Latin American Studies – Carleton College

The Latin American Studies (LTAM) program seeks to expand awareness and understanding of Latin American societies, cultures, and experiences in the Carleton community. We offer courses, as well as both a major and a minor, that provide students with an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach with which to examine issues of politics, economic development, ethnicity, gender, religion, and cultural expression in Latin America.

The program sponsors lectures and other events that are open to the public and provides informal opportunities for students with interests in Latin America to interact with each other and program faculty. For more information, please reach out to LTAM director Constanza Ocampo-Raeder or student departmental advisor Mitch Porter.

FORO Latinoamericano

Each year, students, faculty and alumni of the Latin American Studies program convene to share in an academic experience that brings to the fore and to campus a major topic, event, and country of Latin America. Originally designed as a capstone experience for the students of the program, we have expanded the Foro to include our alumni and the program’s entire faculty in order to give it a truly communal sense. The Foro will also provide the Carleton community at large with the opportunity to participate in a major event involving Latin America.

Events

Listen & Learn

Sarah Kennedy recently joined Latin American Studies as a new assistant professor. Her research explores forced labor, identity, and foodways in colonial Peru. She teaches courses on archaeology methods, Andean empires, and ancient food in Latin America. Students regularly join her digs and learn excavation, mapping, and laboratory skills. Email her to join future projects.