Duke University - Latino/a Studies

NEWS

CONGRATULATIONS to the Duke University Class of 2012, and especially to our students completed the Certificate in Latino/a Studies in the Global South (see Student News below)  

FALL '12 COURSES are open for registration. Take a look at all the offerings, including Intro to LSGS and course topics covering History, Psychology, Spanish Service Learning, Literature, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, and more!

WELCOME to all the prospective students who are visiting campus this spring and summer!  Feel free to contact us with any questions about our Program offerings! 

Student News

Graduating Seniors

CONGRATULATIONS to the following students who are graduating with a Certificate in Latino/a Studies in the Global South: DESTANI BIZUNE, majoring in Women's Studies STEPHANIE KENICK, majoring in Sociology with a minor in Education ANNA KIM, double-majoring in Political Science and Spanish MICHELLE LOZANO VILLEGAS, majoring in Public Policy…
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Destani Bizune

    • Destani Bizune
What was your favorite LSGS course? - My favorite LSGS course had to be the intro. I initially took the course because I it had some of my favorite "buzzwords," race, gender, class. I was only a sophomore and while I had taken a few Women's Studies and African/African…
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Exhibits and Articles

Dean Patton on Race and Difference

From The Chronicle Online: Creating an Ongoing Conversation of Race and Difference at Duke by: Dean Laurie Patton, Professor of Religion excerpt: Discussions about race and difference should be owned by everyone. We need to take the burden off of each identity group to be the only visible leaders…
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Summer Exhibits

Al Norte al Norte: Latino Life in North Carolina NC Museum of History, Raleigh Free admission The presence of a vibrant Latino community in North Carolina is fairly recent history. Seeking better futures for their families, many Latinos have made their homes here since the 1980s. Observing this trend,…
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Featured Video

Award-winning documentary photographer Bill Bamberger from Durham, who teaches both at Duke and UNC-CH, will lead a second photography expedition to Oaxaca, Mexico for the Days of the Dead.  See one participant's brief video above and visit http://oaxacaculture.com for more info.