Tag: African and African Diaspora Studies
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The Archives of Viche: Black Women and the Embodied Production of Distilled Spirits in the Colombian Pacific
By CAMILLE C. CARR La memoria de mis ancestras camina conmigo y me acompaña a todas partes. [The memory of my female ancestors walks by…
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To the Reader, Fall 2024
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…
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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…
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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.…
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Lost and Future Cities: Explorations in the Wilderness and Imaginaries of Modernities in Brazil
By BEATRIZ JAGUARIBE Blank Spaces and Amazonian Imaginaries LIBRARIES EVOKE other libraries. The turning of pages leads to other geographies of letters that emerge as…
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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…
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Faculty Spotlight: Daniel Brinks
DANIEL BRINKS is professor of government and law and current chair of the UT Austin Department of Government, where he specializes in the fields of…
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POEM – The Saguaro: Gossamer
The Saguaro, Gossamer: An ekphrasis of my B1-B2 Visa By MARÍA GÓMEZ de LEÓN SURNAME Forgo the tactile labyrinth the ridges and valleys chasing each…
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Poems, Magazines & Manifestos: Literary Vanguardism in 20th-Century Latin America
By VERONICA VALARINO THE BENSON LATIN AMERICAN COLLECTION is proud to present Poems, Magazines & Manifestos: Exploring Literary Vanguardism in Early 20th-Century Latin America. The…
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Artist Spotlight: Juan Pablo Abalo
By SUSANNA SHARPE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECENT HISTORY, an artist-in-residence will spend a semester at LLILAS. Chilean composer, musical producer, and writer Juan…
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Black Feminist Epistemologies: Learning with Sueli Carneiro
Ler em português. By ANA CAROLINA ASSUMPÇÃO and ANA LUIZA BIAZETO Antes de ser um tema acadêmico, o feminismo negro é uma causa, é uma…
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Writing Behind the Walls: Pido la Palabra
THE POEMS ON THESE PAGES were written within the framework of a bilingual creative writing course titled Pido la Palabra, which was taught in fall…