Spring 2017 Events

A Tinker grant recipient in the field looking through a magnifying glass

2017 Tinker Research Grants

Informational Meeting
January 20, 2017

A line outside a food market in Venezuela

The Pink Tide and Ebb: Assessing the Left in Latin America

Jeffrey R. Webber and Alejandro Velasco
February 6, 2017 | Symposium

Cover image from the book "Hagan un Trencito,” a red sketch of people dancing

Hagan un Trencito: Siguiendo los Pasos de la Memoria Cumbianchera en Chile

Antonia Mardones-Marshall
February 14, 2017 | Author's Book Talk 

Actress Sonia Braga looking up the sky

CineLatino: Aquarius

Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil, 2015)
February 15, 2017 | Part of the Spring 2017 CineLatino Series 

Black and white still from Güeros, people protesting

CineLatino: Güeros

Directed by Alonso Ruiz Palacios  (Mexico, 2014)
March 8, 2017 | Part of the Spring 2017 CineLatino Series 

Ignacio Escalante studies insects during a CLAS-supported research trip in Panama, 2016. in

Spring 2017 Tinker Field Research Symposium

March 16-17, 2017 | Student Research Presentations

Picture of actor Gael Garcia Bernal

CineLatino: También la Lluvia (Even the Rain)

Directed by Icíar Bollaín (Spain, Mexico, France 2010)
March 22, 2017 | Part of the Spring 2017 CineLatino Series 

Covers of Adriana Lisboa and Leonel Alvarado's recent books

Poetry Out of Place: Readings and Conversation with Adriana Lisboa and Leonel Alvarado

Adriana Lisboa and Leonel Alvarado
April 4, 2017 | Poetry Readings and Conversation with authors

A boy standing up. Promotional image for "Finding Oscar"

Screening: Finding Oscar

Directed by Ryan Suffern
April 20, 2017 | Preview Screening and Q&A