Events from the CLAS Fall 2018 program
![A protest in Granada, Nicaragua, May 2018. (Photo by Julio Vannini.) A protest in Granada, Nicaragua, May 2018. (Photo by Julio Vannini.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/2018-09-05-nicaraguanprotestmay2018-juliovannini4x3-1000p.jpg?itok=syrAGVOV×tamp=1618007663)
![Susan Meiselas, "Road to Aguilares," El Salvador, 1983; © Susan Meiselas/Magnum Photos. Susan Meiselas, "Road to Aguilares," El Salvador, 1983; © Susan Meiselas/Magnum Photos.](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/2018-09-10-susanmeiselasguatemala-1000p.jpg?itok=27izis6i×tamp=1618007792)
![alison post alison post](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/post_crop.jpg?itok=LsekHFCD×tamp=1618875510)
Inflation, Consumer Subsidies, and Argentina’s Economic Predicament
Alison Post
September 13, 2018 | Part of the Fall 2018 Bay Area Latin America Forum
![Stan Ovshinsky speaking at Berkeley in 2008. (Photo courtesy of CLAS.) Portrait of Stan Ovshinsky](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/1._ovshinsky138-min.jpg?itok=iRjpzCSJ×tamp=1621375384)
Inventing a Better Tomorrow: The Life and Legacy of Stanford R. Ovshinsky
Lillian Hoddeson and Peter Garrett
September 20, 2018
![Ni Una Menos Child holding a teddy bear with her fist in the air, with the text Ni Una Menos](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/general/niunamenos-wikimedia_.jpg?itok=7Ng3OIyE×tamp=1621374678)
¡Desendeudadas Nos Queremos! Una Perspectiva Feminista de la Deuda
Lucia Cavallero
September 27, 2018
![](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/fajardoespanol140-jumbo.jpg?itok=ZWB5le9u×tamp=1594228969)
![Poster for Zama. ZAMA poster, showing a man looking out to the water](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/zama2.jpg?itok=3ozMz2Sb×tamp=1621375893)
CineLatino: Zama
Directed by Lucrecia Martel (Argentina, 2018)
October 3, 2018 | Part of the Fall 2018 CineLatino Series
![Ivonne Del Valle introduces Bruno Bosteels and Susana Draper. (Photo by Isabel Nogueira.) Two speakers behind a table in front of a screen](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/dsc_0005-min.jpg?itok=rlJLnbhM×tamp=1621376215)
![Beauty magazines in Brazil. (Photo by hollywoodsmile310.) Magazine covers on the side of a building](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/plasticmagazine-hollywoodsmile310.jpg?itok=9FjGktEa×tamp=1621376339)
The Biopolitics of Beauty: Cosmetic Citizenship and Affective Capital in Brazil
Alvaro Jarrín
October 9, 2018
![Daniel Rodriguez at CLAS. (Photo by CLAS Staff.) A professor gives a lecture to a group in the CLAS conference room](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/dsc_0013-min_0.jpg?itok=RRQXgA_g×tamp=1621376561)
Urbanization and Public Health in Latin America
Daniel Rodriguez
October 10, 2018 | Part of the Fall 2018 Bay Area Latin America Forum
![A Fantastic Woman. Fabulous woman dancing in a club with lights](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/a-fantastic-woman-04.jpg?itok=Osdo92Jw×tamp=1621376925)
CineLatino: Fantastic Woman
Directed by Sebastián Lelio (Chile, 2017)
October 10, 2018 | Part of the Fall 2018 CineLatino Series
![Diamela Eltit Portrait of Diamela Eltit](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/general/diamela_eltit.jpg?itok=Oe-Go2k-×tamp=1616799879)
![Deputy Giorgio Jackson speaks at Berkeley, October 2018. (Photo by Jim Block.) Deputy Giorgio Jackson speaks at Berkeley, October 2018. (Photo by Jim Block.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2018-jackson-giorgiospeakingwithbanner-jimblock.jpg?itok=-tkJ0KtD×tamp=1620241187)
![(Photo by Hugo Martins.) Woman wears a Brazilian flag and looks into the distance.](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brazilwomanwearingflag-hugomartins.jpg?itok=n7gvyJo7×tamp=1621377369)
![Vintage cars on a Havana street. (Photo by Bryan Ledgard.) Havana street with old cars and people on the sidewalk](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/2018-11-01-havanastreetwithvintagecar-bryanledgard-4x3.jpg?itok=ZwME_J8Q×tamp=1621377502)
The Frozen Revolution: Ruins, Aura and Melancholy in Post-Communist Cuba
Duanel Díaz
October 22, 2018
![Sandinista Mural. (Photo by Alexander Schimmeck.) Men sit in front of a black and red Sandinista mural.](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/sandinistamural-alexanderschimmeck.jpg?itok=_5LiNd1K×tamp=1621377689)
The Nicaraguan Crisis and the Battle Over History
Myrna Santiago
November 1, 2018 | Part of the Fall 2018 Bay Area Latin America Forum
![Nathaniel Wolfson Nathaniel Wolfson](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/img_3089_b.jpg?itok=psHpJ5rs×tamp=1618881466)
From Rio to Ulm: Brazilian Poetry, Design, and State Development
Nathaniel Wolfson
November 1, 2018 | Part of the Fall 2018 Bay Area Latin America Forum
![Trafficked in America. Farm buildings and warehouses in the snow](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/trafficked1.png?itok=aZU22I8m×tamp=1621377913)
CineLatino: Trafficked in America
Directed by Daffodil Altan and Andrés Cediel (USA, 2018)
November 7, 2018 | Part of the Fall 2018 CineLatino Series
![Memorial Garden. (Painting by Alexis Esquivel.) Brightly colored painting of a man responding to a puma statue.](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/alexis_esquivel_memorial_garden_2013.jpeg?itok=PzOfS2Gu×tamp=1621378176)
![Zapatista women at a meeting in Chiapas in 1996. (Photo by Julian Stallabrass.) Women standing in a line.](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/zapatistawomenchiapas1996-julianstallabrass-clasprinter_0.jpg?itok=uvyfregG×tamp=1621378426)
Kuxlejal Politics: Indigenous Autonomy, Race, and Decolonizing Research in Zapatista Communities
Mariana Mora
November 14, 2018
![Neighboring Sounds. A man takes a red shower.](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/neighboringsounds2.jpg?itok=1lSHkfF3×tamp=1621378577)
CineLatino: Neighboring Sounds
Directed by Kléber Medonça (Brazil, 2012)
November 14, 2018 | Part of the Fall 2018 CineLatino Series
![Carolina Botelho (image courtesy of Carolina Botelho) Portrait of Carolina Botelho](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/foto_cv_biografia_1.jpg?itok=f5mwT4RK×tamp=1617228265)
Bolsonaro presidente, como chegamos até aqui? Percepções dos brasileiros sobre política e sociedade
Carolina Botelho
November 28, 2018
![São Paulo City scape of São Paulo, as seen from above](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/saopaulo.jpg?itok=h2QKqmak×tamp=1621379273)
Social Housing and Urban Planning in Brazil: The Case of São Paulo
Nabil Bonduki, with comments by Carter Koppelman
December 6, 2018
![Still from Roma. A group of children hug in a pile at the beach](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/bestoption.jpg?itok=5DWUbPfk×tamp=1621379384)