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CLACX supports research in areas of faculty interest, and will amplify the profile of Latinx Studies through new hires, and continuing the #SOMOSVU initiative on campus. The possibilities for pursuing new intersections are plentiful, given Vanderbilt\u2019s existing and growing strengths in (listed alphabetically):\u00a0 Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, and Puerto Rico. We are fortunate to draw on the strong interests in Afro Latinx, Afro Latin American, and Mayan studies that CLAS and LATS previously cultivated. This research is essential to better addressing questions on migration, education, diasporas, democracy, and health\u2014issues that are critical for the making of a more just society.<\/p>\n

Afro Latin America<\/a><\/h4>\n

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Brazil<\/a><\/h4>\n

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COLOMBIA<\/a><\/h4>\n

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Cuba<\/a><\/h4>\n

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MAYAN STUDIES <\/a><\/h4>\n

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The Andes<\/a><\/h4>\n

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Mexico<\/a><\/h4>\n

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PUERTO RICO<\/a><\/h4>\n

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Global South\/US South<\/a><\/h4>\n
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\u201cEl gancho americano\u201d by Cuban artist Agust\u00edn Drake<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CLACX supports research in areas of faculty interest, and will amplify the profile of Latinx Studies through new hires, and continuing the #SOMOSVU initiative on campus. The possibilities for pursuing new intersections are plentiful, given Vanderbilt\u2019s existing and growing strengths in (listed alphabetically):\u00a0 Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, and Puerto Rico. We are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":601,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-headline-img.php","meta":{"spay_email":""},"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/clacx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/clacx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/clacx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/clacx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/clacx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/clacx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2072,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/clacx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions\/2072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/clacx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/clacx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/clacx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}