Latin American Studies at the University of British Columbia. Follow us for news and events about Latin America in the Lower Mainland.
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6 May 2024
Estamos muy felices de haber podido mandar un grupo de estudiantes de @UBCGoGlobal a la @UFrontera Gracias por tenernos! humanidades.ufro.cl/2024/05/…
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18 Mar 2024
Join us and the @ubcfilmsociety for a Latin American film festival. Tomorrow they are showing La Vendedora Rosa from Colombia. More movies this week and next. @VLACC_CA @UBC_Arts
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7 Mar 2024
Come check out these two great films tonight at the Norm @UBC @ubcfilmsociety @ConsuladoMexVan Güeros and Cerulia. Show starts 6pm. I think there might be free popcorn. All are welcome.
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6 Mar 2024
Looking forward to this film screening today at 4pm!
4 Mar 2024
On Wednesday, @ubclas and @ubcfilmsociety present a screening of "Ampe: Leap into the Sky, Black Girl," followed by a discussion with the filmmakers and UBC Arts profs Dr. @Crystallynnweb (@UBC_History) and Dr. Kimberly Bain (@ubc_english).
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1 Mar 2024
On March 6, join @ubclas, @ubcfilmsociety and @UBC_Arts for a screening of "Ampe: Leaping into the Sky, Black Girl," followed by a discussion with the filmmakers as well as Dr. @Crystallynnweb (History) and Dr. Kim Bain (@ubc_english).
Details in link!
las.arts.ubc.ca/events/event…
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26 Feb 2024
Join us for a film screening on Thursday at @UBCRobsonSquare for two @thenfb films as part of Black History Month. @UBC_PH @UBC_History @UBC_Arts @ubclas Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia (1992) and Journey to Justice (2000). Free admission. All are welcome.
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13 Feb 2024
On Feb 29, join @ubcLAS for a free screening of short films by Black Canadian filmmakers as part of Black History Month, followed by a discussion with Dr Crystal Webster. Co-sponsored by @TheNFB, @UBCFilmSociety, @UBC_History, @cinema_thinks, and @UBC_PH. publichumanities.ubc.ca/even…
ALT Stills from the documentary JOURNEY TO JUSTICE by Roger McTair featuring an interviewee, editor Jack White, speaking in a studio setting and an archival portrait photo of a young man in uniform, above details of the Black History Month film screening taking place February 29 at Robson Square, organized by UBC Latin American Studies
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11 Feb 2024
Our program would like share a recently-drafted statement of principles for the LAS program. These principles guide our course planning, our teaching and research, our commitment to our students, and our engagement with Latin America. las.arts.ubc.ca/statement-of… @UBC_Arts @UBC
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30 Jan 2024
Reminder about film screening on Thursday to kick off Black History Month. @ubcfilmsociety @UBC_History @ArturoVictoria4 @UBC_Arts @thenfb events.nfb.ca/events/black-h…
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23 Jan 2024
Celebrate Black History Month and Black excellence with contemporary and historical films by Black directors. The first event is taking place next Thursday, February 1 at the Norm Theatre in the UBC Life Building. @thenfb @UBC_Arts @ubcfilmsociety @UBC_History @UBC_PH @FilmUBC
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25 Jan 2024
As we look towards February, here is a great article about Black directors and their work with the National Film Board. blog.nfb.ca/blog/2024/01/25/…
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23 Jan 2024
Celebrate Black History Month and Black excellence with contemporary and historical films by Black directors. The first event is taking place next Thursday, February 1 at the Norm Theatre in the UBC Life Building. @thenfb @UBC_Arts @ubcfilmsociety @UBC_History @UBC_PH @FilmUBC
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12 Dec 2023
LAS-affiliated @ArturoVictoria4 and his great interview about teaching Dominican literature, Caribbean Studies, and Latin American Studies. ubyssey.ca/features/ramon-ar…
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8 Nov 2023
Looking forward to welcoming @SharikaCrawfo17 @UBC_History @UBC_Arts @UBCMigration for her talk on Nov. 23. From North End to Pañatown on Anglo-Caribbean migration to the Colombian Island of San Andrés, 1953 -1972. Please RSVP here: history.ubc.ca/events/event/…
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17 Oct 2023
We are co-sponsoring a large workshop with @AlaicaAleksa and @CLAAS_CA. Oct 27-28 @ubc. With financial support from @WennerGrenOrg and UBC VPRI. Check out conference website: claas-canada.com/index.php/p…
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26 Sep 2023
Join the Latin American Landscapes Cluster and @UBC_FHIS for a talk this Wednesday. Daniel Balderston: “Borges as Itinerant Lecturer: The Landscapes of His Talks from 1949 to 1955.” September 27, 2013, 3-4:30pm. FHIS Seminar Room, 7th Floor, Buchanan Tower
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13 Sep 2023
Thanks everybody for joining us last night. On Saturday, we are continuing the discussions of Chile. All are welcome. eventbrite.ca/e/indigenous-p…
13 Sep 2023
We organized a film screening @ubclas last night. 1972 Canadian documentary of Allende in collaboration with @thenfb. @vergara_angela, I thought you might appreciate the candid footage of Allende, his discussions of labour and of the #revolución nfb.ca/film/salvador-allende…
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13 Sep 2023
This book about Chilean-Canadian connections following the coup was just published, and it came up yesterday in our film screening. en.novalis.ca/products/canad…
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11 Sep 2023
Today as we mark the 50th anniversary of a terrible day in Chile and the start of the 27-year dictatorship, UBC LAS wants to remind everybody of two events we are co-organizing this week. 2 of 2.
25 Aug 2023
Join us for a workshop at SFU Harbour Centre that revisits the legacies of the military coup in Chile 50 years ago. Talks by Elisa Loncon Antileo, Fernando Pairican Padilla, and Johnny Mack. eventbrite.ca/e/indigenous-p…
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