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OLAC
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2008
ohio latin
americanist conference
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--Nanduti, Guaraní "spider web" lace, radiating oval
In recent years the Hispanic population of Ohio has steadily and significantly grown. Hispanic communities, cultural events, publications, retail outlets, and cuisine are found throughout the state. This population represents the "Latin America that has come to Ohio." A decade ago, the Spanish language was rarely heard in public. It is now a second vernacular to English, overheard in conversations, used by health officials and public administrators, and available as an option in ATM, check-out, and phone recordings. As throughout the United States, Spanish is the most-taught foreign language in Ohio high schools and universities. Spanish language and Latin American specialists teach and conduct research in numerous institutions of higher education so that there is a considerable pool in Ohio of Hispanists, Mexicanists, Brazilianists, and scholars of the Caribbean, Central America, and the Andean and Southern Cone countries.
The Ohio Latin Americanist Conference (OLAC) is an annual meeting in Ohio of students and scholars specialized in Latin America who gather to present, discuss, and collaborate on their work and research. The conference is coordinated through the Steering Committee of OLAC, composed of representatives from public and private institutions of higher education in all regions of the state. The conference allows not only an opportunity for presentation of and collaboration on research but also establishes and sustains networks of communication and interaction. Thereby it supports the development and diffusion of cultural, scholarly, and socio-economic ties between Ohio and Latin America.
The operating principle of OLAC is to distribute the activities, resources, services, production,
and responsibilities throughout the state via a representative
balance of regional and of public and private institutions of higher education.
Thereby it is expected that:
● the substance and projection of Latin American studies in the state
will be enhanced;
● organization and
maintenance strengthened;
● and rewards and recognition diffused.
Conferences
Past Programs:
OLAC*-I (Ohio
State University -Columbus, 2002) OLAC-II (Ohio State
University -Columbus, 2003) OLAC-III (Ohio State University
-Columbus, 2004) OLAC-IV (Ohio State Universtiy
-Columbus,
2005)
OLAC-V (Ohio State Universtiy -Columbus, 2006)
OLAC-VI (Ohio State
University -Columbus, 2007)
Future Programs (Tentative scheduling):
OLAC-VII (Ohio University -Athens, 2008)
OLAC-VIII
(Ohio University -Athens, 2009)
*OLAC-I through VI designated "Ohio Latinamericanist [sic] Conference."
OLAC LINKS
Antioch College, Latin America Program
Bowling Green
State University, Latin American Studies
Case Western Reserve
University, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Cleveland State University, Latin American Studies
Denison
University, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Kent State University, Latin American Studies
Miami University, Center for Latin
American Studies
Oberlin College,
Latin American Studies
Ohio Northern University, Cuba Center
Ohio State University, Center for Latin American
Studies
Ohio State
University Libraries, Latin American Studies Collection-LATweb
Ohio State
University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Lusophone Globalicities
LusoGlobe
Ohio University, Latin American
Studies Center
Ohio University
Libraries, Latin American Studies
Ohio Wesleyan University, Latin
American Studies
University of Akron,
Latin American Studies
University of
Cincinnati, Latin American Studies
University of
Toledo, Latin American Studies
Wooster College, Cultural Area Studies, Latin America
LAC
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