The Water Defenders: how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed (Beacon Press, 2021) by Robin Broad and John Cavanaugh is the winner of the 2021 Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America. Broad and Cavanagh will accept the award during the ceremony and talk about their work.

This talk will focus on Indigenous art works in the 21st century, especially music, in the context of contemporary Brazil's Indigenous struggle.

The film is a part of Amazon Film Series. Prof. Maria Fantinato will serve as a discussant for the film.

Join Piotr Plewa (Duke) for a conversation with Giovanni Lepri, the UN Refugee Agency's Representative in Mexico, on Haitian migration.

Potential applicants are invited to a virtual FLAS Fellowship information session at 12 p.m. (EST) on Friday, January 14, 2022 .

Join Emilia Chiscop Head and Kelsey Smith for a virtual roundtable on issues of replication and reproducibility in the Humanities.

Documentary about the reconstruction attempts in Haiti following the earthquake of 12 January 2010. Focusing upon Denis O'Brien's beacon rebuilding project, the Iron Market.

Screenings of the following 2 films.

1) Heat (Quentura, Brazil, 2018, 36 min.), Dir. Mari Corrêa

2) Yarang Mamin (Brazil, 2019, 21 min.), Dir. Kamatxi Ikpeng

Join three key Latin American LGBTIQ+ policymakers as they discuss LGBTIQ+ rights in Latin America. Alberto de Belaunde , the first openly gay, Peruvian congressman, Tamara Adrián , the first transgender person elected to office in Venezuela, and Sandra Morán , the first lesbian elected to Guatemala’s legislature, will highlight the main initiatives to address inequality and advocate for sexual and gender minorities' rights.

Join world-renowned chef José Andrés on an exploration of the most unknown island in the Caribbean, Haiti.