Summer Institutes
OaxacaOaxacaMany CLASP member institutions offer in-person professional development programs to their local community of K-12 educators. We highly encourage you to browse the list of CLASP member institutions and peruse the websites of institutions near you to see details concerning upcoming professional development programs.
At the same time, many CLASP member institutions also offer national and international summer institutes that are open to, and welcome participation from, teachers across the country. Check out the growing list of this summer’s teacher institutes offered by CLASP institutions.
SUMMER 2026 EDUCATOR INSTITUTES ON LATIN AMERICA
Sponsored by CLASP Institutions
June 16-25, 2026
K12 Educator Summer Institute in Oaxaca, Mexico: Community Knowledge and Cultural Continuity
Deadline to apply: February 27, 2026
Location: Oaxaca, Mexico
Sponsored by Tulane University Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies
July 6-8, 2026
Contemporary Religious Life in Latin America and the Caribbean
Deadline to register: May 22, 2026
Location: UW-Milwaukee (in-person)
Sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UW-Milwaukee. With support from UW-Madison’s LACIS and IRIS and FIU’s LACC.
July 21-28, 2026
Engaging with the Americas: Evolution, Conservation, and Sustainability in the Galápagos Islands
Deadline to apply: December 5, 2025
Location: Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford University.
PREVIOUS SUMMER INSTITUTES
June 8-19, 2025
Tejiendo Saberes: Indigenous Knowledge and Practices in Guatemala
Deadline to apply: February 10, 2025
Location: Guatemala
Sponsored by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University, the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies at Vanderbilt University, and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona.
June 24-28, 2024
Towards A More Equitable & Inclusive Digital World In Latin America
Deadline to apply: February 25, 2024
Location: Nashville, TN (Vanderbilt University campus)
Sponsored by the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at Vanderbilt University and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University, in collaboration with the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona
July 10-14, 2023
Beyond the Boom: Strategies for the study of contemporary Latin American and Latinx literature
Deadline to apply: Rolling
Location: Salt Lake City, UT (University of Utah campus) and online through a live video conferencing
Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Utah.
June 16-July 25, 2025
Globalize Your Teaching and Bring Haiti into Your Classroom with LACC’s 28th Annual Summer Institute
a part of the Haitian Summer Institute
Deadline to Apply: May 1, 2025
Location: Florida International University, Miami, FL
Sponsored by Florida International University (FIU) Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs and FIU Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center.
K-14 Educator Grant available to cover the full cost of tuition, program fees, and books.
July 13-19, 2025
Língua Portuguesa in Rio: Intensive Portuguese Language Study
Deadline to apply: April 10, 2025
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford University.
July 22-24, 2024
Asian Diasporas of Latin America
Deadline to apply: May 24, 2024
Location: Milwaukee, WI (UW-Milwaukee campus)
Sponsored by UW-Milwaukee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), UW-Madison Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS), and Florida International University Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC).
July 15-29, 2023
LINGUA PORTUGUESA IN RIO: INTENSIVE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE STUDY
Deadline to apply: May 1, 2023
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sponsored by the Stanford University Center for Latin American Studies.
June 23-27, 2025
Additional Virtual Sessions: June 6, 13, and TBD one day in August, September, and October 2025
Reimagining the US-Mexican Border Through Multimodal Storytelling
Deadline to Apply: March 5, 2025
Location: The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New, Mexico
Organized with UNM ECHO for Education.
The stipend for this institute is $2,200 per participant.
July 13-19, 2025
K-12 Teacher Field Course in Mexico
Deadline to apply: Ongoing
Location: Puerto Morelos, Mexico
Sponsored by the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University.
July 18-20, 2023
SUSTAINABLE BY DESIGN: RE-SHAPING THE HUMAN LANDSCAPE OF LATIN AMERICAN CITIES
Deadline to apply: May 22, 2023
Location: Milwaukee, WI (UW-Milwaukee campus)
Sponsored by UW-Milwaukee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), UW-Madison Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS), Museo de Ciencias Ambientales (Guadalajara), and
Florida International University Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC).