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
The University of Texas at Austin
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 comparative politics and public law. He previously served as co-director of the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the … [Read more...] about Faculty Spotlight: Daniel Brinks
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 these images, student photographers document scenes witnessed during their research on Latin America, U.S. … [Read more...] about Field Notes Student Photography Exhibition
Indigenous Languages Thrive at UT Austin: Quechua, Nahuatl, and K’iche’
BY SUSANNA SHARPE The Indigenous Languages Initiative (ILI), established in 2013, builds on LLILAS Benson’s longstanding commitment to fomenting and supporting the study of Indigenous languages and cultures. The primary goal of ILI is threefold: (1) provide high-quality courses taught by native … [Read more...] about Indigenous Languages Thrive at UT Austin: Quechua, Nahuatl, and K’iche’
From the Director
THIS IS MY LAST DIRECTOR'S LETTER for Portal, and while time feels as if it’s flown by, LLILAS Benson has achieved many milestones since my term began. In the past four years, the partnership between the academic unit, LLILAS, and the library, Benson, grew from an experiment in collaborative … [Read more...] about From the Director
Celebrating a Century
IT'S DECEMBER 1, 1920, in Mexico City. After witnessing the inauguration of President Álvaro Obregón, University of Texas Regent H.J. Lutcher Stark and Chair of Latin American History Charles Wilson Hackett stumble upon an amazing find as they walk down Madero Street. Historian and head librarian … [Read more...] about Celebrating a Century
