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There are important limitations to what education can do to reduce inequality and poverty within a reasonable time frame. Education is a long term investment and it takes half a century to qualify the entire labor force. Primary and secondary education have small effects on inequality, even in a highly optimistic scenario.
An International Conference | October 17-18, 2019 - Princeton researchers will gather with Brazilian scientists, policymakers, environmental leaders, business innovators and social entrepreneurs for the international conference “Amazonian Leapfrogging: Long-term Vision for Safeguarding the Amazon for Brazil and the Planet”
On September 24th, the Program of Latin American Studies held a welcome reception to start the 2019-2020 academic year. During the reception, we introduced our new Visiting Scholars, Postgraduate Fellows, and Graduate Fellows.
Women in the arts across Argentina are protesting as an organized entity, through the group Nosotras Proponemos (We Propose), demanding gender parity in the art world. Out of the 47 major exhibits at the National Museum of Fine Arts in the last five years, only two starred female artists. The National Prize of Honor has had 92 male winners as...
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Events
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Undergraduate Latin American Studies Workshop
Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 12:30 pm -
Marcelo Medeiros: Education is No Panacea: Inequality and Poverty in Brazil
Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 12:00 pm -
Undergraduate Latin American Studies Workshop
Thu, Nov 7, 2019, 12:30 pm -
El Camino de Arriba y el Camino de Abajo: Life on the Road in the South-Central Andes
Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 12:00 pm -
Undergraduate Latin American Studies Workshop
Thu, Nov 21, 2019, 12:30 pm -
Undergraduate Latin American Studies Workshop
Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 12:30 pm
Co-Sponsored
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Brazil LAB Presents: Amazonian Leapfrogging: Long-term Vision for Safeguarding the Amazon for Brazil and the Planet
Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm -
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop Series
Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 4:30 pm -
The Poetics of an Amazonian World: Flutes, Spells, Necklaces, and Manioc
Thu, Nov 7, 2019, 4:30 pm -
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop Series
Thu, Nov 14, 2019, 4:30 pm -
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop Series
Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 4:30 pm -
On Brazilian Authoritarianism: A Book Forum with Lilia Schwarcz
Thu, Nov 21, 2019, 4:30 pm -
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop Series
Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 4:30 pm
Courses
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LAS 224 / ART 224 / ANT 394 - ARCHAEOLOGY OF SOUTH AMERICA
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LAS 324 / URB 324 / SOC 314 - THE URBAN REVOLUTION IN LATIN AMERICA
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LAS 396 / SPA 396 - POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND "DIRTY WARS" IN 20TH CENTURY LATIN AMERICA
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