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North Carolina Latin American Film Festival
The NC Latin American Film Festival celebrates the power and artistry of Latin America’s film and audiovisual production. Its mission is to provide a space in North Carolina for Latin…

Virtual Workshop Series on Epistemic Justice, presented by the Pachaysana Institute
The Center for Latin American Studies, in partnership with the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, and the K'acha Willaykuna: Andean & Amazonia Indigenous Arts & Humanities…

Featured FLAS Fellow: Carson Teuscher
Carson Teuscher is a 2020-2021 FLAS fellow studying Portuguese.
"My dissertation explores Allied coalition warfare during the Italian Campaign of World War II. Improving my Portuguese…

Hispanic Heritage Month Resources
This year, National Hispanic Heritage Month starts September 15 and goes until October 15. It is important to not only recognize, but celebrate the influence and contributions of Hispanic…

Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Application for 2021 Now Open!
Applications are now being accepted for the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program for intensive language study abroad in summer 2021. For more information and to…

Featured FLAS Fellow: Julie McNally
Julie McNally is a 2020-2021 FLAS fellow studying Portuguese.
"I am taking Portuguese because of my previous exposure with taking Spanish language courses. I thoroughly enjoyed…

Featured FLAS Fellow: Jaret Waters
Jaret Waters is a 2020-2021 FLAS fellow studying Portuguese.
"After having studied Spanish for several years, I realized that, despite having learned so much about Latin America, I knew…

Teach the Andes K-12 Repository is now live!
For the past several months, The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) has been developing a web page on our site dedicated to resources that can be used for K-12 education. We are excited to…