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  Lit & Luz Festival: of Language, Literature, and Art: Saturation/ Saturación

  The 2024 Chicago Lit & Luz Festival, Saturation/ Saturación, returns with a fantastic roster of writers and artists from the US and Mexico. The weeklong series of free events begins October 26th and concludes with the Live Magazine Show at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on November 2nd. https://www.litluz.org/
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  The Chicago Latino Theater Alliance (CLATA)

  Destinos: 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival runs September 30 - November 17, 2024!
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  LASP 196-001 Topics in Latin American & Latinx Studies: Introductory (FALL 2024, Tu & Th 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM)

  LASP 196 is a special topics course that is interdisciplinary in nature, covering a wide variety of issues and topics in music, film, sports, food, social media, and pop culture related to Latin America and to Latinx in the U.S.
  

• Latin American and Latino Studies Fall 2024 Courses

  The Latin American & Latinx Studies program is interdisciplinary and includes courses across various departments dedicated to the study of the region of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Latinx experience in the United States. View the LASP course offerings!
  
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  Andean Carnival Tinkuy - Celebration of Andean Heritage in Chicago

  Free authentic Andean food and drinks, games, activities, and Quechua language lesson for all ages. Dance performances by Renacer Boliviano and the Center of Peruvian Arts. Featured presenters on Quechua language, culture, and spirituality: Agustín Panizo (Peruvian linguist), Hipólito Peralta Ccama (Quechua educator and Andean spirituality activist), Rubén Pachas (Peruvian Indigenous arts educator). Sponsored by the Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice Research Program, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at Loyola University Chicago. Saturday, February 25, 2023 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Crown Center Lobby
  
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  Femenist Lecture Series 2022 presents Arussi Unda

  Arussi Unda is a Mexican marketer, activist and feminist. Unda is the founder and spokeswoman of the feminist collective "Las brujas del mar" (Witches of the sea). She was also one of the promoters of the national women's strike on March 9th 2020 "Un día sin nosotras" (A day without women). Unda specialized in feminist political formation and was an international lecturer and workshop facilitator on issues of sexual and reproductive exploitation, abortion, male violence, patriarchal socialization and attention to victims. To register for Zoom: use QR or contact wsgsprogram@luc.edu
  

• Latin American and Latino Studies Spring 2023 Courses

  The Latin American & Latinx Studies program is interdisciplinary and includes courses across the humanities, social sciences, law, theology dedicated to the study of the region of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Latinx experience in the United States. View the LASP course offerings!
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  Lecture Series on Migration: "The Making of a Migrant Public Sphere: Mexicans & Puerto Ricans in the Midwest."

  The second installment of the College of Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary Lecture Series on Migration on October 13th, from 4-5 p.m. CT. Loyola's Latin American & Latinx Studies program will welcome Dr. Juan Ignacio Mora, Assistant Professor of History at Indiana University - Bloomington, for a presentation titled, "The Making of a Migrant Public Sphere: Mexicans & Puerto Ricans in the Midwest." The event will be held in the Sr. Jean MPR North in Damen Student Center with an option to tune-in remotely via Zoom. If you choose to attend remotely, the webinar link will be distributed closer to the event. Click the headline to register for the seminar.
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  DEPORTATION, FORCED RETURN, AND VISA JUSTICE

  A group of youth activists from Mexico City will be joining us on April 14th at 4:30pm in McCormick Lounge to talk about their experiences with migration, deportation, and community organizing. Please join us and invite your students and colleagues! The talk will engage issues of migration, globalization, racist criminalization, family separation, gender, and indigeneity, among other things.
  
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  Favela é Moda (Documentary - Nov 10, 4:30PM - Cuneo Hall Rm 109)

  “Favela é Moda” reveals the aesthetic and political strength of young black people from the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro in search of personal fulfillment in the fashion world. The feature documentary presents us with a generation that believes in the affirmation of identities and sexualities, following the development of models by an agency in the Jacarezinho favela that tries to reverse the scenario of under-representation of black bodies. Based on the concept of ‘Fashion Resistance’, they reflect on the aesthetic standard in the fashion marketing Brazil and discuss themes such as representation, racism, youth and identity. Q&A after showing with film director, Emilio Domingos Documentary / 73min / 2020 Portuguese with English Subtitles Nov 10, 4:30PM – Cuneo Hall Room 109 (for Loyola attendees only).
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  Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month Craft & Game Night

  Loyola University Chicago Libraries, LASO and LASP presents: Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month Craft & Game Night on Thursday, October 28th from 3pm - 5pm at Schreiber Center 208 at the Water Tower Campus. Crafts, games, snacks, and more!

• Brazilian Narratives “Make it New”: Revising British Modernism on the Global Scale. A virtual lecture, Wednesday, October 6, 4-5:30 p.m.

  In this lecture, Thais Rutledge argues that the impact of modernism is less a new aesthetic style than the impulse to make novels new and relevant to their social world. Discussing narratives by Brazilian women writers such as Clarice Lispector, the author shows how the impulse to “make it new” had its parallels beyond British modernism as part of a global project of making new prose forms to address radical change. Thais Rutledge (she/her/hers) is an assistant instructor and a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of Texas. This lecture is sponsored by the departments of English and Modern Languages and Literatures, and by the Women’s Studies and Gender Studies and the Latin American and Latinx Studies Programs.
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  WELCOMING IMMIGRANTS:PRAYER AND CONVERSATION REFLECTING ANGELS UNAWARES (Thursday, September 23, 2021, Madonna Della Strada Chapel, 2:00pm – 3:00pm)

  Loyola University Chicago and the Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants (ICDI) have partnered together to acknowledge our mutual responsibility to ensure the God-given dignity and human rights of immigrants. On September 23rd, communities across the country will come together to advocate for those who have been adversely affected by the immigration system. This Day of Action is coordinated by Detention Watch Network, which was founded by the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. and continues to uplift Jesuit Apostolic Preferences by walking with the excluded. All participants must be vaccinated and wear masks while on campus.
  
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  Landscapes of Conflict: Fortification and Institutionalized Inequality in Mensabak, Chiapas, Mexico. (Wednesday, September 22, 2021 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT)

  In this talk, Christopher Hernandez of Loyola University's Department of Anthropology argues that the ancient inhabitants of the Mensabak region of Chiapas, Mexico, incorporated various aspects of their environment to create layer upon layer of defense that in turn promoted social inequality. Within a heavily guarded settlement, elites occupied the highest and most well defended terrain, while exposing the rest of the population to greater potential levels of violence. These differing levels of protection inscribe inequality on the landscape, and perpetuated it across generations. By partnering with local Maya in the archaeological process, his work also addresses contemporary issues. Crafting new histories written with a local Maya community is one step in amplifying the voice of Indigenous peoples and addressing the oppressive legacies of nationalist and colonialist projects. To register: https://tinyurl.com/33a64h2w
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  5th Annual Chicago Graduate Student Conference “Naturaleza en cautiverio o veredas hacia la libertad

  Hosted by Northwestern University graduate students in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese is taking place Thursday April 15th and Friday April 16th from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. In accordance with continuing health guidelines, this year’s conference will be held virtually via Zoom.
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  Chicago Católico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican

  This event features Deborah E. Kanter speaking on themes from her 2020 publication Chicago Católico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican. This event is cosponsored by the Department of History.REGISTER
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  2020 MOSTRA Brazilian Film Festival

  This year, MOSTRA is using the Eventive Platform to provide Brazilian films for you to watch at home. The platform is easy to use, and you will also be able to reserve tickets to participate in the chats with the filmmakers! Dr. Héctor García Chávez will be a guest speaker for the film "Marie" as well: https://mostrafestival.eventive.org/films/5f89e5246a4b2200de0acc39
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  Study Abroad in Cuba with Dr. Peter Sanchez!

  Gain a better understanding of contemporary Cuban political and economic systems by considering Cuba’s accomplishment in the spheres of education and health, while also examining the negative effects of authoritarian politics and a state controlled economy.READ MORE