Tag: history of science
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The Roque Dalton Archive at the Benson Latin American Collection
Author James Iffland, the pre-eminent biographer of Salvadoran revolutionary and writer Roque Dalton, writes about Dalton’s life and his important archive at the Benson Latin…
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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…
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Exhibition Spotlight: Battle for Chile & Walls That Speak
Battle for Chile: Cold War, Coup, and the Court of Public Opinion From September 11, 2023, through April 30, 2024, the Hartness Reading Room Gallery…
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Scherezade García: The Blue Liquid Highway
ARTIST SCHEREZADE GARCÍA refers to the Atlantic as a “blue liquid highway,” a “profound obstacle” that provokes her imagination. “The blue sea represents the way out…
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Beyond the Music: Daniel Party on Víctor Jara and the Many Facets of Musicology
MUSICOLOGIST DANIEL PARTY was Tinker Visiting Professor at LLILAS during spring 2023. He is an associate professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where he…
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River Mumma: Fluid Crossings and Mermaid Spirits in Revival Zion Religion
by KHYTIE K. BROWN THIS STORY BEGINS with a Jamaican folk tale about a mermaid spirit who inhabits the rivers, and sometimes the seas, of…
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Finding God over the Airwaves: Is Religious Media Driving Protestant Growth in Latin America?
BY GUSTAVO FUCHS PROTESTANTISM HAS BEEN ON THE RISE across Latin America for decades. Scholars have tackled this historic trend by examining the underlying social…