Archives: Announcements

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Professor Carieta Thomas Joins LACS!

LACS is delighted to welcome Professor Carieta Thomas to our affiliated faculty team! Carieta Thomas, a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, earned a doctoral degree in Sociology that connects her immigration law background with the sociology of carework. Her research uses intersectionality theory to compare how surveillance... More

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Professor Philip Kaisary on Donald Trump’s racist, anti-Haitian claims

Published in Lacuna Magazine, Professor Philip Kaisary’s piece titled “They’re eating the pets”: The deep history behind Trump’s racist, anti-Haitian lies” comments on Donald Trump’s recent false claim that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio have been eating the town’s pets. He situates these baseless claims in the long... More

Monday, February 7, 2022

Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore on Abortion in The Conversation

  Content Warning: the following text discusses abortion, miscarriage.  Drawing on her research in Latin America, Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore shares her observations and findings in The Conversation’s article entitled “In Latin America, not only abortions but miscarriages can lead to jail time.” The article highlights the inaccessibility and... More

Friday, September 10, 2021

Professor Adrian Harewood Joins LACS!

LACS is thrilled to welcome Professor Adrian Harewood to our affiliated faculty team! Award-winning CBC Ottawa anchor Adrian Harewood recently joined Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication. Professor Harewood's research focuses on the History of the Black Media/Press in Canada and the United States, Race and Diversity in... More

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Welcome On Board, Professor Candace Sobers!

LACS is excited to have Dr. Candace Sobers join our growing faculty team!   Dr. Sobers is Associate Professor at the Bachelor of Global and International Studies program. She is an historian of international history and modern international relations, specializing in twentieth century decolonization, movements of national liberation, and the... More

Monday, August 16, 2021

LACS Welcomes Dr. Marylynn Steckley to Our Faculty Team

LACS is delighted to announce that a new specialist in Latin American studies, Dr. Marylynn Steckley, has joined our incredible team of LACS-affiliated faculty!   Dr. Steckley teaches at the Bachelor of Global and International Studies program. She is a  Geographer by training, and her work is located broadly in the field of Political... More

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Congratulations to LACS MA Students on Their Excellent Research Presentations!

LACS is proud to announce that our first-year M.A. students Alexander Baillie, Bhreagh MacDonald, Ariel Mishkin, and Melissa Wilk presented their Master's research proposals on April 19th, 2021. Such an excellent, generative way to conclude the Winter term! Alexander Baillie (M.A. History with Specialization in LACS) Research Project: "Financial... More

Friday, March 12, 2021

Professor Mark Anderson Delivers Marston LaFrance Lecture on March 16, 2021

Each year, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Carleton University awards the Marston LaFrance Research Fellowship to one of its outstanding faculty members, in order to facilitate the completion of a major research project. Professor Mark Anderson, an affiliated faculty with Latin American and Caribbean Studies, is the winner of the... More

Monday, March 1, 2021

Professor Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Wins 2020 María Elena Martínez Prize for Best Book in Mexican History

LACS is delighted to announce that Professor Sonya Lipsett-Rivera has won the 2020 María Elena Martínez Prize in Mexican History for her book  The Origins of Macho: Men and Masculinity in Colonial Mexico (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2019). The prize is awarded by the Conference on Latin American History for the book or... More

Friday, November 20, 2020

A Warm Welcome to New LACS Faculty

The Latin American and Caribbean Studies program is delighted to announce that four (4) new specialists in Latin American studies have joined our ranks.  Their research and teaching will not only enrich our undergraduate and graduate programs, but it will also contribute to our intellectual community.  Please see below for a brief description of... More

Monday, October 12, 2020

Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore Announced as Recipient of CU Covid-19 Rapid Research Response Grant

In response to COVID-19, Carleton University swiftly developed an internal funding opportunity to provide seed funding for individuals or teams of researchers for original, innovative, and time-sensitive research to propose solutions to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, or to apply to external research grant competitions targeting the... More

Sunday, October 4, 2020

Launch of the LACS Masters Program

LACS is delighted to announce the launch of its collaborative Masters program.  Graduate students in affiliated departments now have the option of a LACS specialization while pursuing a Masters level degree in their home department.   The departments currently affiliated with the LACS MA specialization are Geography, History, International... More

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