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    Where We Work

    With offices in Santiago, São Paulo, Mexico City, and Cambridge, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) offers programs covering the entire region.

    Mexico

    The Mexico Program, which includes the DRCLAS Mexico Office, is committed to deepening Harvard's engagement with Mexico through an active portfolio of events and activities, academic and internship opportunities for students, and support for faculty research.

    Brazil

    The Brazil Studies Program in Cambridge and Brazil Office in São Paulo work in tandem to expand research, teaching and educational opportunities for Harvard faculty and students across the University. Most programmatic activities are collaborative in nature, seeking to connect Harvard experts and learners with counterparts in Brazil.

    Andes & Southern Cone

    The Andes & Southern Cone Program and the Chile Regional Office, established in 2002, aim to enhance collaborative research among Harvard faculty and their counterparts in the region by encouraging faculty and student engagement, and developing programs for the Harvard community and the public at large.  

    Central America & the Caribbean

    DRCLAS is committed to deepening engagement with Central America and the Caribbean through an active program of events and activities in Cambridge, experiential learning opportunities for students, and support for faculty research. 

    Art, Film, & Culture

    The Art, Film, & Culture program seeks to foster and develop the scope of Latin American visual, verbal and performing arts at Harvard through exhibitions, conferences and performances organized in collaboration with specific departments and faculty, and aligned with course-content within Harvard. In Latin America, the program seeks to strengthen ties between Harvard and local art institutions.

    Cuba Studies Program Advisory Group

    The Cuba Studies Program Advisory Group currently consists of ten members, including alumni and friends, deeply committed to the study of Cuba in a new era of US-Cuba relations.

     

    Teresita Alvarez-Bjelland, Co-Chair
    David Pérez, Co-Chair
    José Avalos Raz Guzmán
    Jay Brickman
    Cristina Rubio Suarez
    Carlos Saladrigas
    Carlos Manuel Valdés
    Carlos Zumpano
    Jeffrey DeLaurentis

    Javier Pérez

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    Cuban Journal Submission Guidelines

    Manuscripts in English and Spanish may be submitted to editor Alejandro de la Fuente via email. Maximum length is 10,000 words, including notes and illustrations. Please include an abstract of the article both in English and Spanish of no more than 200 words. Also include a short biographical paragraph of no more than 3 sentences. We prefer Chicago style (16th edition), but MLA style is also acceptable. Cuban Studies takes no responsibility for views or information presented in signed articles. For additional editorial inquiries...

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    Get Involved

    Engagement with the surrounding communities of students, faculty, educational organizations, and patrons is integral to the robust programming that DRCLAS strives to produce.

    Thematic Initiatives

    DRCLAS is dedicated to raising awareness about global themes currently relevant to issues in Latin America through various center-wide Thematic Initiatives.

    Faculty Grants

    DRCLAS supports Harvard faculty research, events, teaching, and professional activities relating to Latin America. The Center's services and funding are available to faculty working directly with Latin American issues as well as those pursuing comparative work related to the region or the Latin American diaspora in the United States.

    Visiting Scholars

    The Visiting Scholars and Fellows Program strengthens ties between Harvard and other global institutions by hosting distinguished academics and professionals who conduct research on a particular topic or region of Latin America.

    Opium. Works by José Toirac

    Curated by Octavio Zaya, Curator and Art Critic
    Advised by Alejandro de la Fuente, Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics and Chair, Cuba Studies Program

    Since the early 1990s, José Toirac has been a well-known artist in Cuba, even if his unassuming and reserved personality didn’t propel him into the instant fame and recognition that was granted to other artists from his generation. Despite the obvious political irony of his paintings and drawings, or perhaps because of it, José Toirac was awarded last year’s National Prize...

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    Arquitectura del vaivén: Diasporic Building(s) in Central America’s Northern Triangle

    Curated by Gabriela Poma, Doctoral student in Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

    Arquitectura del vaivén: Diasporic Building(s) in Central America’s Northern Triangle highlights nine photographs from the series Faraway Brother Style (2009-2010) by Salvadoran contemporary artist Walterio Iraheta.  The series interrogates the phenomenon of remittance architecture materializing in the rural landscapes of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras and plays with the notion of an ambiguous aesthetic that emerges...

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    Guiñadas Gráciles: Looking Out for the Queer in Latin American Video Art

    Curated by Joaquin S. Terrones, PhD '09, former Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard College Writing Program; Lecturer in Literature and Women's and Gender Studies, MIT

    Guiñadas Gráciles responds to interest in the study of non-normative sexualities in the region, the experiences of its LGBTQ inhabitants, and its social movements focused on gender and sexuality. How does one put the spotlight on bodies that some consider should remain hidden, closeted away? Conversely, how can a screen or camera do justice to bodies whose extravagances...

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    Andes & Southern Cone Advisory Group

    The Regional Office Advisory Group is comprised of senior leaders from across disciplines and sectors with a demonstrated commitment to education. They are stewards of increasingly strong ties between Harvard and the region and provide vision, advice and support to the Regional Office and its initiatives.

     

    Judith Palfrey, Faculty Chair

    Fernando Campero...

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