Latest Past Events

Tertulia with Marisol Ramos, “Cosmopolitanism and Feminism in Puerto Rico”

Girvetz 2320

Congratulations to Dr. Marisol Ramos (Library) for defending her PhD thesis “La nación del porvenir: La literatura fundacional cosmopolita de Alejandro Tapia (1823-1882)” at the University of Connecticut. Her dissertation will be the subject of our next tertulia on May 20th from 12-1:30 pm in Girvetz 2320.

Tertulia with Federico Finchelstein: The History and Politics of Wannabe Fascism

HSSB 4020

LAIS is pleased to invite the campus community to a tertulia with Professor Federico Finchelstein. In this talk, Professor Finchelstein will discuss his latest book,  The Wannabe Fascists: A Guide to Understanding the Greatest Threat to Democracy  (University of California Press, 2024), where he maintains that Trumpism and similar movements across the world belong to a […]

LAIS Welcome Back Lunch / Tertulia

McCune Conference Room HSSB 6020

Khipu, and Andean Instrument of Management, Memory and Power with Dr. Lydia Fossa In our first tertulia of the year, Peruvian researcher Lydia Fossa will discuss her most recent findings on khipus, the famed bunches of colored cords dotted with knots used by the Inkas, revealing them as instruments of management, memory and power. Was […]