Latin American History Workshop (LAHW)

The Latin American History Workshop is a forum for the discussion of novel approaches to Latin American history.  It aims to develop wide comparative historical perspectives and to examine methods and techniques from a variety of disciplines. Presentations cover a broad temporal, geographical, and disciplinary range from early colonial to contemporary times throughout Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.

Alternate Thursdays, 4:30–6 pm
Center for Latin American Studies, 5828 S University Ave, Pick Hall for International Studies, Room 118
Workshop coordinator for 2024-25: Sofía Ortiz Torres

Spring 2025 Program:

• March 27th - Labors of her Sex: Women, Work, and Family in the Mexican Miracle - Kate Reed (PhD Student)
• April 10th - Santo Domingo’s Unrealized Plantation Complex: A Prelude to Cuba’s Sugar Revolution, 1760-1795 - Fidel Tavárez Simó (Assistant Professor)
• April 24th - Title TBD - Sofia Ortiz Torres (PhD Student)
• May 1st - Borders, Bad Hombres, and Drugs; Meanings of U.S. - Mexico Extradition in National History (1850-1990) - Daniel Quintanilla Castro (PhD Student)
• May 8th - Remaking the Brazilian Welfare State, 1964-1979 - Daniel Travassos Ferriera (PhD Student)