Dr. Lisa Pawloski, professor of anthropology and Associate Dean for international programs, will deliver a talk titled "Nutrition and Health in Nicaragua and Cuba: An Anthropologist’s Perspective." Find more details on upcoming events on the LALCS calendar.
Dr. Michael Steinberg, professor in the Department of Geography and New College, will deliver a talk titled "Mangroves and Fishery Conservation in Belize." Find more details on upcoming events on the LALCS calendar.
Dr. Jenny Shaw, associate professor of history, will deliver a talk titled "The Women of Rendezvous: Writing Histories of Family and Slavery in Seventeenth Century Barbados." Find more details on upcoming events on the LALCS calendar.
Archaeologist Dr. Elliot Blair of UA Anthropology join us for the opening event of the LACLS Faculty Speaker Series of fall 2023. His talk is titled "The Search for Santa Clara de Tupiqui: The Archaeology of a 17th-Century Spanish Mission on the Georgia Coast."
Dr. Cassander Smith of UA English will join us for the second event in the fall 2023 LACLS Speaker Series. Her talk is titled "Black Legend Rhetoric at the Borders of West Africa and the Caribbean in the 16th Century."
Dr. Briana Royster of UA Gender & Race Studies will join us for the third event of the fall 2023 LACLS Faculty Speaker Series. Her talk is titled "'The Woman Century, All Over the World': Black Women and Missionary Work in British and Dutch Guiana, 1900-1950."
Dr. David Tézil of UA Modern Languages and Classics will speak on "Sociolinguistic challenges and new perspectives on determining French speakers in Creole communities: the case of Haiti." Snacks will be served, and space may be limited.
Dr. Nikhil Bilwakesh of UA English will speak on his work treating "Pills of Powdered Nutmeg in the Americas." Snacks be be served, and space may be limited.
Dr. Luciana Giorgio Cosenzo of UA Social Work will speak on "Advancing Health Equity among Latinos/as through Promoting Sleep Health." Snacks will be served, and space may be limited.