Latin American and Iberian Studies
Faculty of the Committee on Latin American and Iberian Studies
John H. Coatsworth, Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs (Chair)
Thomas N. Bisson, Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History
Joaquim-Francisco Coelho, Nancy Clark Smith Professor of the Language and Literature of Portugal and Professor of Comparative Literature
Jorge I. Domínguez, Harvard College Professor and Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs
Bradley S. Epps, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
William L. Fash, Bowditch Professor of Central American and Mexican Archaeology and Ethnology
Luis Fernández-Cifuentes, Robert S. and Ilse Friend Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (on leave 2001-02)
Jeffry Frieden, Stanfield Professor of International Peace
Mary Gaylord, Sosland Family Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
N. Michele Holbrook, Professor of Biology
Steven R. Levitsky, Assistant Professor of Government and of Social Studies (on leave fall term)
Jane E. Mangan, Assistant Professor of History
J. Lorand Matory, Professor of Anthropology and of Afro-American Studies (on leave spring term)
David H. P. Maybury-Lewis, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Anthropology (on leave fall term)
José Antonio Mazzotti, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (on leave spring term)
Doris Sommer, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (on leave 2001-02)
Kay B. Warren, Professor of Anthropology (on leave 2002-2003)
John Womack, Jr., Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics
The Committee on Latin American and Iberian Studies, established in 1960, forms part of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Its purpose is to coordinate the Center’s research and curricular programs that operate solely within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, including Harvard College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The Committee presently includes twenty-three members representing nine academic disciplines appointed by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Harvard/Radcliffe students have developed undergraduate programs focused on Latin America in Afro-American Studies, Anthropology, Biology, Environmental Studies, Government, History, History and Literature, Romance Languages and Literatures, Social Studies, and the Special Concentrations program. The Committee itself does not offer an undergraduate concentration or an advanced degree.
The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, founded in 1994, coordinates and supports research, teaching, and public programs on Latin America and related fields such as the Caribbean, the Iberian peninsula, and the Latin American diaspora in the United States throughout the University. It works to strengthen ties between Harvard and the countries of Latin America and to promote public understanding of the cultures, histories, and societies of this diverse region. The Center’s governing bodies and committees include faculty from many faculties, departments, and the professional schools; the Center’s annual Directory of Faculty and Professional Staff lists over 150 faculty members, librarians, curators, administrators, and visiting fellows and scholars with substantial Latin American or related interests.
The Center sponsors lectures, seminars, conferences, exhibitions, and other academic and cultural events; supports faculty research; advises students; funds summer research travel grants to graduate, professional, and undergraduate students; manages the competition for Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships for graduate and professional students; hosts visiting scholars and fellows; and administers the Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professorship of Latin American Studies.
The Center publishes a monthly calendar from September to May; the DRCLAS Newsletter each semester; an annual Guide to Courses that lists over 150 courses on Latin America and related topics at Harvard each year; and the Directory of Faculty and Professional Staff mentioned above.
The office of the Committee is in 61 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138.