UCLA Latin America Institute Podcasts: Recent Episodes
UCLA Latin America Institute Podcasts
Using an original survey instrument distributed online, this study evaluates and compares the social and health adaptations of LGBT+ people currently living in Mexico City to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Este webinario contará con ponencias de un grupo de académicos y activistas quienes analizarán los riesgos a los que se han enfrentado los trabajadores de la maquila durante la epidemia del COVID-19, debido a las ambigüedades legales que han existido en c
This webinar features new research on Mesoamerica by 3 teachers and 4 advanced students of the Nahuatl language. Presentations will be in Nahuatl, Spanish, and English or a combination of the 3 languages.
This webinar features new research on Mesoamerica by 3 teachers and 4 advanced students of the Nahuatl language. Presentations will be in Nahuatl, Spanish, and English or a combination of the 3 languages.
This panel offers three short presentations and discussions about COVID 19 and its impact in Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic from the perspectives of three scholars with years of experience in these contexts.
John Garrigus, Dept. of History, University of Texas, Arlington, “An epidemic that can only be stopped by the most violent remedy”: African ‘Poisons’ versus Animal Disease in Saint-Domingue, 1750-1788”
Comment - Stephen Bell, Depts. of History and Geo
In this roundtable, the first of an International Institute series on the global pandemic, a group of researchers, clinical practitioners, and journalists will discuss the epidemiological, public health, and political dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic i
Cuban writer Leonardo Padura and filmmaker, scriptwriter Lucia Lopez Coll discuss contemporary ideas of writing in Havana.
Got Cacao? A Brief Introduction to the deep history of chocolate in Mesoamerica and Central America by Kirsten Tripplett
Listen to a lecture by Dr. Una Canger Professor Emeritus at the University of Copenhagen.
Listen to a lecture by Professor Heidi Tinsman (UC Irvine) on her new book Buying into the Regime.
Listen to a presentation by clinicians and social scientists who explore the intersection between humanitarianism, medicine, and anthropology among communities in Latin America.
Listen to a presentation by clinicians and social scientists who explore the intersection between medicine, surgery and anthropology among communities in Brazil.
Listen to presentations by medical and social scientists, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and attorneys on community wellbeing and culture in Latin America.
Listen to presentations by surgeons and NGO administrators on health and culture in Latin America.
Presentation by Juan Carlos Ramírez-Pimienta, professor of Spanish at San Diego State University during the teacher workshop "Ballads without Borders: The Mexican Corrido Past and Present."
Listen to presentations by anthropologists and clinicians on health and culture in Latin America.
Torcuato Di Tella, an emeritus professor at the University of Buenos Aires and former Argentine Minister of Culture, lectured on Feb. 23 at UCLA.
Remarks by his Excellency Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Ambassador of Venezuela to the United States.
Former President of Peru, founder and President, Global Center for Development and Democracy, and Distinguished University Fellow, Stanford University speaks on Global Financial Crisis and the Fight Against Poverty.
Introduction by Professor Randal Johnson, Director of the Latin American Institute, April 3, 2009
Mara del Mar Logroo Carbona, Assistant Professor, History Department, Florida State University
The American pioneer of a powerhouse Brazilian television network tells his story at UCLA.