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BIRTH WARS is a 12-year project consisting of an award-winning documentary and newly released book that depicts the power struggle and cultural divide between traditional/professional midwives and the medical establishment in Mexico. Filmmaker Janet...

Join us for a research talk by Laura Fahrenkrog, Harvard-UAI Visiting Scholar and Associate Professor of History at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Labor history offers a powerful lens for understanding Indigenous musicians’ practices in early modern Latin...

Join us for a presentation by Sebastian Gallegos, Harvard-UAI Visiting Researcher. This study presents, for the first time, evidence on educational mobility across three adjacent generations in six Latin American countries. The results indicate that...

Why Brazil? Why Harvard? And what can we build together? Join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Harvard Brazil Office during this special Worldwide Week event. The program will begin with a screening of a short anniversary video, followed by a...

Please join us as we celebrate the opening of An Introduction to Van Lévé. Sovereign Visions from the Creole and Maroon Caribbean and Amazonia: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane & and Haiti: 2001-Now, curated by Claire Tancons. Explore an intergenerational...

Indigenous musicians played a central role in the communities of the Pueblos de Indios of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Historical documents often referred to them as “Indios cantores,” a term that encompassed a diverse group of individuals whose identities...

Taco is a deep dive into the most iconic Mexican food from the perspective of a Mexico City native. In a narrative that moves from Mexico to the United States and back, Sánchez Prado discusses the definition of the taco, the question of the tortilla and...

This one-day conference will convene judges, litigators, and scholars from Africa, Europe, and Latin America for a comparative examination of the evolving relationship between climate change, the right to health, and judicial enforcement. Please join us...

Learn more about Día de Muertos, one of Mexico’s most meaningful cultural traditions and a national symbol of remembrance and connection with departed loved ones. The event will feature a live mariachi performance and traditional folk dance at 2:00 p.m...

Coming on the heels of the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting, the 50th and 52nd President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández , will share his thoughts on the state of democracy and democratic governance in Latin America, and the...