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IPAST 2025: Language Learning and Immersion in Brazil
The in-person portion of the 2025 Intensive Portuguese Abroad for Spanish Teachers (IPAST) Program, held in June and July, proved to be a “life-changing experience,” according to MA candidate and…
Indigenous Voices in the Green Energy Transition
Through the decades, Indigenous people have nurtured the well-being of the land they live on, guided by a deep spiritual and cultural connection to nature. As the world confronts the accelerating…
Latin American Film Festival 2025
Join the Center for Latin American Studies, Columbus State Community College, and the City University of New York for the Autumn 2025 Latin American Film Festival. With the exception of Bacurau,…
Indigenous Christians of Latin America and Their Unique Faith
Across Latin America, Indigenous communities have woven Christianity—especially Catholicism—into the fabric of their spiritual and cultural lives. Far from being passive recipients of colonial…
CLAS launches game on Afro-Colombian music
Oi Marimbi is the first video-game for children depicting and taking place at the Colombian Pacific region. In the game, an 8-year-old boy called Marimbi is the protagonist of this adventure, in…
Global Arts + Humanities grant to support Latinx families engagement in music learning
Engaging Latinx parents in their children’s learning through music during their first few years of life is the primary focus of Desde el Principio (from the beginning), a project developed by the…
CLAS to offer Haitian Creole course over the summer
CLAS is pleased to offer "Kickstart Kreyòl: Introduction to Haitian Language and Culture" in July 2025! Kickstart Kreyòl is a four-week virtual introductory course designed to help students…
CLAS Summer 2025 FLAS Fellows
The Center for Latin American Studies congratulates its eight Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship recipients for summer 2025! Evan Beard, an undergraduate student double majoring in…
The School of Music and CLAS visit Higher Education partners and social projects in Curitiba and Recife, Brazil
Earlier this year our Outreach Coordinator, Julio Beltrán, joined Professors David Hedgecoth, Susan Powell, and Michael Torres from the School of Music at The Ohio State University for an artistic…