ISA Highlights
Accomplishments
ISA Director Louis Perez elected Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Learn more.
Assistant Director Hannah Gill was recognized with the Robert E. Bryan Award for Public Service for her global service learning course "Latin American Immigrant Perspectives."
Hecho a Mano: Book Arts of Latin America
Nearly 100 handmade books from Cuba, Mexico, and Argentina will be on exhibit at UNC's Wilson Library July 14 through Sept. 30. Learn more.
The United States and Cuba - Rethinking Reengagement, Sep 25-27, 2008, UNC-CH
The Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA) is pleased to announce the receipt of a grant from the Christopher Reynolds Foundations for the purpose of organizing and hosting a conference at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on the theme, “The United States and Cuba: Rethinking Reengagement.” The conference is conceived around the imperative of advocacy, to advance the logic of a new national debate leading ultimately to the normalization of relations between the United States and Cuba. Learn more.
The Measure of a Revolution: Cuba, 1959-2009, May 7-9 2009, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA
The Cuban Revolution was one of the most important hemispheric events of the twentieth century, with both a regional and a global impact; and the country had to re-imagine itself. The conference, “The Measure of a Revolution: Cuba, 1959-2009”, will assess the Cuban Revolution on its 50th Anniversary through a variety of lenses: international relations, culture, gender, the economy, environment, sexuality, politics, migration, race, education, health and religion. Learn more. Call for Papers.
