College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)

Thursday, September 25, 2025

- 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Encode AI: Youth Voices in Data Governance
- Lecture

Friday, September 26, 2025

- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- 314b Illini Union
Advocacy and Resilience: Defending Science and Research in a Shifting Political Landscape
- Informational

Monday, September 29, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Dr. Kasia Szremski: "Playing Both Sides: Cerro Blanco – Sayan and the Chimu – Inka War"
- Lecture

Thursday, October 2, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies Reading Group: Juliana Freire’s “Indigenous Documentaries: Art, Self-Representation, and the Environment in Huni Kui Films”
- Lecture

Saturday, October 4, 2025

- 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
- Different locations (see description)
Tango at the 2025 CU Folk & Roots Festival
- Festival/Celebration
- 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
- Multiple locations
Humanities Open House
- Ceremony/Service

Sunday, October 5, 2025

- 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
- Different locations (see description)
Tango at the 2025 CU Folk & Roots Festival
- Festival/Celebration

Monday, October 6, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall Room 306
Sofía Saavedra - "El cruce hacia los sueños: un hogar en tránsito y un ritual de identidades nómadas"
- Lecture

Thursday, October 9, 2025

- 8:30 am
- Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
III Encuentro sobre Migración y Pueblos Originarios
- Conference/Workshop

Friday, October 10, 2025

- 9:00 am
- Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
III Encuentro sobre Migración y Pueblos Originarios
- Conference/Workshop
- 3:00 pm
- 2049 NHB
Dr. José Atiles - Crisis by Design: Emergency Powers and Colonial Legality in Puerto Rico
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 13, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Talk by Q'anjob'al Instructor Adan Pascual
- Lecture

Monday, October 20, 2025

- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- 314b Illini Union
International Students Navigating the U.S.: Immigration, Rights, and Resources
- Informational
- 4:00 pm
Virtual Talk: ESMA Survivors
- Lecture

Friday, November 7, 2025

- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- BNAACC Main Multipurpose Room
Strategic Networking for Uncertain Times: Turning Conversations into Career Opportunities
- Informational

Monday, November 10, 2025

- All Day
- TBD
Workshop with Mayki Gorosito
- Conference/Workshop
- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall
Talk by Mayki Gorosito
- Lecture

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- Coble Hall 108
Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies Reading Group: Ailton Krenak’s Tomorrow is Not for Sale and Life is Not Useful
- Lecture

Monday, November 17, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- Coble Hall 306
Ayni Book Presentation by Carlos Molina-Vital
- Lecture

Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Illinois Global Institute

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

223 Coble Hall, MC-481

801 S. Wright Street

Champaign, IL 61820

Phone: (217) 333-3182

Fax: (217) 244-7333

Email: clacs@illinois.edu