Latin American & Caribbean Studies (LACS) is one of Lafayette College’s Interdisciplinary Programs.
The LACs minor and self-designed major enable students to explore the rich and diverse cultural, historical, and political dynamics of Latin America and the Caribbean and of Latinos in the United States.
LACs fosters a learning community of people committed to the in-depth study of Latin America, the Caribbean and its diasporas. Rooted in a socially-committed multidisciplinary curriculum that examines power and its particularities, the program centers knowledge production and exchange with people from the region. We nourish an engaged understanding of the regions’ rich histories, diverse cultures, transnational connections, and how these shape contemporary developments in the Americas.
As a vibrant learning community that is committed to understanding the development and persistence of intersecting forms of power in the Americas, we are committed to
This interdisciplinary program enables students to study Latin America and the Caribbean from an array of different disciplines including history, religious studies, anthropology and sociology, music, Latin American literature, art, and engineering
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