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Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Contemporary Issues in Latin-Latino America

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LATA/LSP 4000/6000

Learn more about Latin America and the Caribbean in a course that will also help you work toward achieving the Latin American and Caribbean studies minor.

This course encourages students to attend lectures, LACS public issue forums, Latin American or Caribbean films, and other campus events. This course is available in both the fall and spring semesters (FA20/SP21). Featuring guest speakers, the class will explore topics in anthropology, art, economics, history, literature, government, and sociology of U.S., Latino, and Latin American contexts.

The class will meet once at the beginning of the semester before you attend a broad range of events that are directly related to Latin America and the Caribbean or Latino Studies. After each event, you will write a summary of what you have learned from the event. 

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Study Abroad Opportunities

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As part of the Consortium for Advanced Studies Abroad (CASA), Cornell University offers study-abroad programs in Argentina, Chile, and Cuba. CASA member institutions are ten leading research universities, including Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Northwestern University, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Pennsylvania, and Vanderbilt University.

Global Cornell Opportunities for Education Abroad in Latin America and the Caribbean

Below are at-a-glance education abroad offerings and deadlines. Each program is hyperlinked to a website with more information. Faculty and students should also feel free to direct students to the Office of Global Learning's Education Abroad team with any questions.

ProgramsCountry
Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM)Mexico
Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) – GAIASEcuador
Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) – CumbayaEcuador
CASA: Buenos AiresArgentina
CASA: HavanaCuba
CASA: Brazil - Rio de JaneiroBrazil
CASA: SantiagoChile

View more study abroad opportunities on the Education Abroad website.

Cornell Global Hubs

Cornell Global Hubs bring together faculty, students, alumni, and local communities—to collaborate, learn, and discover. Learn about Global Hubs in Ecuador and Mexico.

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Campus Address

190 Uris Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-7601

Phone

+1-607-255-1468

Email

lacs@cornell.edu


Administrative Contact

Administrative Assistant: Lilian Griselda Pagoada Antunez

Fifth Annual Global Strategy and Emerging Markets Conference (GSEM) Theme: Competing in the Digital World

November 8, 2020

6:00 pm

Cornell Tech, Tata 123

Cornell University Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) and partners — Northeastern University Center for Emerging Markets (CEM), The Simon Fraser University Jack Austin Centre For Asia Pacific Business Studies, and The University of Texas at Dallas Center for Global Business (CGB) — are pleased to announce the fifth annual Global Strategy and Emerging Markets (GSEM) Conference.

The theme of GSEM 2020 is “Competing in the Digital World.” Digital technologies—including internet of things, 5G, cloud computing, AI, big data, and other new information technologies—are profoundly influencing the global economy by reshaping the rules of competition, generating new business models and enabling innovative ecosystems. Digital technologies are creating new business opportunities for emerging markets to improve their competitiveness and in some instances to leapfrog existing business practices and become world leaders.

The whole conference will be conducted online through Zoom. We will have a two-day conference from 3-8 pm PST / 6-11 pm EST /ADD CEST/ 8 am-1 pm AEST/ 7am-12 pm China Standard Time/4:30-9:30 am India Standard Time. All virtual sessions will be live. If necessary presenters may record their presentation for broadcast during their time slot, but we strongly encourage the presentations to be part of the live conference program.

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Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Einaudi Center for International Studies

East Asia Program

Fourth EMI Case Competion

November 7, 2020

9:00 am

Cornell EMI Case Competition 2020

Along with the conference, the Fourth Cornell Emerging Markets Institute Annual Case Competition will be held on November 7th. The theme is ‘Ten years that changed Emerging Markets’. The competition will focus on identifying and answering questions that real businesses and management face in relation with Emerging Markets.

Goal: Identify and answer questions that real businesses and managements are posing today in relation with Emerging Markets. The growing role of Emerging Multinationals in the business world continues to evolve and this case competition seeks to challenge us to think about how navigating in a changing context.

The case competition is a key event in the conference (Online). It boosts collaboration among universities and strengthens Johnson’s ties with other academic institutions. Moreover, it speaks to EMI’s focus on international and inter-institutional collaboration.

Benefits to competing students:
➢ Meeting high-profile representatives from industry and academia (online)
➢ Networking with conference participants, business executives, and more (online)
➢ Exposure to conference and case competition sponsors (online)
➢ Free admission to the conference (for finalists)
➢ Prize (TBD)

Click here to register to the case competition.

Click here to learn more .

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Einaudi Center for International Studies

East Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The EMI Annual Conference and 10th Anniversary - The decade that has changed Emerging Markets

November 7, 2020

12:00 am

The Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) annual conference to be held on November 6-7.

The decade that has changed Emerging Markets

The last 10 years has been transformational for Emerging markets; their economies have grown, poverty levels have gone down and, in some cases, extreme poverty has been eradicated. On the business side, their companies, mainly from China and Korea but also from India, Mexico or Brazil, have made inroads globally and have made major acquisitions globally. On the innovation front, emerging markets have increased patent applications and investments in research anddevelopment. EMI’s annual conference in November 2020 will celebrate the institute 10thanniversary and focus on the achievements of emerging markets over the last ten years. EMI was born in 2010 in theaftermath of the Global Financial crisis. A decadelater in 2020, emerging markets are faced with yet another global crisis and this is an opportune moment for the EMI Annual Conference to explore how emerging markets will not just cope with the Covid-19 crisis but also emerge stronger to shape the globalfuture.

Please register: https://bit.ly/EMIConference2020

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Einaudi Center for International Studies

East Asia Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Gary Fields

Faculty, Fields, Gary

John P. Windmuller Professor of International and Comparative Labor Emeritus and Professor of Economics Emeritus

Gary Fields is the John P. Windmuller Professor of International and Comparative Labor and Professor of Economics. His work focuses on Labor Economics, Development Economics, and Public Economics. He is especially interested in the cases of Mexico, Argentina, and Venezuela. Fields is the 2014 winner of the IZA Prize in Labor Economics, the top worldwide award in the field.

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  • Faculty
  • EAP Professor Emeriti
    • LACS Professor Emeriti

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Publications

Publications displayed here are by core and affiliated faculty of the program that are directly related to the study of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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