Student Views help showcase the cultural and academic experiences of students who have spent time in Latin America or have engaged with Latin American communities in the U.S. Entries can take a variety of forms, from narrative stories of personal adventure to academic descriptions of research findings, and everything in between!
If you are interested in submitting an entry, email jerlick@fas.harvard.edu! Click below for more information.
Student Views Submissions
Welcome to Student Views! We invite Harvard and other students—undergraduate, graduate and recent alumni—to submit 1,500-word articles, published weekly.
We are looking for four types of articles:
—Write about your experience in a Latin American country or a Latinx neighborhood. DRCLAS internships preferred, but not necessary.
—Tell us about your academic research, your work on your thesis or a special project in language that people who are not in your field will understand. Anecdotes are encouraged. How did you get interested in the topic? What do you want to learn going forward?
—Write about personal issues of identity that reflect the diversity of the Latin American or Latinx experience.
—Reviews of plays, movies, art, music about Latin America or Latinx themes.
If you are interested in submitting an entry, email jerlick@fas.harvard.edu!
Recent Articles
The Past as the Future
“The past is in front of us and the future is behind us.”
This phrase, repeated by DRCLAS Mexico Student Coordinator Lorena Rodas many times across the two months I spent in Mexico, transcends time
Carving a Life: Don Abel and the Soul of Guatemalan Woodwork
In my grandmother’s foyer in Guatemala City sits a massive round table of solid mahogany, its lion-shaped feet gripping the rug like it’s been there forever. I grew up admiring it, running my hands along the carved details and pondering the skill required to make it.
Eena Mi Saal
What does it mean to be eena dem saal?
I asked my mother who referred me to my grandmother who referred me to my great grandmother.
“Eena dem saal?… Mi neva hear dat one before,” my great grandmother told me.
Oppression Disguised as Aid: The Colonial Legacy Behind Haiti’s Struggling Healthcare System
In rural communities in the United States, it takes an average of 34 minutes to reach the nearest hospital. In rural Haiti, the average is two hours. Infectious diseases including tuberculosis, cholera and HIV/AIDS go untreated due to the lack of basic healthcare infrastructure and the violence disrupting the provision of health services.
“Yoltajtol. A Word from the Heart”: The Nahuatl Worldview Comes to Harvard
On February 28th, the Moses Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project held the inaugural Nahuatl Workshop “Yoltajtol, A Word from the Heart.” The workshop had the twofold goal of offering an introduction to the Nahuatl language and showing to the participants that Nahuatl is a constitutive part of present-day indigenous peoples’ worldview.
CPR Ambassador Journey
English + Español
One of the simplest yet most effective ways of saving a life in the case of sudden cardiac arrest is cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). It’s an accessible procedure to be trained on, as almost anyone of any age can learn it. Knowing this, and that performing CPR right after cardiac arrest increases survival chances two to three times, why hasn’t everyone been trained on CPR at some point in their lives? (American Heart Association).
Student Views Archive
In this repository you can find all of the student views categorized by country. You can find student views which do not focus on a country in the “General Considerations”.
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Panama
Peru
Venezuela
