Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program

Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program A Title VI National Resource Center, in operation since 1973, in consortium with the UW-Milwaukee Cen

Welcome to Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS) at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. We are a Title VI National Resource Center, in operation since 1973 in consortium with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS). LACIS:

Coordinates and supports teaching, research and outreach on campus and in the community. Is an interdis

ciplinary program, offering over 250 courses in 45 different departments which can apply towards an undergraduate major within the College of Letters and Science, a Masters of Arts, or a PhD concentration. Supports the teaching of two less commonly taught languages - Yucatec Maya and Ecuadorian Quichua. supplies funding for independent research on Latin America to undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. Supports both Visiting Lecturers and Visiting Scholars who add to the already vibrant community of Latin Americanists on campus, and provide opportunities for outreach to the community. Is a member of the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC), which allows us to work collaboratively with other area studies programs to perform outreach to the community, K-12 teachers, post-secondary institutions, and Wisconsin businesses. Sponsors regularly scheduled lunchtime lecture sessions as an informal way for students and faculty to share current research. Funds and coordinates academic and cultural events, conferences, and symposia on campus independently and in cooperation with other departments and programs.

LACIS is pleased to provide co-sponsorship for this special event: Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Material...
05/21/2026

LACIS is pleased to provide co-sponsorship for this special event:
Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Materials (SALALM) 71st annual Conference: “Politics of Place: Land and the State in Latin America, the Caribbean, and its Diasporas” which will take place between June 8th and 11th at the Pyle Center, UW-Madison. Register via the QR code or here: https://salalm.org/2026cfp

Today @ 4 PM! FREE Registration! "Women's Soccer and the World Cup: From Copa '71 to the Present" Hear from Dr. Brenda E...
05/19/2026

Today @ 4 PM! FREE Registration!
"Women's Soccer and the World Cup: From Copa '71 to the Present"
Hear from Dr. Brenda Elsey, Professor of History, Hofstra University and an expert on the history and politics of sport in the Americas.

LACIS' Faculty Director, Dr. Sara Mckinnon presents on migration in the Americas at the University Roundtable.
04/29/2026

LACIS' Faculty Director, Dr. Sara Mckinnon presents on migration in the Americas at the University Roundtable.

Join us for a virtual talk (presented in Spanish) about the upcoming Colombian presidential elections. The panel will fe...
04/28/2026

Join us for a virtual talk (presented in Spanish) about the upcoming Colombian presidential elections. The panel will feature Alejandra Barrios Cabrera, Directora Mision Observacion Electoral-Colombia & Diego Mazorra, Investigador del Centro para la Comunicaction y la Democracia de la Escuela de Periodismo y Comunicacion, UW-Madison. Zoom Registration: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/sjV0QFqWTtG0a_n761nrJg #/registration

LACIS' Assistant Director, Sarah Ripp, continues the "Let's Learn Geography" program at Lodi Primary School. Over a ser...
04/20/2026

LACIS' Assistant Director, Sarah Ripp, continues the "Let's Learn Geography" program at Lodi Primary School. Over a series of weekly visits, kindergarteners are learning about their physical place in the world alongside the hobbies, school subjects, typical meals, and more of kids around the world. First stop...Wisconsin!

Reminder! Please join us on Tuesday, April 21st @ Noon for our final lunchtime lecture of the spring semester. Sculptor,...
04/15/2026

Reminder! Please join us on Tuesday, April 21st @ Noon for our final lunchtime lecture of the spring semester. Sculptor, puppeteer, and actor, Alejandro Jiminez Molina, and artist and UW professor emerita, Carolyn Kallenborn, will present "Un Titere de Sangre Zapoteca"! Please note that this presentation is just one event as part of their spring 2026 "Artists-in-Residence" that will feature puppet-making workshops, puppet shows, and more! https://lacis.wisc.edu/events-programming/lacis-spring-artists-in-residence-featuring-alejandro-jimenez-molina-carolyn-kallenborn/

We hope you'll consider supporting LACIS during the annual Day of the Badger -- our annual campus-wide day of giving. Fo...
04/13/2026

We hope you'll consider supporting LACIS during the annual Day of the Badger -- our annual campus-wide day of giving.

For 1,848 minutes on April 14 – April 15, alumni, friends, faculty, and students are invited to show their love for UW-Madison and for our program!

Please click on the QR code and search for "Latin American Studies" and you will be routed to our fund, which supports undergraduate and graduate internships, research grants, and on and off campus programming. Thank you!

Join us Tuesday, April 14th @ Noon for a presentation by UW-Madison PhD Candidate, Will Baynard, on what he refers to as...
04/09/2026

Join us Tuesday, April 14th @ Noon for a presentation by UW-Madison PhD Candidate, Will Baynard, on what he refers to as "twilight barrios" (...areas defined by weak or ineffective official states (where) nonofficial entities emerge to fill those gaps. He argues a simple point that builds on this premise. San Cristóbal de las Casas (SCLC), a single-city in Mexico's Southern Borderlands, contains an array of non-official state makers whose state-building endeavors transform based on the neighborhoods they occupy.).

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