Dr. Spencer Herrera, a professor in the Spanish Department recently led a Faculty-Led International Programs (FLiP) sponsored trip to Costa Rica. The trip was well documented and looks like it was a lot of fun! Their adventures can be followed at the group blog here: http://nmsucostarica2013.blogspot.com/ More »

NASON SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENT RESEARCH TRAVEL TO LATIN AMERICA – CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND BORDER STUDIES –DEADLINE APRIL 26 The Center for Latin American and Border Studies makes a call to NMSU students to apply for the Nason Scholarship for Research Travel  to Latin America.    Please submit a 2 page proposal, a detailed budget, and a c.v.   The maximum request will be $1 More »

NMSU Center for Latin American and Border Studies announces spring speaker series by Jay Rodman The New Mexico State University Center for Latin American and Border Studies continues its speaker series tradition with a set of five spring semester presentations by researchers from NMSU and universities in Arizona, Kentucky and Mexico. This diverse group of national and international sch More »

The Center for Latin American and Border Studies’ Fall Speaker Series features a diverse group of national and international scholars presenting the most recent research on Latin America and the Border.    All talks will be held at 4pm at  Nason House, located on 1070 University Ave. The series will open on September 26th with NMSU Professor and Librarian, Molly Molloy, whose talk “An I More »

NMSU Engineers Without Borders Travels To Bolivia This summer Engineers Without Borders will be traveling to Bolivia, near the state of Cochabanba to the community of Azerca Cancha to build a suspended pedestrian bridge.  The community there is unable to cross the river 5 months out of the year during the rainy season, leaving them without a link to the major towns, medical supplies or a More »

The Center for Latin American and Border Studies and the College of Arts and Sciences present: Dr. Rodolfo Acosta, Ph.D. New Mexico State University 4 pm, March 14, 2012 “Conspicuous Consumption and Drug-Trafficking: The Mexican Case” Barbara Tenenbaum Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress 4 pm, April 4, 2012 “Vámonos: The Mexican Revolution in Sights and Sound at the L More »

Sept 29th: David Taylor: Working The Line Physical, Social, and Political Topography of the U.S./Mexico Border Oct. 12th: Neil Harvey: Rural rebellion and indigenous autonomy in Chiapas: a review of scholarship on the Zapatista movement since 1994 Oct 26: Luzma Fabiola Nava: Integrated Water Resources Management and the integral vision of the watershed: the Rio Grande case study Nov 2nd: More »