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NYU Arts and Science published a feature article highlighting the Quechua program at CLACS: "An Andean Language in the Big Apple."
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Faculty member and Quechua instructor Odi Gonzales has published the book Nación Anti. Ensayos de antropología lingüística andina. Lenguaje y pensamiento quechua. Traducción cultural y resistencia (Pakarina, 2022).
CLACS and NYU History faculty member Ada Ferrer was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in History for the book Cuba: An American History (Scribner, 2022).
As part of her work with Jaden Timoun, CLACS and Haitian Creole instructor Wynnie Lamour-Quansah released the children's book Verite sou Tanbou nan Jaden Timoun: Rakontay Vèdi, a collection of original short stories written in Kreyòl Ayisyen.
CLACS is home to a group of core faculty and also draws upon the strengths of more than 100+ research-active affiliated faculty.
Wynnie Lamour teaches Haitian Creole at the center using a deep cultural lens to teach a revolutionary language.
Quechua instructor, writer, and poet Odi Gonzales was recently honored at the Feria Internacional del Libro Cusco.
Pamela Calla is a Bolivian anthropologist engaged with issues of gender, race, class, and state formation in Latin America.
Ana G. Álvarez is currently working on a documentary on transwomen and repression during the 70s and 80s in Argentina.