Center for Latin American & Latino Studies

Grant Highlights

Through its in-house investigative wing, InSight Crime, CLALS was granted $100,000 from the Department of State to conduct an in-depth study of emerging criminal organizations in Colombia, known by their acronym BACRIMs.

The Christopher Reynolds Foundation has provided renewed support for the Center’s Cuba Initiative, with a grant of $20,000, allowing academic exchanges, innovative media and multilateral fora on diplomatic relations to continue.

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    Development & Inequality

    CLALS supports research identifying strategies of economic development that address the grave inequalities present in Latin American societies and experienced by Latino populations in the U.S. (Photo by Bill Gentile)

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    Culture & Creativity

    Explores the dynamic dimensions of cultural expression, production and consumption throughout Latin America and within Latino communities (Photo by Bill Gentile)

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    Democracy & Justice

    CLALS fosters research facilitating the full incorporation of Latino populations into American democracy and illuminating strategies for enhancing the quality of democracy in contemporary Latin America. (Photo by Bill Gentile)

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    Health, Environment & Society

    Environmental change disproportionately affects low-income populations in Latin America, as well as underserved U.S. Latino populations.  CLALS provides a forum for scholars and practitioners to consider hemispheric responses. (Photo by Bill Gentile)

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    Hemispheric Relations

    CLALS examines intersections and flows of people, products and ideas across borders, and analyzes shifting relationships among Latin American nations and with their neighbor to the north. (Photo by Bill Gentile)

Advancing the frontiers of knowledge about Latinos in the United States and about all aspects of Latin American affairs is a core objective of the Center. Our faculty are at the forefront of scholarly efforts to understand economic development, democratic governance, cultural diversity and change, peace and diplomacy, health, education and environmental well-being. We have launched clusters of Center-sponsored research in each of these domains, incorporating into our projects intellectuals based outside American University, as well as our own faculty, staff and students.

Tinker Field Research Grant Recipients

CLALS is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2012 Tinker Field Research Grants:

Brian D'Haeseleer, Ph.D candidate,CAS/History - El Salvador; Adam Fenner, Ph.D candidate, CAS/History - Honduras; Milagros Haro, MA candidate, SIS/ID - Guatemala; Douglas Keillor, JD/MA, WCL - Mexico; Lindsey Murphy, MA candidate, CAS/LFS - Chile; Jennifer Yelle, Ph.Dcandidate, SPA/Government - Mexico; Sonia Saini, MA candidate, SIS/GEP - Cuba; Paula Silveira Orlando, Phd candidate, SOC - Brazil; Justine Strom, MA candidate, CAS/LFS - El Salvador; Marcela Torres, Ph.D candidate, SPA/Government - Peru & Bolivia; Tatiana Ware, Ph.D candidate , SIS/IR - Cuba & Brazil; Lydia White, MA candidate, SIS/CRS—Mexico



News

The first planning meeting for the Center's initiative on Religion and Violence was held March 26-27.  Learn about the project's developments here.

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CLALS Weekly Bulletin

The Weekly Bulletin is now available online:

The Bulletin will resume regular circulation at the beginning of the fall semester.

May 3, 2012

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Latinos & Latin America Around AU

SIS Professor and CLALS Affiliate, Daniel Esser will be awarded a peer-reviewed Drugs, Security and Democracy Fellowship from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) for research to be carried out on urban violence in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

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