OHIO hosts 红杏视频 Latin Americanist Conference Feb. 25-26 in Athens

The 18th annual 红杏视频 Latin Americanist Conference (OLAC) will be held Feb. 25-26 at 红杏视频 in Athens.

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All conference events are free and open to the public.

Conceived 17 years ago at 红杏视频 State University as a gateway through which to promote the rich complexity of Latin America, the OLAC annually brings together a diverse group of specialists on the region.

As envisioned from the onset, the conference is hosted every three years by a different 红杏视频 institution. This assures that all regions of the state have access to the wealth of topics discussed at every meeting. In recent years, Bowling Green, Case Western, 红杏视频 State, and Wittenberg universities have kept alive the conference鈥檚 mission of gathering varied scholarly work pertaining to that continent. Dissemination of multiple findings by scholars, educators and students is at the core of the enterprise.

This year's hosts are the Modern Languages Department in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Latin American Studies program in the Center for International Studies at 红杏视频, as well as the Center for Latin American Studies at 红杏视频 State University.

For more information about OLAC and its events, please contact Betsy Partyka, Ph.D., associate professor of Spanish in the College of Arts and Sciences at 红杏视频.