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CLAS awarded grant in collaborative project with the School of Music
David Hedgecoth (School of Music), Susan Powell (School of Music), and Scott Schwenter (CLAS/Spanish and Portuguese) have received a New Projects Grant from the ASC Larger Grants program. The…
CLAS awarded $8,000 grant from Ohio Hispanic Heritage Project
A multi-project proposal submitted by the Center for Latin American Studies has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Hispanic Heritage Project (OHHP) in the amount of $8,000.00. The…
Ohio State students and Columbus community experience Afro Diasporic dances
African rhythms and drum beats could be heard through the halls of Sullivant Hall on chilly winter Saturdays. In commemoration of Black History Month and as part of the outreach efforts of the…
CLAS Director delivers keynote at Diálogos XXI conference
CLAS Director and Professor of Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Dr. Scott Schwenter delivered one of the keynote speaker addresses at Dialogos XXI,…
Comic artist Gus Arriola’s “Gordo” retrospective highlights Mexican culture
Gus Arriola, an iconic Mexican-American comic book artist and writer, is having his 40-year run of comics shown at the Billy Ireland Comic Museum through May 2024 . The retrospective exhibit…
Dr. Anna Babel named Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology
CLAS Affiliate Faculty and Professor of Hispanic Linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Dr. Anna Babel has been named the next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Linguistic…
"What's your Story?" workshop promotes virtual collaboration between K-12 teachers in Brazil and the U.S.
The Ohio State University Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and the Federal University of Paraná Teachers across Borders (TaB-UFPR) recently…
Congratulations to Our Autumn 2023 Whitten Scholarship Awardees!
Each semester the exceptional work and research that student curators undertake with the Kawsay Ukhunchay: Andean & Amazonian Indigenous Art & Cultural Artifacts Research…
Dr. Valente Alvarez gives workshop to engineering students in Peru
CLAS Affiliate Faculty and Professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, Dr. Valente Alvarez was invited to participate in the XXII Congresso Nacional de Estudiantes de…