The Southern Cone: A Different Face of the Americas
2005 Consortium in Latin American Studies K-12 and Community College Workshop
April 29: 8:00am - 4:30pm and April 30: 8:30am - 1:00pm
Sonya Hanes Stone Center, UNC-CH campus

2006 Summer Research Fellowship for College Teachers
The Carolina and Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies announces its third annual competition for Summer Research Fellowships for the summer of 2006. With Title VI funds from the US Department of Education, the Consortium will award at least two fellowships of up to $1,000 each to faculty from four-year colleges and HBCUs to use the Duke and UNC-CH libraries and other campus resources. Click to download application information and an application form (PDF).

The Latin American Studies Regional Listserv
ISA maintains a listserv to foster communication among Latin-Americanist faculty members at colleges and universities throughout the Southeast and Middle Atlantic States. Join the Regional Listserv

College Teacher Workshop (1992-2001)

Each summer the Duke-UNC Program offered its summer workshop on "Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Culture and Civilization of Latin America." Participants from four-year and community colleges in the mid-South and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington, DC) were accepted into the program, and special efforts were made to recruit participants from historically black colleges and universities. The two-week workshop focused on developing interdisciplinary courses on Latin American culture and civilization and integrating Latin American material into pre-existing courses in history, political science, international relations, literature, and the humanities, with daily lectures and seminars by Duke and UNC core Latin Americanist faculty from a variety of disciplines. These faculty members served as mentors/instructors and assisted with introducing workshop participants to Duke and UNC facilities. Participants were especially encouraged to use the Latin American collections in the Duke and UNC libraries, and each participant was given the opportunity to pursue his or her own research. Additional activities, such as Latin American film presentations, visits to the Duke Museum, and informal evening discussions were also organized.

Since 1992 when this program began, over 90 faculty members have attended this workshop from several universities in the mid-South and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

The Program's Outreach Director maintains contact with the college instructors by including them on the Program's permanent mailing list to receive newsletters and calendars of events. We encourage them to make use of the Program's extensive video collection to organize film series at their schools, and to incorporate films and other materials into their classes when appropriate, and often offer advice on planning individual events on their campuses. Many of the college instructors have also served as important contacts and resources in the planning of previous workshops for public school teachers and acted as guest speakers in local schools.