Multiple professors associated with the Center for Latin American Studies presented at the 40th virtual International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association from May 5-8, 2022.
John McNeill, distinguished university professor in the School of Foreign Service, co-edited Sea and Land: An Environmental History of the Caribbean, recently published by Oxford University Press.
Bryan McCann, professor and chair in the Department of History at Georgetown College, co-edited From Sea-Bathing to Beach-Going: A Social History of the Beach on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, recently published by University of New Mexico Press.
Patricia Biermayr-Jenzano, adjunct professor in the Center for Latin American Studies, was recently interviewed by the Global Food Security and Interdisciplinary Research Centre at the University of Cambridge about her work with rural women in Latin America.
Mike Amezcua, assistant professor in the Department of History at Georgetown College, published a book titled Making Mexican Chicago, which tells the story of Chicago as it was built by its Mexican and Mexican-American population.
Katharine Donato, director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration, contributed to a paper in the Harvard Data Science Review on the changing dynamics of misinformation about COVID-19 and the reception of Venezuelan migrants returning home amidst an ongoing refugee crisis.
In 2022, Georgetown University's Collaborative on Global Children's Issues and the Institute for the Study of International Migration will co-convene a series to bring a child-focused and solutions-oriented lens to the dynamic landscape of immigration.
Ricardo Ernst, Baratta Chair in Global Business in the McDonough School of Business, co-published From Me to We: How Shared Value Can Turn Companies Into Engines of Change, which discusses shared value within the context of business and society, competitiveness, and globalization.
The Center for the Advancement of the Rule of Law in the Americas published its first policy brief on potential alternatives to international investment reform and mechanisms through which public officials can implement reforms to the existing international investment law regime.
