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In Memoriam: Manuel Tahay

September 3, 2021

Leer en español BY SERGIO ROMERO & SUSANNA SHARPE LLILAS BENSON MOURNS the death of our beloved colleague and friend Manuel de Jesús Tahay Gómez, aka Tat Wel, who died of COVID-19 in Guatemala on August 14. He was 61. A revered educator and scholar of the Maya K’iche’ language and … [Read more...] about In Memoriam: Manuel Tahay

Tagged With: COERLL, COVID-19, Indigenous languages, K'iche', K'iche' Maya, LLILAS, Manuel Tahay, Tat Wel

Indigenous Languages Thrive at UT Austin: Quechua, Nahuatl, and K’iche’

August 31, 2021

BY SUSANNA SHARPE The Indigenous Languages Initiative (ILI), established in 2013, builds on LLILAS Benson’s longstanding commitment to fomenting and supporting the study of Indigenous languages and cultures. The primary goal of ILI is threefold: (1) provide high-quality courses taught by native … [Read more...] about Indigenous Languages Thrive at UT Austin: Quechua, Nahuatl, and K’iche’

Tagged With: COERLL, Eduardo de la Cruz Cruz, Indigenous languages, Indigenous Languages Initiative, Jermani Ojeda, K'iche', Katherin Tairo, Kelly McDonough, LLILAS Benson, Nahuatl, Quechua, Sicuani, Susanna Sharpe, The University of Texas at Austin, UT Austin

En memoria de Manuel Tahay, amigo y colega

August 31, 2021

POR SERGIO ROMERO y SUSANNA SHARPE Read in English LLILAS Benson extiende su más sincero pésame a la familia de nuestro querido amigo y colega Manuel de Jesús Tahay Gómez, también conocido por Tat Wel, quien falleció a los 61 años el pasado 15 de agosto en Guatemala, una víctima más del … [Read more...] about En memoria de Manuel Tahay, amigo y colega

Tagged With: K'iche', Manuel Tahay, Nahualá, Sergio Romero, Tat Wel

The Exhibition on Your Screen: Selected Images from “A New Spain, 1521–1821”

August 30, 2021

BY ALBERT A. PALACIOS THE VICEROYALTY OF NEW SPAIN was a royal territory in the Spanish Empire formed soon after the invasion and conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521. Even though the viceroyalty was not formally founded until 1535, the Spanish Crown set its administrative bedrock the year after … [Read more...] about The Exhibition on Your Screen: Selected Images from “A New Spain, 1521–1821”

Tagged With: Benson Centennial, Benson Latin American Collection, C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections, colonial Mexico, conquest of Mexico, Digital humanities, digital scholarship, Latin American history, LLILAS Benson, New Spain, Title VI National Resource Center, U.S. Department of Education, University of Texas at El Paso Library, University of Texas Libraries

The Hijuelas Books: Digitizing Indigenous Archives in Mexico

October 30, 2020

BY MATTHEW BUTLER and JOHN ERARD THE ROADS TO MICHOACÁN: MATTHEW BUTLER IT IS SAID that the history of a Mexican pueblo is the history of its lands. What better way, then, to explore that history than through land records such as Michoacán’s hijuelas books? I first came across these … [Read more...] about The Hijuelas Books: Digitizing Indigenous Archives in Mexico

Tagged With: British Library, endangered archives, hijuelas, John Erard, Latin American Digital Initiatives, Matthew Butler, Michoacán, post-custodial archives

“La mitad de mi corazón”: Una entrevista con Montserrat y Fátima Valdivia

April 8, 2020

BY SUSANNA SHARPE Read in English Olimpia Montserrat Valdivia y Fátima Valdivia son hermanas gemelas idénticas de León, Guanajuato, Mexico, que estudian el doctorado en el Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos Teresa Lozano Long (LLILAS) de la Universidad de Texas en Austin. Fátima comenzó … [Read more...] about “La mitad de mi corazón”: Una entrevista con Montserrat y Fátima Valdivia

Tagged With: Fátima Valdivia, LLILAS students, migrantes, Montserrat Valdivia, Tarahumara, UT Austin

“Half of My Heart”: An Interview with Montserrat and Fátima Valdivia

April 8, 2020

BY SUSANNA SHARPE Leer en español Olimpia Montserrat Valdivia and Fátima Valdivia are identical twin sisters from León, Guanajuato, Mexico, who are enrolled in the doctoral program at the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at … [Read more...] about “Half of My Heart”: An Interview with Montserrat and Fátima Valdivia

Tagged With: Central American migration, Fátima Valdivia, LLILAS, LLILAS students, migrants, Montserrat Valdivia, Tarahumara, UT Austin

Indigenous Self-Determination and Drug Trafficking in Mexico’s Tarahumara Region

August 20, 2019

Leer en español. BY FÁTIMA VALDIVIA IN OCTOBER 2018, Julián Carrillo Martínez, an indigenous Rarámuri defender, was killed in his community of Coloradas de la Virgen, located in the municipality of Guadalupe y Calvo, in the northern state of Chihuahua, Mexico. Together with his community, … [Read more...] about Indigenous Self-Determination and Drug Trafficking in Mexico’s Tarahumara Region

Tagged With: drug trafficking, Fátima Valdivia, Indigenous Issues, indigenous women, Rarámuri, Student Research, Tarahumara

Auto-Determinación Indígena y Tráfico de Drogas en la Región Tarahumara, México

August 20, 2019

Read in English. POR FÁTIMA VALDIVIA EN OCTUBRE 2018, Julián Carrillo Martínez, defensor indígena rarámuri, fue asesinado en su comunidad Coloradas de la Virgen, ubicada en el municipio de Guadalupe y Calvo, en el estado de Chihuahua, al norte de México. Junto con su comunidad, Julián había … [Read more...] about Auto-Determinación Indígena y Tráfico de Drogas en la Región Tarahumara, México

Tagged With: Fátima Valdivia, LLILAS, Rarámuri, Tarahumara, tráfico de drogas

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

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