The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) calls for nominations for its second annual “CLASP Excellence in Language Education Award”. The award recognizes excellence in Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) spoken in Latin America and the...

Call for Submissions RATIONALETo encourage and commend authors, illustrators and publishers who produce quality children’s and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinx people in the United States, and to provide teachers with...

The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) is now accepting applications for its biennial “CLASP Teaching Award for K–12 Educators.” The award recognizes excellence and innovation in the teaching of Latin America and/or the Caribbean by elementary,...

Many thanks to the LAI’s Bryan Pitts, Ruben Hernandez-Leon and Veronica Zavala for hosting the CLASP EC on UCLA’s beautiful campus!! The EC sincerely appreciates their hard work and warm hospitality which helped make CLASP’s Fall 2022 EC Meeting a success! Go...

CLASP Thanks Lenny Ureña Valerio for Service as CLASP President and Welcomes Emily Holley as Incoming President

The CLASP Faculty Research/Professional Development Grant is intended to support research or professional development by US-based faculty at all ranks (including non-tenure-track) during the 2023 calendar year. Awards will be up to $1,000. Research should be conducted...

The 2022 Winners of the Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature have been announced! This year’s Américas Award goes to Child of the Flower-Song People written by Gloria Amescua and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh (Abrams ComicArts, 2021) and to My Two...

We look forward to seeing you virtually at the CLASP General Business and Outreach Committee Meetings as well as the CLASP-sponsored sessions at LASA 2022.The CLASP General Business and Outreach meetings take place on Saturday, May 7, at 6:00-7:30pm (Pacific Time)...

The new curriculum unit for the high school Spanish classroom Migration Sagas/ Sagas de Migración Interpretada en Novelas y Poemas introduces students to a wide variety of voices and diverse aspects of immigration including unrest in the country of origin, struggles...

The CLASP Executive Committee will hold its Fall 2021 Business Meeting at University of New Mexico. A special thanks to the LAII for opening their doors to EC colleagues from across the US!

The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs’ Américas Award is now accepting submissions for the 2022 cycle! Call for Submissions deadline is January 31, 2022 Rationale To encourage and commend authors, illustrators and publishers who produce quality children’s...

CLASP Welcomes Natalie Arsenault from University of Chicago to the Executive Committee

The 2021 Winners of the Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature have been announced! This year’s award goes to Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built (Schwartz & Wade, 2020), written by Angela Burke Kunkel and...

Thank You to Outgoing EC Members Monica Rankin for Her Contributions to CLASP!

CLASP Thanks Elizabeth Saenz-Ackermann for Service as CLASP President and Welcomes Lenny Ureña Valerio as Incoming President

Once a month throughout the 2021 spring semester, the World Area Book Awards (Américas Award, Africana Book Award, Freeman Book Award, Middle East Book Award, and the South Asia Book Award) will sponsor a 60 minute webinar on a book recognized by one of the awards....

The Executive Committee held its Winter 2020 Business Meeting December 10-11, 2020. Agenda items included CLASP EC election results, financial and membership reports, and Language, Teaching, Outreach and Publications Committee reports. Meeting minutes are available to...

The LASA Executive Council has made the difficult decision to eliminate the in-person element of the Congress, which was going to be held in Vancouver, Canada, due to the continued expansion of COVID-19 and the lack of a solution in the short term. The coronavirus...