textbook for first-year Portuguese classes. This pedagogical initiative…

Join us on Zoom throughout the spring for LRC Happy Hour. Every second Tuesday of the month (third Tuesday in April). We'd love to hear how it’s going! All of it.

Bring your (language instruction) stories whether they be good, bad, amazing, or unusual. It takes all kinds of stories to make a Happy Hour…

Unity Across Language: Multilingual organizing for social change
Unidad en Lenguaje: Lucha multilingüe para el cambio social

An online panel discussion on the politics, opportunities, challenges, and necessity of multilingual organizing for social change, with a focus on English-Spanish dynamics.…

"la frontera piñera: pineapple and water in the making and unmaking of the Nicaragua/Costa Rica border"

Rachel’s research explores how rivers, lakes, wetlands, and different people’s relationships with these bodies of water have made, remade, and unmade the Nicaragua/Costa Rica border through time…