Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University

04/28/2026

Congratulations to CLAS Academic Affiliate and Research Faculty Angela Garcia, the Roger and Cynthia Lang Professor and Department Chair at the Department of Anthropology (Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences) for being awarded a 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship! Professor Garcia’s work engages historical and institutional processes through which violence and suffering are produced and lived. Currently, Garcia is studying the environmental, social, and bodily effects resulting from Mexico City’s ongoing desagüe, the massive drainage project initiated by Spanish colonists in the seventeenth century in the Valley of Mexico. A second research project concerns the growth and destruction of a New Mexican mining community.

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/04/stanford-scholars-guggenheim-fellowship

04/12/2026

Join us for MIGRANT REALITIES OF WORK AND CARE, a conference hosted by the Latin American Studies Consortium of Northern California (LASC-NorCal) at Stanford University on May 1, 2026.

Through interdisciplinary scholarship and community-engaged dialogue, this conference examines the complex dynamics of Latin American migration to the United States. Join us for a day of panels, a research poster session, and a poetry reading followed by a Spring Fiesta with live music by Carlos Mejía Godoy and Los Embajadores.

Find more info and register on our website: https://clas.stanford.edu/events/migrant-realities-work-and-care

This conference examines the trajectories of Latin American migration to the United States, analyzing the relationships between movement, labor, and care economies. Focusing on both historical patterns and contemporary realities, we analyze the contributions of Latin American migrants to the economi...

03/30/2026

CLAS invites applications for a dissertation completion fellowship to support Stanford doctoral students in year 5, or above, whose work in any discipline demonstrates the promise of future achievement in Latin American Studies and whose commitment and tangible contributions to the advancement of Latin American Studies on campus are sustained and well-documented.

Find out more and apply by April 8, 2026, on our website: https://clas.stanford.edu/funding/students/funding-stanford-graduate-students/tinker-student-funding/tinker-dissertation

03/17/2026

Join us for a Spring Quarter 2026 Friday Lecture, including a presentation by one of our 205-36 Luksic Scholar Mayra Feddersen, a Latin American Perspectives lecture by Professor Andrew Smolski on April 10, events co-sponsored by The Cuba Observatory, and a panel on migration and labor as part of the Latin American Studies Consortium of Northern California conference on May 1.

Livestreaming is available for most lectures on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/

Read more about our guest speakers on our website: clas.stanford.edu

03/02/2026

The Center for Latin American Studies is supporting a drop-in information session to learn more about the Portuguese program at Stanford, talk with some of our instructors, LCPs, and former students, and enjoy some chill time with the Portuguese-speaking community at Stanford.

Where: Community Room, El Centro Chicano y Latino
514 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA
When: Tuesday March 3, 12-1:30pm (feel free to join any time during this window!)

No Portuguese is required! But you are very welcome to be curious about Portuguese during this low-stakes, community-building meetup.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP here (https://forms.gle/yvPMR8RqF9gwHfSC9 or QR Code in the image) so we can order enough coxinhas, beijinhos and other good things for everyone.

02/25/2026

Tonight, February 25, at 5pm: The Cuba Observatory at the Center for Latin American Studies is hosting a hybrid event. Join us at Bolivar House on the Stanford campus, or tune in online:
https://events.stanford.edu/event/venezuela-and-cuba-under-the-donroe-doctrine-context-and-prospects

01/22/2026

Tinker Postdoctoral Fellowships in Latin American Studies at Stanford CLAS support scholars from any discipline whose research focuses on Latin America, the Caribbean, and/or Brazil. Learn more and apply on our website by February 3 for the 2026-2027 academic year: https://clas.stanford.edu/opportunities/visiting-scholars

Latin American Studies Association

01/21/2026

Stanford Global Studies Event | ZOOM Webinar

🇭🇹 Haiti: Past, Present, and Futures
🗓 Monday, January 26
⏰ 4:30 p.m. PT

Register: shorturl.at/ROoTR

Forged by the world’s first successful revolution of enslaved people, Haiti’s history is unlike any other. The aftermath of political instability, debt, and foreign intervention, and its current status as a failed state, make Haiti an important site for understanding the meanings of nation, citizenship, and sovereignty in today’s world. Join us for a timely conversation with a roundtable of experts in Haitian history, political science, and anthropology.

01/12/2026

Join us at Bolívar House for a Winter Quarter 2026 Friday Lecture. Can't make it? Livestreaming is available on youtube.com/. Read more about our guest speakers on our website: clas.stanford.edu.

11/30/2025

Explore these fantastic birds and more unique species in the Galápagos with CLAS!

Apply by Dec. 5th for the 2026 Jhumki Basu Summer Institute designed for upper grades high school and community college / junior college educators. In addition to participating in daily lectures and discussions with Stanford Professor Emeritus Bill Durham, CLAS staff, and local naturalist guides, educators will take part in pedagogy and curriculum planning sessions where they will collaboratively translate their experiences into student-centered, democratic curricula adapted to their own classroom environments. Optional activities include snorkeling amid sea lions, marine iguanas, and Galapagos penguins, sitting face to face with giant tortoises and Darwin’s finches in their natural habitats, and learning the mating behaviors of blue-footed bo***es, frigatebirds, and flightless cormorants.

See our website for more details: clas.stanford.edu/galapagos2026