Interested in spending January in Puerto Rico? Come to the DRCLAS Info Session to learn how you can get involved in our annual Winter Institute for Harvard and University of Puerto Rico Students. 

PRWI is a 10-day graduate seminar in collaboration between DRCLAS and the College of...

Speaker: Marcelo Medeiros, PLAS Fellow, Princeton University 
Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Government Department, Harvard University; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS

There are important limitations to what educational policies can do:...

Speaker: Julie Weaver, PhD candidate, Department of Government
Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS

Conventional academic wisdom holds that the carrot and stick of...

Join us at the information session for the term-time DRCLAS Study Abroad Programs and learn about opportunities available for Harvard undergraduates to study at top universities in Argentina for transfer credit. 

Speakers: José Toirac, independent Cuban Artist; Octavio Zaya, curator and art critic
Moderator: Alejandro de la Fuente, Chair, Cuba Studies Program

Cuban Artist José Toirac and Art Curator Octavio Zaya will discuss the exhibition "OPIUM: Works by José Toirac", as...

Speakers: Matthew C. Stephenson, Eli Goldston Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Fabio de Sa e Silva, Assistant Professor of International Studies and Wick Cary Professor of Brazilian Studies, University of Oklahoma
Moderator: Bruno Carvalho, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures; Affiliated Professor in African and African American Studies; Affiliated Professor in Urban Planning and Design at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

How do you plan to spend J-term break? Come to the Mexico Winternship Info Session to learn how you could spend J-term building your resume, exploring a mega-city, improving your Spanish, and eating delicious food! Details below.

Program managers will be in-person to review the internships offered, funding, and all program detials. Past participants will come to...

Speaker: Pedro Pérez Sarduy, independent Cuban poet, writer, and journalist
Moderator: Alejandro de la Fuente, Chair, Cuba Studies Program

 Multimedia presentation that will use documentary films that examine the Afro-Cuban experience and explore Afro-...

This two day conference explores the history of migration to and in the Americas. Click here for more information and the complete schedule. 

Interested in health? Want to spend January in Chile? Come to our info session to learn more!

Come to the DRCLAS Info Session to learn how you can get involved in the region over casual refreshments. The Chile program allows you to participate in experiential learning...

Speaker: Andrés Schipani, PhD in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS

The study analyzes the different redistributive strategies adopted by presidents...

Learn all about DRCLAS programs, events, and student opportunities at the Open House Celebration!  

Get a chance to speak with faculty and staff about DRCLAS opportunities, enjoy some refreshments, and enter a raffle for some fun door prizes!

Speaker: Angela Garcia, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University
Moderator: Ieva Jusionyte, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Social Studies

In the past decade, drug treatment centers called anexos (annexes) have proliferated throughout Mexico...

Speaker: Ieva Jusionyte, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Social Studies
Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS

In the U.S.-Mexico border region, environmental emergencies – from...

9:30am – 12:00 pm Best practice from the Caribbean (WEX-434 A.B )                                           

Documentary: The Abominable Crime (1 hr 6 mins)                                                               

Moderator: ...