LACLxS Research Grantees Symposium

Description

Join the Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLxS) for presentations by the 2024 LACLxS student research grantees.

This is a hybrid event; to attend virtually, the Zoom ID is 9869927 9108.

Schedule and Topics:

• 9:30-9:50 a.m.: Rhiannon Clarke, Spanish & Portuguese: "Lorca and the Mexico That Might Have Been"
• 10–10:20 a.m.: Jaclyn Dyson, International Health: "Process Evaluation of Maternal-Child Health Interventions in Guatemala"
• 10:30–10:50 a.m.: Grant Tore, Environmental Health and Engineering: "The METALES Study: Measuring Exposures to Agrochemicals and Their Link to Renal Disease: Fostering Informed Decision-Making Through the Report Back of Environmental Exposures"
• 11–11:20 a.m.: Alicia Piñar Díaz, Spanish & Portuguese: "Representing Caribbean Alterity in Contemporary Spain"
• 11:30–11:50 a.m.: Elena Garcia Fariña, Public Health: "Exemplars in Global Health: Bolivia–Exemplar in Family Planning"
• Lunch Break
• 1–1:20 p.m.: Alfredo Walls, Spanish & Portuguese: "Queering the Archive: Neobaroque and Queer Mexican Literature"
• 1:30–1:50 p.m.: Leana Mason, Sociology: "Jab Jab in Grenada: A Cultural Production of Anti-Colonial Resistance"
• 2–2:20 p.m.: Marco Pomini, History of Art: "Imagining Mediterranean Conflicts from the Colonial Andes"
• 2:30–2:50 p.m.: Maria Haro, Sociology: "The Political Economy of Chinese Investments in Argentina and Brazil: The Energy Sector"
• 3–3:20 p.m.: Isabel Plakas, School of Nursing: "La Sala: Mexicali, Mexico | Experience with a Safe Consumption Site Among Women Who Use Drugs"