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A Love Letter to the Library

August 27, 2018

LLILAS Benson is proud to announce the publication of A Library for the Americas: The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection by the University of Texas Press (August 2018). Founded in 1921, the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin has become one of … [Read more...] about A Love Letter to the Library

Faculty Spotlight: Jason Borge

August 27, 2018

BY SUSANNA SHARPE In his new book, Tropical Riffs: Latin America and the Politics of Jazz (Duke, 2018), Jason Borge uses jazz as a way to interrogate the complex intersections of North and South, race and class, cultural identity, and even politics and foreign policy. The very earliest seeds … [Read more...] about Faculty Spotlight: Jason Borge

Tagged With: Jason Borge, jazz, Latin American jazz, politics of jazz

Faculty Spotlight: Kelly S. McDonough

August 27, 2018

BY SUSANNA SHARPE There is a term in the Nahuatl language that means learned person, sage, or knowledge keeper: itxtlamati (plural, ixtlamatinih), a compound of the words meaning face and to know. The concept of knowledge gleaned from experience is central in the work of Kelly S. McDonough, … [Read more...] about Faculty Spotlight: Kelly S. McDonough

Tagged With: Indigenous Issues, Kelly McDonough, Nahuas, Nahuatl

Alumni Spotlight: A Language Is Not a Widget

August 27, 2018

BY JOSEPH M. PIERCE It has been five years since I completed a PhD in Spanish American Literature, and seven since completing the MA in Latin American Studies at LLILAS. A lot has changed in the past decade. But change is always a matter of perspective. I was recently at LLILAS for a conference … [Read more...] about Alumni Spotlight: A Language Is Not a Widget

Tagged With: Joseph M. Pierce, LLILAS, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, UT alumni

María Luisa Puga: A Life in Diaries

August 24, 2018

BY JOSÉ MONTELONGO Deciding how to end a novel is the author’s privilege. To write novels for a living is a volatile career choice, at least when it comes to paying rent, but the destiny and shape of your characters is not volatile at all, it’s your prerogative—you are the one choosing when and … [Read more...] about María Luisa Puga: A Life in Diaries

Tagged With: Archives, diaries, literary archives, María Luisa Puga, Mexican literature

Eduardo Lalo: Words in Austin

August 23, 2018

Even before the devastation of Hurricane Maria, contemporary Puerto Rico was confronting unprecedented challenges. A spiraling debt crisis, record-breaking population exodus to the mainland, and draconian cuts to public services and education led to mass protests in the streets, higher taxes, … [Read more...] about Eduardo Lalo: Words in Austin

Tagged With: Eduardo Lalo, Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico

Living in a Material World: Art and Otherworldly Understanding in Colonial Latin America

August 23, 2018

BY BRITTANY ERWIN It was a bustling scene. Excited crowds of people had gathered along the processional route in the city center, which had been elaborately decorated for the occasion. Dressed in their finest wares, a group of civic officials and the religious elite solemnly proceeded along a … [Read more...] about Living in a Material World: Art and Otherworldly Understanding in Colonial Latin America

Tagged With: Blanton Museum of Art, Lozano Long Conference, materiality, Thoma Collection

Up All Night: A Librarian and Two Truckers Travel Cross-Country with 16th-Century Goods

November 29, 2017

BY BROOKE WOMACK and SUSANNA SHARPE A librarian and two truckers are on a mission. They will travel for 27 hours, through four states, and at least one of them won’t get much sleep. Their journey involves high-security cargo, a climate-controlled 18-wheeler, and some rare documents from the 16th … [Read more...] about Up All Night: A Librarian and Two Truckers Travel Cross-Country with 16th-Century Goods

Una vida en 327 cuadernos: el archivo literario de María Luisa Puga

October 17, 2017

BY JOSÉ MONTELONGO Para algunos, un diario es una excursión hacia adentro, confrontación con uno mismo que se emprende en momentos de crisis y de transformación. Para otros no es un proyecto pasajero —que acompaña un rito de pasaje— sino una necesidad vital y cotidiana, una respiración. Eso fue … [Read more...] about Una vida en 327 cuadernos: el archivo literario de María Luisa Puga

Cardenal en tiempos difíciles

September 6, 2017

POR LUIS CÁRCAMO-HUECHANTE Leer en inglés Fue un invierno de 1979. Ya cursaba mi cuarto año de educación secundaria en el liceo de la ciudad de Valdivia, sur de Chile. En una de mis clases, la profesora de castellano sorprendió al curso y llegó al aula con un tocadiscos. Lo prendió y puso en … [Read more...] about Cardenal en tiempos difíciles

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