Iana Alves de Lima, CLACS Visiting Scholar, looks at patronage, staffing a government with associates of elected leaders, which has long been seen as a problem to be overcome. But what if ties between the government and administrators are not necessarily a bad thing?
Carmen Muñoz, from the U.S. Department of State (and a former CLACS undergraduate volunteer), reflects on the often-overlooked era In the 1970s, when President Jimmy Carter tried to change U.S. foreign policy, both globally and in the Americas, emphasizing human rights and development.
Angela Pastorelli-Sosa, a CLACS Graduate Affiliate in 2022-23, examines the history of the turbulent relationship between Puerto Rico and the U.S. federal government.
Dennis Best, a CLACS Graduate Affiliate in 2022-23, talks about his work in reconceptualizing fire and relating it to his heritage.
Patricia de Nóbrega Gomes, a CLACS Graduate Affiliate, is researching the late Macuxi Jaider Esbell did not consider himself an artist; instead, he considered his work “artivism.”
Elizabeth Farnsworth, Patricio Lanfranco, and Maria Jose Calderón mark the 50th anniversary of the violent coup which overthrew the democratically elected government of President Salvador Allende in Chile with this interview of a helicopter crewman and witness from Chile's armed forces of the aftermath of the 1973 coup.
Elizabeth Farnsworth, Patricio Lanfranco y María José Calderón conmemoran el 50 aniversario del violento golpe que derrocó al gobierno democráticamente elegido del presidente Salvador Allende en Chile con esta entrevista a un tripulante de helicóptero y testigo de las fuerzas armadas de Chile de las secuelas del golpe de 1973.
Elizabeth Farnsworth, Patricio Lanfranco, and María José Calderón examine the legacy of Chile's Pinochet coup after 50 years, interviewing a witness to the ensuing violence.
Elizabeth Farnsworth, Patricio Lanfranco y María José Calderón examinan el legado del golpe de Pinochet en Chile después de 50 años y entrevistan a un testigo de la violencia que siguió.
Yessica Porras shares some of her research on the use of paper reliquaries in the religious practices of nuns in Nueva Granada/Colombia during the colonial era.
