Tag: Atkins Institution
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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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Benson Acquisition: Augusto Roa Bastos 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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Between Words, Between Worlds: Linguistic and Contextual Disruptions in the Transition from English to Spanish Literacy among Children Moving from the U.S. to Mexico
By VÍCTOR ZÚÑIGA ALTHOUGH THE ARE OFTEN INVISIBLE, children are international migrants crossing borders, generally as members of families. This article addresses one of the…
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Epistemologias Feministas Negras: Aprendendo com Sueli Carneiro
Read in English. Por ANA CAROLINA ASSUMPÇÃO e ANA LUIZA BIAZETO Antes de ser um tema acadêmico, o feminismo negro é uma causa, é uma…
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A Polyphony for New Worlds in Abiayala: The 2024 Lozano Long Conference
By MARÍA JOSÉ PÉREZ SIÁN THE 2024 LOZANO LONG CONFERENCE, “Indigenous Lands, Resisting Sexualities in Abiayala,” held April 18 and 19, was a space for…
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Field Notes Student Photography Exhibition
EACH YEAR, LLILAS Benson invites graduate and undergraduate students from all departments and disciplines to submit photographs to the Field Notes Student Photography Exhibition. Through…
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Guest Review: Exploring the Depths of Migue Roth’s “El Desvío”
by AMELIE BAQUERO LANZADURI In the remote setting of El Desvío, a solitary man navigates the unforgiving terrain of the Patagonian Steppe. Once-familiar paths are…
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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…
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Faculty Spotlight: Joshua Frens-String
JOSHUA FRENS-STRING is a historian of modern Latin America and assistant professor in the Department of History. His research and teaching examine the history of…
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Faculty Spotlight: Megan Raby
MEGAN RABY is a historian of science and environment whose research and writing highlight transnational connections in science between the United States and Latin America…
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7 Questions for Gioconda Belli
Leer en español GIOCONDA BELLI, one of the foremost figures in Nicaraguan literature and politics, has chosen the Benson Collection as the home for her…
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7 Preguntas para Gioconda Belli
Read interview in English GIOCONDA BELLI, one of the foremost figures in Nicaraguan literature and politics, has chosen the Benson Collection as the home for…
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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…