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
Visiting Canudos: A Trip to the Northeastern Brazilian Backlands
I must confess that when we picked up a car in Salvador, on the coast of the Brazilian state of Bahia, to drive towards the city of Canudos, I didn’t really know what I would find.
Concealed Public Transportation in Latin America: A Rediscovery by Bus
Two years ago, I attended the Mexican Cities Initiative (MCI) Symposium and was captured by the students presenting about informal street markets, religious pilgrimages and the transportation and sale of gasoline throughout Mexico.
To Bloom Again: The Night Semilla Took Guatemala by Surprise
English + Español
We’re sitting at an empty restaurant in Guatemala City when our server asks a reasonable question: “Who the hell is this Arévalo guy?” Someone yells back from the kitchen: “Probably another corrupt thief.”
The Virus of Inferiority: The Puerto Rican Status Question
“¡Yo me iría a U.S.A. si pudiese!” “¡En Estados Unidos todo es mejor!” “Ay, si fuésemos un estado…” There is an illness amongst Puerto Ricans. Not an illness of bone or skin, of the blood or of the heart.
Coming Up in Brazil: Student Programs—Past and Future
English + Português
Five Harvard students are experiencing Brazil first-hand.
Ecuador’s Exodus Migration: The Sole Solution for Despair
English + Español
It hurts. It hurts. It hurts deeply, as if every fiber of my being were intent on resisting the relentless cycle that unfolds day after day, night after night, and even in the early hours in McAllen, Texas.
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”.