American young adult author, James Dashner, the creator of the Maze Runner series, rocked capacity crowds at multiple events during the 40th Anniversary of the Buenos Aires Book Fair. Dashner spoke with youth at a public library, English for journalism students at a BNC,  participated in a Google hangout with youth from all of Latin America , and engaged with several thousand young people at the Book ... Read More»

The Embassy participated in the annual Argentina Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ARTESOL) conference with a series of presentations, materials and a pre-conference institute on the use of American young adult literature in the language classroom. More than 270 English language teachers from across Argentina attended the professional development conference. Assistant Cultural ... Read More»

American jazz band Native Jazz Trio, performed and delivered jazz music workshops in different Argentine cities from April 26-30, 2014, engaging with different audiences such as youth, students, and the general public, to promote jazz and music education as ways of bringing together Argentine and American cultures. The Embassy worked with American Music Abroad and ... Read More»

Richard Cardillo, the Education Director of the National Center for School Climate in the United States (NSCC) –based in New York–visited Salta and Buenos Aires from April 21-25, 2014 for a series of presentations on improving school climates to prevent school violence, bullying, and cyberbullying.  Mr. Cardillo has extensive experience as a teacher in the United ... Read More»

The U.S. Embassy has been present once more at the 40th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires. Under the theme “Top 40,” we celebrated the Book Fair’s 40th Anniversary recalling 40 events, authors, books, personalities and trends in these four decades in the U.S. through an images cloud that hovers over our booths. We displayed ... Read More»