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Professor Mary Coffey on Orozco's American Epic

Join Professor of Art History and LALACS Mary Coffey, as she takes us on a journey through the Baker Library lower level reading room to learn more about one of Dartmouth's most treasured works, The Epic of American Civilization.
Welcome Class of 2029!

All students are welcome to our Open House! Learn about our courses, the LACS major and minor, the honors program, research opportunities, and study abroad programs in Cuba and Brazil.
Migrant Lives: Invisibility, Solidarity, and Repair

Former LALACS Chávez Fellow Gabrielle Cabrera's article published in Anthropology News about the Migrant Lives event she organized in spring term 2025.
Appreciation of Guestworkers Celebration

The LALACS Department together with OPAL and the Dialogue Project joined Crossroad Farm in celebrating the Jamaican Independence Day with guestworkers.
Quoted: Marcela Di Blasi in The Washington Post

"If you want to talk about what romance really is, it is a genre that tells us about how people want to live their lives," the assistant professor of Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies says in an article about the evolution of the "book boyfriend."
Meet the Class of 2025 Valedictorians and Salutatorians

Emily Fagell '25 will deliver the valedictory address at Commencement.
Thirty-Two From Dartmouth Offered Fulbright Awards

Students and alums in the record cohort continue to engage globally.
Quoted: Matthew Garcia in The Washington Post

"This is a step backwards. The question is, what will be the nerve center of the Smithsonian for Latino history and culture moving forward?" The LALACS professor says in a story about museum funding cuts proposed by the Trump administration.
Jorge Cuéllar delivered the keynote address at SALALM

The LALACS Assistant Professor delivered the keynote address at the 70th annual meeting of the Seminar for the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) at New York University, on May 27, 2025.