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University celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month during pandemic, ahead of the 2020 census

Adriana Perez | Wednesday, September 23, 2020

In the midst of a pandemic that has disproportionately affected Latino communities and in light of the upcoming census and general election, Notre Dame’s celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month offers opportunities to celebrate the more than 1,000 University undergraduates who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino. Sept. 15 marked the beginning of this year’s Hispanic

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Professors examine Latin American democratization in new book

Matthew McKenna | Thursday, December 4, 2014

The book “Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America: Emergence, Survival and Fall,” co-authored by Scott Mainwaring, professor of comparative politics, and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, associate professor of political science at the University of Pittsburg and Notre Dame graduate, recently won two major book awards in the area of comparative politics: the American Political Science Association’s Comparative

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Musicologist traces representation of Africans in the villancico form

J.P. Gschwind | Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Northwestern University professor of musicology Drew Edward Davies analyzed villancicos, which are traditional liturgical poems and hymns popular from the 15th to 18th centuries in Spain and Latin America, and their portrayal of African figures and culture at the Hesburgh Center for International Studies on Tuesday afternoon. The Kellogg Institute sponsored Davies’ lecture, entitled “Africa and Africans

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Venezuelan educator receives public service prize

Kayla Mullen | Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Music educator José Antonio Abreu received the final Notre Dame Prize for Distinguished Public Service in Latin America. Abreu was awarded the prize on Sept. 22 at a private on-campus ceremony. The award spotlights those who have made a large impact in the lives of citizens of Latin America, Paolo G. Carozza, director of the Helen

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Lecturer critiques ‘most violent region’

Alyssa Lyon | Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Rafael Fernandez de Castro Medina, head of the department of international studies at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and former foreign policy advisor to former Mexican president Felipe Calderon, examined Latin America as a hotspot of increasing violence and crime in a lecture Tuesday. In his presentation, entitled “The World’s Most Violent Region: Causes

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Scholar analyzes Latin American constitutions

Clare Kossler | Thursday, September 4, 2014

Debates regarding the Constitution are commonplace in America, and not just in the United States. In a lecture Thursday titled “The Politics of Constitutional Change in Latin America,” Gabriel L. Negretto, associate professor of political studies at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE) in Mexico City, said constitutional discussions occupy a central place

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Lecturer analyzes Latin American economy

Gabriela Malespin | Tuesday, April 22, 2014

José Miguel Insulza, secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) presented a lecture titled “Growth, Inequality and Democracy in the Americas” at the Institute for Educational Initiatives on Tuesday. Insulza, one of Chile’s longest serving public ministers, addressed the current economic growth of Latin America and what it signifies for the implementation of