| The
Visitor Speakers Bureau has been in exist for almost three decades, and
it continues to be one of our most sought after resources. If you are
interested in having a Visiting Speaker at your school, community group
or social organization, please fax or mail us a copy of your request.
We do ask that all request
be made at least three weeks in advance in order to give our volunteer
speakers time to prepare and adjust their schedule accordingly.
Speaker Topics for 2008-09 Academic Year
20th Century Brazilian Literature
Afro-Peruvian Dance
Andean Dance and Music
Brazil
Caribbean Basin
Capoeira Angola
Central America
Central America and Gender
Conflict in Latin America
Colonial Mexico
Colombia
Cuba
Cultural Studies in Latin America
Development in the Third World
Dominican Republic
Drug Trade and the War on Drugs
Ecuador
Ethnohistory
Global Human Rights
Guatemala
Immigration/ Migration Issues
Indigenous Cultures/Education
Indigenous Life and People
Indigenous Social Movements
Infectious Disease
Health and Development
Human Rights in Central America
Manuscripts and Writing Systems
Mayan Mexico and Guatemala
Mexico
Mexico-Current and Social Issues
Migration
Non-Governmental Organizations
Peru
Peruvian Archaeology
Peruvian Mummies
Pre-Columbian Art
Pre-Columbian Mexico
Venezuela
Women's Human Rights
Zapatistas
Speaker
Topics for 2005-06 Academic Year
Afro-Peruvian Dance
Andean Dance and Music
Brazil
Caribbean Basin
Capoeira Angola
Central America
Chiapas
Conflict in Latin America
Colonial Mexico
Colombia
Cuba
Cultural Studies in Latin America
Development in the Third World
Dominican Republic
Drug Trade and the War on Drugs
Ethnohistory
Global Human Rights
Guatemala
Immigration/ Migration Issues
Indigenous Cultures
Indigenous Life and People
Indigenous Social Movements
Infectious
Disease
Health and Development
Human Rights in Central America
Manuscripts and Writing Systems
Mayan Mexico and Guatemala
Mexico
Mexico-Current and Social Issues
Non-Governmental Organizations
Peru
Peruvian Archaeology
Peruvian Mummies
Pre-Columbian Art
Pre-Columbian Mexico
Venezuela
Women's Human Rights
Zapatistas
Speaker
Topics for 2004-05 Academic Year
20th Century Latin
American Literature
Afro-Peruvian Dance
Argentine Dirty War
Andean Dance
Brazil
Caribbean Basin
Capoeira Angola
Central America
Chiapas
Conflict in Latin America
Colonial Mexico
Colombia
Cuba
Cultural Studies in Latin America
Development in the Third World
Dominican Republic
Drug Trade and the War on Drugs
ETA
Ethnohistory
FARC
Global Human Rights
Guatemala
Immigration
Indigenous Life and People
Infectious Disease
Health and Development
Human Rights in Central America
Manuscripts and Writing Systems
Mayan Mexico and Guatemala
Mexico
Mexico-Current and Social Issues
Non-Governmental Organizations
Peru
Peruvian Archaeology
Peruvian Mummies
Pre-Columbian Art
Pre-Columbian Mexico
Public Health in Latin America
Salsa
Southern Cone Countries
Venezuela
Women's Human Rights
Zapatistas
Speaker
Topics for 2003-04 Academic Year
20th Century Latin
American Literature
fro-Peruvian Dance
Argentine Dirty War
Andean Dance
Border Issues
Brazil
Caribbean
Basin
Capoeira Angola
Central America
Chiapas
Conflict in Latin America
Colonial Mexico
Colombia
Cuba
Customs and Etiquette
Development in the Third World
Dominican Republic
Drug Trade and the War on Drugs
ETA
Ethnohistory
FARC
Global Human Rights
Guatemala
Immigration
Indigenous Life and People
Infectious Disease
Health and Development
Human Rights in Central America
Manuscripts and Writing Systems
Mayan Mexico
Mexico
Mexico-Current and Social Issues
Non-Governmental Organizations
Peru
Pre-Columbian Archaeology
Pre-Columbian Art
Pre-Columbian Mexico
Public Health in Latin America
Salsa
Solidarity Work and Movements
Southern Cone Countries
Spain
Terrorism in Latin America
Venezuela
Women's Human Rights
Zapatistas
Speaker
Topics for 2002-03 Academic Year
Afro-Peruvian Dance
Andean Dance
Bolivia
Bolivian Film
Brazil
Caribbean Basin
Capoeira Angola
Chiapas
Conflict in Latin America
Colonial Mexico
Colombia
Cuba
Customs and Etiquette
Development in the Third World
Dominican Republic
Drug Trade and the War on Drugs
ETA
East and South East Asia
Ethnohistory
FARC
Immigration
Indigenous Life and People
Infectious Disease
Health and Development
Human Rights in Central America
Manuscripts and Writing Systems
Mayan Mexico
Mexico
Nicaragua
Non-Governmental Organizations
Peru
Personal security in Latin America
Pre-Columbian Archaeology
Pre-Columbian Art
Pre-Columbian Mexico
Public Health in Latin America
Salsa
Solidarity Work and Movements
Spain
Terrorism in Latin America
Venezuela
Zapatistas
Speaker
Topics for Spring 2002
- Afro-Peruvian
Dance
- Andean Culture
and Dance
- Archaeology in
Mesoamerica
- Argentinian
History
- Art of Latin
America
- Border Issues
- Brazil
- Caribbean Popular
and Folkloric Music
- Central America
- Central American
Human Rights
- Chilean Politics
(Allende-Pinochet)
- Cuban
Drumming
- Democratization
of Latin America
- Dominican
Republic
- Ecuador
- Favelas in
Brazil
- Film
- Gender &
Sexuality
- Globalization
& Dollarization of Latin America
- Guatemala
- Immigration/
Migration Issues
- Indigenous
Cultures
- Indigenous Social
Movements
- Mesoamerica
- Mesoamerican
Linguistics
- Mexican Culture
and History
- Mexico
- Pre-Columbian Art
& Culture
- Pre-Columbian
Civilizations in Mexico
- Pre-Columbian
Mesoamerica
- Spanish/ Basque
culture
- Spiritual
Conquest in 16th Century Mexico
- 20th Century
Human Rights Issues
- Uruguayan Daily
Life and Culture
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Speaker
Topics for Fall 2001
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- Afro-Peruvian
Dance
- Andean Culture
and Dance
- Art of Latin
America
- Bolivian Film
- Border Issues
- Caribbean Popular
and Folkloric Music
- Central America
- Central American
Environmental Topics
- Chilean Politics
(Allende-Pinochet)
- Cuban
Drumming
- Economic and
Social Development
- Favelas in
Brazil
- FMLN Activities
- Geography/Topography
- Immigration
Issues
- Indigenous
Literature
- Indigenous Social
Movements
- Mesoamerican
Linguistics
- Mexican Culture
and History
- Pre-Columbian Art
- Pre-Columbian
Civilizations in Mexico
- The Sandinista
Revolution
- Southern Cone
- Spiritual
Conquest in 16th Century Mexico
- State of
Education in Latin America
- Sweatshops, Fair
Labor
- Technology and
Trade
- The Tropics:
Agriculture, Ecology, Climate
- 20th Century
Economy and Politics
- 20th Century
Human Rights Issues
- Uruguayan Daily
Life and Culture
Speaker
Topics for Spring 2001
- Afro-Brazil
- Afro-Peruvian/Andean
Music and Dance
- Argentina
- Argentine
Culture and History
- Bolivia
- Brazilian
and Cuban Foreign Relations with Africa
- Chile
- Colombian
Culture, Politics, Conflicts
- Contemporary
Argentine Literature
- Cuba
- Ecuador/Andean
Nations, Politics, Culture
- Eva
Peron
- Guatemalan
Dictators (1898-1944)
- History
of the Americas
- Latin
American Muralists
- Madres
de la Plaza de Mayo
- Maoist
Political Movements in Latin America
- The
Military in Latin America
- Peru
- Pre-Columbian
Culture, Writing Systems, and Art
- Pre-Columbian
Ecuador
- "Real
Mexican Culture" (dispelling myths about Mexico/Mexicans)
- Social
Movements
- The
Tropics: Agriculture, Ecology, Climate
- Twentieth
Century Guatemala
- Zapatista
Revolution
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