Mrs. Nora Cortiñas is one of the founding members of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Línea Fundadora (Argentina). Since 1977, this activist group has been protesting their childrens' disappearances during a military dictatorship. The Madres are famous around the world for meeting every Thursday in the central space for Argentine civil engagement, the Plaza de Mayo, where…

Please join MLC in supporting Spanish Linguistics PhD candidate, Claudia Martínez, as she competes in the 3MT (3 Minute Thesis) competition finals. Ms. Martínez's talk is "Improving Spanish Pronunciation Through Monitoring".

The final screening for this semester's LACLS Film Series is upon us! This week, we will be showing the film NN by Peruvian filmmaker Héctor Galvéz from 2014. Continuing with this year's theme of dictatorships, democracy, transition, and justice, the film follows the work of forensic anthropologists as they attempt to identify bodies uncovered 20 years after…