51ÁÔÆæ

Since 2007, CLACS, together with UW-Whitewater and UW-Madison, has offered a three-day summer institute, drawing a wide community of teachers from different subject areas and teaching levels.

Upcoming Institutes

• 2026 Summer Teacher Institute: Contemporary Religious Life in Latin America and the Caribbean

  The Orisha Yemayá, in a mural detail by Dominican artist Said Musa UW-Milwaukee's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), along with UW-Madison's Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (LACIS) and Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), and Florida International University's Kimberly Green Latin America and Caribbean Center (LACC) are pleased to present …

Recent Past Institutes

• 2025 Summer Teacher Institute: Reflections and Resources on Childhood and Youth in Latin America

  This July 7-9, 51ÁÔÆæ’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies welcomed 25 K-16 educators to campus for our annual Summer Teacher Institute, supported in part by a National Resource Center grant from the U.S. Department of Education and in partnership with sister centers at UW-Madison and Florida International University. Professor Velez shares his research …
• 2024 CLACS Summer Teacher Institute: Asian Diasporas in Latin America and the Caribbean

  Asian Diasporas in Latin America and the Caribbean Location:  UW-Milwaukee (in-person) July 22-24, 2024 This summer institute examines Asian migration to Latin America and the Caribbean since the mid-19th century, the experience of their descendants as well the emergence of more recent Asian communities in the region.  Presentations will explore the transnational labor demands which gave rise to …

Past Institutes

• 2023 – Sustainable by Design: Re-shaping the human landscape of Latin American cities
• 2022 – African-descended communities of Spanish America
• 2021 – Underreported News Stories from Latin America
• 2020 – Underreported Stories from Latin America
• 2019 – Society and Politics in Contemporary Central America
• 2018 – Race and Ethnicity in Latin America
• 2017 – Whither Cuba? Perspectives on Cuba in the 21st Century
• 2016 – Designs for Sustainability in Latin America
• 2015 – Essential Themes in Latin American History for Teaching World History
• 2014 – Sport and Society in Modern Latin America
• 2013 – Indigenous Movements in Contemporary Latin America