Latin American and Latino Studies
Latin American and Latino Studies
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LASP SPRING 2026 COURSES
ANTH 216 - Cultures of Migration // ANTH 321 - Human Rights in Latin America // COMM 272 - Intercultural Communication // GLST 101 - Introduction to Global Studies // GLST 370 - Internship in Global Studies // HIST 210 - Introduction to Latin American History // HIST 356 - Mexican History-Ancient to Modern Times // HIST 389N - Anti-Immigrant Politics in U.S. History // HONR 208B - Encountering Latin America and the Caribbean // SOCL 122 - Race and Ethnic Relations // SPAN 272 - Introduction to Spanish American Literature and Culture // SPAN 389 - Latin American Short Story
Exhibition
Flor Flores: mirror moment
Flor Flores Artist Walk-Through: Thursday, November 6, 6:00p.m. - 8:00p.m. Exhibition open from October 16 to November 22 Ralph Arnold Gallery.
Flor Flores: mirror moment is an exhibition of new and recent works by transdisciplinary artist and poet Flor Flores. The artist鈥檚 process of creating these paintings, drawings, sculptures, poems, and textile-based installations centers on a caring and poetic channeling of Kiki, a butterfly. The artist has recently lifted divisions previously existing between the multiple artforms, noting this was possible after 鈥淜iki showed me the way鈥�. Folding, holding, flapping, flitting, touching, and shifting are actions Flor has learned from the butterfly, creating a new playground for experimentation and transformation with their own shifting body and identities. RSVP for a walk-through of the exhibition with artist Flor Flores on November 6 at Ralph Arnold Gallery.
Monday, November 10, 6-7:30 pm Damen Student Center Theater
A Brazilian documentary called "Saudades do Rio Doce (Missing Rio Doce)" will be shown at Loyola as part of a larger MOSTRA: Brazilian Films in Chicago festival. The film focuses on community organizing in the aftermath of the Mariana dam disaster in Brazil in 2015. This was by far the largest environmental disaster in Brazil's history, and one of the most severe mining dam disasters in the world. It impacted almost a million people downstream from the dam, including indigenous communities, communities of people descended from runaway slaves, and small-scale farmers and fishers, and caused likely irreparable environmental harm, much of which continues today. // DATE: November 10th (Monday) // VENUE: Loyola University Damen Student Center Theater, 6511 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60626 // 5:30 PM 鈥� Refreshments // 6:00 PM 鈥� Short Film: 鈥淐orrenteza鈥� // 6:15 PM 鈥� Feature Film: 鈥淪audades do Rio Doce鈥� (Missing Rio Doce) 鈥� Documentary, Director: Claudia Neubern // 7:30 PM 鈥� Q&A with Prof. Ben Penglase (Anthropology Professor & MOSTRA Curator)
The 12th annual Lit & Luz Festival of Language,Literature, and Art鈥攁s featured in, WBEZ鈥檚 Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons, Chicago Review of Books, Block Club Chicago, and more鈥攖akes place November 9 to November 14, 2025. This one-of-a-kind cross-cultural, bilingual festival brings together writers, poets, and visual artists from Mexico and Chicago for a week-long series of public programming at venues throughout Chicago. This year鈥檚 festival鈥攗nder the theme of 鈥淩epair/Reparar鈥濃�攁sk writers, poets, and artists from Chicago and Mexico to look critically at their surrounding realities in need of repair. Through artistic creation and collaboration, Lit & Luz Chicago will explore and promote the many ways creative acts make an impact and offer new perspectives on what it takes to face and reimagine our shared realities.