Welcome
CLACS is a National Resource Center in consortium with the University of Chicago 
The Lemann Institute of Brazilian Studies will to be launched in the Center for Latin American and Caribbean during Spring 2009.
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We offer Master's and Bachelor's degrees as well as undergraduate and graduate minors, in Latin American Studies. The Center itself has also offered instruction in Quechua, the most widely-spoken Native American Language, for more than 20 years.
A mong our many activities, we attract speakers and visiting scholars from Latin Americaand the Caribbean; organize cultural and educational activities; and sponsor travel and field research .Through colleges and departments across the campus, we seek to support and enlarge an interdisciplinary faculty who maintain an active research agenda and teach courses on Latin American subjects. We support faculty and graduate student research , travel, and dissemination of research results.
We promote the presentation of Latin American art, literature, music,
and scholarly research to the larger community through exhibits, performances, and lectures. We also assist the Latin American and Caribbean Library collection at the University Library in purchasing teaching and research materials.
Finally, we sponsor conferences, symposia, colloquia, the Latin American Film Festival and Outreach programs on current affairs and other matters of scholarly and general interest.
Photo Album
The new CLACS Photo Album, which includes photos of our CLACS Reception, brown bags, and Spanish Time.