MSU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

05/05/2026

By drawing parallels between jazz and Brazilian musical traditions, Master of Music student Sarah Whitaker presents her research and a musical performance about collective power and the shared struggles of the African Diaspora in the U.S. and Brazil. https://youtu.be/KWFpB0NZa9Y?si=X8ZUjoOnWbe1Mtat Michigan State University College of Music MSU Jazz Studies MSU Department of Romance and Classical Studies

By drawing parallels between jazz and Brazilian musical traditions, Master of Fine Arts student Sarah Whitaker presents her research and a musical performanc...

05/05/2026

Public policy undergraduate student Adilene Martínez discusses how engaging directly with local communities provides a deeper understanding of regional needs than theory alone.
James Madison College at Michigan State University Chicano/Latino Studies at Michigan State University

Public policy undergraduate student Adilene Martínez discusses how engaging directly with local communities provides a deeper understanding of regional needs...

05/05/2026

Assistant Professor Rafael Villares Orellana talks about his work of confronting ways of seeing migration through artwork on the commercialization of nature. MSU College of Arts & Letters MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY - Art | Art History | Design

Professor Rafael Villegas presents his "The Nature of Hunting Nature" series examining how the USDA’s history of importing "naturalized immigrant plants" ser...

05/05/2026

Read about the graduate student projects CLACS is supporting in departments and colleges across campus Michigan State University College of Communication Arts & Sciences School of Journalism at Michigan State University History Department, Michigan State University Michigan State University College of Social Science MSU Department of Anthropology Michigan State University College of Education Michigan State University College of Music MSU Jazz Studies MSU College of Arts & Letters MSU Department of Romance and Classical Studies

9 Graduate Students who received funding from the CLACS Awards 2026 for Field Research

05/05/2026

CLACS Featured Story on FLAS Recipients https://clacs.isp.msu.edu/news_article/24274 MSU College of Arts & Letters Michigan State University College of Music MSU Jazz Studies Michigan State University College of Communication Arts & Sciences School of Journalism at Michigan State University James Madison College at Michigan State University MSU Department of Romance and Classical Studies

CLACS’ Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Grant from the US Department of Education funds these fellowships. The 2025-26 academic year was the final year of the center’s 4-year grant, which sought to encourage US students to develop deep knowledge about peoples, languages, and cul...

05/04/2026

12 Mayo 2026
10 a 12 pm
Te invitamos a participar en la conferencia:
Lo correcto
Lo saludable
Y lo Soberano:
Consideractiones éticas, conceptuales y práticas para la psicología comunitaria desde o com comunidades originarias
Pontentes:
-Phd. Ignacio D. Acevedo Polakovich
Profesor en el Doctorado en Psicología Comunitaria
Universidad Estatal de Michigan
-Mtra. María Guadalupe Tepetate
Directora del Centro de Formación y Asesoria Mfáte AC

Moderadora: Dra. Katerine I. Herazo González
https://www.youtube.com/UNAMPSICOLOGIAUDEMAT

04/29/2026

Check out this podcast with Dr. Lucía Cárdenas Curiel and colleagues.

1 like. "Solidarity Through Immigrant Literacies"

04/27/2026

Fulbright US Student Program: Teach, Study or Research Abroad!
Online info session
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Friday, May 8th, 2026
5:30-6:30 Pm

04/27/2026

Congratulations on an awesome project!

04/27/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Lucía Cárdenas Curiel and the other faculty on their contributions to this book

A new book co-edited by MSU College of Education scholars explores how joy, play and gameplay can be powerful tools for literacy learning. The book invites readers to rethink play as a critical teaching practice rather than a break from learning. Drawing from lived classroom experience and collabora...

04/20/2026

Reflections
A Graduate Lecture Recital
Sarah Whitaker
Sunday, April 26, 2026
4pm Murray Hall
Sarah will perform an original suite based on the painting ‘Redenção de Cam’ by Modesto Broco. She will also perform arrangements of songs by American and Brazilian composers and lecture on the importance of protest music in African diasporic experiences
https://music.msu.edu/event/sarah-whitaker-jazz-drums/ .whitaker.824420