Social and Cultural Inclusion
Democratization and growth have contributed to more free, creative, and open societies across much of Latin America, but deep inequality and poor social services persist. Institute activities might include projects that highlight the inclusion challenges posed by governance and economic development, deeper collaboration with Jesuit universities in the region, and service and research trips for Georgetown faculty.
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Doctoral Students in Spanish Linguistics and Philosophy Chosen as Healy Fellows
Daniel Stewart (G’26), a doctoral student in Spanish linguistics, and Mariana Gomez (G’27), a first-generation Mexican American and doctoral student in philosophy, were two of five students awarded the Patrick Healy Graduate Fellowship at Georgetown.
Videos
Carrying New York City Through COVID-19: Undocumented Deliverance (Video)
April 25, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes
Innovating Protection for Children Along the Migratory Route and at the U.S.-Mexico Border (Video)
April 22, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes
Generations Making Mexican America (Video)
April 20, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes
Events
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Innovating Protection for Migrant and Asylum-Seeking Children and Youth in U.S. Communities
The number of young people fleeing high levels of violence, crime, natural disasters, food insecurity, and poverty and crossing the U.S.-Mexico border reached a 20-year high in the U.S. government’s fiscal year 2021 (October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021). This included a record number of children…
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Crossing Borders: Leaving Home, Making New Lives, Sustaining Communities
Challenges of migration shape our times. People facing lives of marginality mixed with violence leave homes for dangerous treks in search of new lives. They cross borders that governments seek to rule and regulate with limited success. Many aim to…
Latinx Voices from Law to Opera
In November 2021, the Georgetown Americas Institute awarded its first collaborative research and student fellow awards. Anna Deeny Morales, adjunct professor in the Center for Latin American Studies, and Ángel Gil-Ordoñez, director of the Georgetown…
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Department of Spanish and Portuguese Georgetown Unit
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is an academic department in the College offering doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs in language and cultural studies.
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