POSTPONED: Latin America and the U.S.: New Steps, Old Routes
press release: Dear LACIS Community (including faculty, staff, students, and community supporters)...
It is very likely that you have already heard about UW-Madison's decision to suspend all classes and UW activities through April 10. Despite our need to cancel several upcoming events, our office and much of campus will remain open although hours may be limited from time-to-time.
Like the rest of campus, we value the health of our community; this is our top priority.
For now, we are postponing to the fall all of our weekly lunchtime lectures through April 14th, as well as our conference on migration which was scheduled for April 27th and 28th.
1. We plan to upload links to supplementary online lectures, articles, etc. for those of you who would like to continue learning about Latin America, Caribbean and Iberian World. If you are currently enrolled in LACIS 440 as part of our weekly lecture series, you will be working with these supplementary materials, and also receiving additional communication from Alberto Vargas and Kata Beilin.
2. Regarding the conference, we are tentatively planning to reschedule it for early October and will share information HERE as we firm up plans.
You may be interested to learn more about how the Coronavirus is impacting Latin America and the Caribbean. Please read THIS article for more information.
If you are a LACIS student and have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to Sarah Ripp (skripp@wisc.edu) or Alberto Vargas (avargasp.wisc.edu). If you have general advising questions as we navigate through this unusual time, please know we are available to assist you.
In the meantime, we wish everyone good health and the very best.
Millions of people every year are forcibly displaced from their homes. Because of the extent of the phenomenon throughout the Americas today, migration is seen by politicians and lawmakers as a problem that needs regulation and control. This symposium examines human stories of displacement and the histories, relationships, and interests underlying the politicization of migration in the Americas.
Panelists will examine what makes migration unique in regions throughout Central, North and South America. They will provide historical, political and socio-cultural analysis to examine the contexts of immigration in these regions. In particular, we will focus on:
- The current refugee crisis in Central America, and Venezuela;
- the experiences of migrant women and children detained in U.S. detention centers;
- migration and labor in the Midwest;
- and what U.S. immigration reform might look like in the future.
Driven by violence, migration faces militarization and criminalization, which is accompanied by social dispossession of indigenous and poor communities, transnational capital involvement, and results in the shifting of sexual and gender relations.
April 27, 9:30am-4pm, and April 28, 9am-6:45pm, The Pyle Center
Registration for this event is required and can be found on our website https://lacis.wisc.