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
Portal magazine
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
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
From the Director
As the 2017–2018 academic year comes to an end, the halls are quieter without our students, many of whom are now off in Latin America working on their research and further cultivating their love for our favorite region of the world. But the busy pace at LLILAS Benson barely slows down over Austin’s … [Read more...] about From the Director