Through the study of cultures, societies, and history of the Latin American region and Latin diaspora, the interdisciplinary minor in Latin American Studies (LAS) helps students develop: global ...

Historical, cultural, economic and political relations between the Americas have made Latin American studies an important field of inquiry for numerous disciplines. The number of Hispanic people in ...

The Latinx and Latin American Studies minor provides students with interdisciplinary perspectives for understanding the social, economic and political realities that shape and connect Latinx and Latin ...

Longtime Bowdoin history professor Allen Wells recasts the recent history of Latin America as a battle of democracy vs. dictatorship, rather than left vs. right. “When we think of Latin America, the ...

Historian Alexander Avina joins WIRED to answers the internet's burning questions about the modern history of Latin America. Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey Director of Photography: Ben Dewey Editor: ...

If you think Latin American history starts with Christopher Columbus, John Leguizamo would like to have a word. He points out there were great empires and civilizations during the thousands of years ...

Among the flurry of executive orders that Donald Trump issued on the first day of his return to office was a peculiar one: to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Claiming to ...

John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons is a one-man stage show written and performed by Leguizamo himself! It’s a hilarious and educational exploration of 3,000 years of Latin American history ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World. The “Visscher Map of the New World” including North and South America, 1658. A ...

Many US states and cities have renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day. But wrestling over the explorer’s legacy has a longer – and even more fraught – history in Latin America.