EACH FALL, the publication of Portal magazine affords us an opportunity to showcase LLILAS and the Benson, both as two separate units and as a rich and symbiotic partnership. In these pages, you will read articles by Latin Americanist students, faculty, and visiting professors—a snapshot of the … [Read more...] about To the Reader, Fall 2024
Adela Pineda Franco
Lives in Motion: Human and Animal Migration in Times of Environmental Change
With the support of a President’s Award for Global Learning, a group of 15 undergraduate students are developing independent research projects and audiovisual narratives with the overarching theme of human and animal migration in times of environmental change. I am pleased to be part of the faculty … [Read more...] about Lives in Motion: Human and Animal Migration in Times of Environmental Change
Joseph Stiglitz and Martín Guzmán: Development and Debt Challenges in Latin America
By ADELA PINEDA FRANCO In spring 2024, LLILAS hosted Nobel Laureate in Economics Joseph Stiglitz and former Minister of Economy of Argentina (2019–2022) Martín Guzmán. Their public conversation, moderated by JR DeShazo, Dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, focused on topics … [Read more...] about Joseph Stiglitz and Martín Guzmán: Development and Debt Challenges in Latin America
Benson Acquisition: César Vallejo Papers
The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the literary archives of César Vallejo and Augusto Roa Bastos, two giants of Latin American letters. These archives augment the Benson’s already significant collection of materials that represent the region’s … [Read more...] about Benson Acquisition: César Vallejo Papers
To the Reader, 2023 Edition
WELCOME to another issue of Portal, the annual magazine of the partnership between the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies and the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection. We are always immensely proud to publish the work of faculty, students, staff, and alumni. We invite … [Read more...] about To the Reader, 2023 Edition
Pido la Palabra: A Texas Prison Literature Project for Social Justice and the Literary Imagination
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INCARCERATION AND LITERATURE has a long history. From antiquity to modern times, writers who have experienced incarceration have used the written word to create a space of ethical reflection and critical analysis of societal ills. In prison, preserving one’s humanity becomes … [Read more...] about Pido la Palabra: A Texas Prison Literature Project for Social Justice and the Literary Imagination
A Century of Perspective: A Conversation with Professor Emeritus Karl M. Schmitt
PROFESSOR EMERITUS KARL MICHAEL SCHMITT joined the faculty of the Department of Government at The University of Texas at Austin in 1958, where he spent the majority of his career as a prominent Latin Americanist. He became associate director of the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS, now … [Read more...] about A Century of Perspective: A Conversation with Professor Emeritus Karl M. Schmitt
To the Reader, 2022 Edition
IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE to welcome you to Portal, a window to Latin American Studies and Collections at UT Austin. We want to provide our readers with a forum for inspirational discussions on the interfaces of knowledge production and Latin America’s social reality. At the heart of Portal lies our … [Read more...] about To the Reader, 2022 Edition
To the Reader
ON FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020, The University of Texas at Austin announced that it was canceling classes and closing the campus due to community spread of COVID-19. From that day forward, members of the LLILAS Benson community began to figure out how we would live, work, support our loved ones, shop for … [Read more...] about To the Reader
Welcoming a New Director
Dr. Adela Pineda Franco — First Latin American Woman to Lead LLILAS ADELA PINEDA FRANCO, a scholar in the humanities, joins the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies as its new director beginning fall 2021. Dr. Pineda Franco comes to The University of Texas at Austin from Boston … [Read more...] about Welcoming a New Director
