Latin American Studies

Subject Librarian: Roxanna Herrick

Home Page: http://library.wustl.edu/subjects/las/

If you have particular interest in the cultures and societies of Latin America, but would like to study them from a comparative, interdisciplinary perspective, you may want this concentration. This program offers a wide range of courses, beginning with a thorough study of ancient civilizations up through to modern times. Washington University, with its Latin American Studies program, was one of the ten founding institutions funded by a Ford Foundation grant in 1964. Students should have a strong background in Spanish or Portuguese, depending on field of specialization. Our overseas program in Chile would be especially appropriate for students of Spanish.

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Fuentes to "celebrate Cervantes and Don Quixote" Prominent Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes to speak Sept. 28, 2005 -- Influential Mexican literary and political figure Carlos Fuentes will deliver the Association of Latin American Students Lecture for Washington University's Assembly Series at 11 a.m. on Oct. 12. in Graham Chapel. His talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled "Celebrating Cervantes and Don Quixote."

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