October 17-19, 2012 - The Center along with the Bolivian Studies Association in collaboration with Tulane and Loyola Universities presented Jallalla: Masters of Bolivian Cinema, which featured the work of three well-known bolivian filmmakers:Jorge Sanjinés, Antonio Equino, and Marcos Loayza. In addition to screenings, noted scholars and critics from the U.S. and Bolivia discussed the role of cinema in contemporary Bolivian culture. Find out more information here.

September 19, 2012- Leading scholar Carlos Man Ging Villanueva, S.J., Ph.D., and VP of Academic Research at the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Ecuador (PUCE), presented on Ignatian Spirituality in Latin America: The Practice of Spiritual Accompaniment. Find out more information here.

August 2, 2012- The Center along with the Consulate of Mexico in New Orleans cosponsored Tiempo de Danzón, an exhibit of photographs by Cristina Kahlo – historian, lecturer, photographer, and great niece of the renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Find out more information here.

April 12, 2012- Dr. Alberto Munera, Director of the PENSAR Institute at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia, presented a lecture entitled Jesuit Education and Social Change in Latin America. For more information on PENSAR click here. 

October 13-14, 2011- CLACS along with JSRI and the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice in the College of Law, co-sponsored Imprisoned, Forgotten, and Deported:Immigration Detention, Advocacy, and the Faith Community, a two-day conference focused on the realities of immigration detention in the U.S. Find out more information here.