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PLAS Spring 2023 Courses

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LAS 302 HISTORY, MEMORY AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN LATIN AMERICA
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LAS 307 /POL 373 POOR PEOPLES’ POLITICS IN LATIN AMERICA
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LAS 308 /THR 370 /AMS 298 /LAO 308 MEDIATED LIVES: CARIBBEAN AND LATINA WOMEN REWRITING HISTORY AND THEATER
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LAS 422 /POL 462 DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP

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2/8 PLAS Lunch Talk | Catalina Muñoz 'Historias para lo que viene: Podcasting for Social Justice in Colombia'
Jan. 30, 2023
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Introducing the Spring 2023 PLAS Visiting Fellows
Jan. 25, 2023
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Jan. 20, 2023
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Appointment of Professor Lorgia García Peña, Latinx and Latin Americanist scholar
Dec. 12, 2022
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