Spring 2017 Events

A Tinker grant recipient in the field looking through a magnifying glass

2017 Tinker Research Grants

Informational Meeting
January 20, 2017

A line outside a food market in Venezuela

The Pink Tide and Ebb: Assessing the Left in Latin America

Jeffrey R. Webber and Alejandro Velasco
February 6, 2017 | Symposium

Cover image from the book "Hagan un Trencito,” a red sketch of people dancing

Hagan un Trencito: Siguiendo los Pasos de la Memoria Cumbianchera en Chile

Antonia Mardones-Marshall
February 14, 2017 | Author's Book Talk 

Actress Sonia Braga looking up the sky

CineLatino: Aquarius

Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil, 2015)
February 15, 2017 | Part of the Spring 2017 CineLatino Series 

Denise Dresser speaking at CLAS

Why Mexico Fell Apart, and How to Fix It

Denise Dresser
February 24, 2017

Black and white still from Güeros, people protesting

CineLatino: Güeros

Directed by Alonso Ruiz Palacios  (Mexico, 2014)
March 8, 2017 | Part of the Spring 2017 CineLatino Series 

Ignacio Escalante studies insects during a CLAS-supported research trip in Panama, 2016. in

Spring 2017 Tinker Field Research Symposium

March 16-17, 2017 | Student Research Presentations

Picture of actor Gael Garcia Bernal

CineLatino: También la Lluvia (Even the Rain)

Directed by Icíar Bollaín (Spain, Mexico, France 2010)
March 22, 2017 | Part of the Spring 2017 CineLatino Series 

Covers of Adriana Lisboa and Leonel Alvarado's recent books

Poetry Out of Place: Readings and Conversation with Adriana Lisboa and Leonel Alvarado

Adriana Lisboa and Leonel Alvarado
April 4, 2017 | Poetry Readings and Conversation with authors

A boy standing up. Promotional image for "Finding Oscar"

Screening: Finding Oscar

Directed by Ryan Suffern
April 20, 2017 | Preview Screening and Q&A