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A Century of Perspective: A Conversation with Professor Emeritus Karl M. Schmitt

September 27, 2022

PROFESSOR EMERITUS KARL MICHAEL SCHMITT joined the faculty of the Department of Government at The University of Texas at Austin in 1958, where he spent the majority of his career as a prominent Latin Americanist. He became associate director of the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS, now … [Read more...] about A Century of Perspective: A Conversation with Professor Emeritus Karl M. Schmitt

Tagged With: Adela Pineda Franco, Karl M. Schmitt, Latin American studies, LLILAS, University of Texas at Austin

In Memoriam: Nora England, Visionary Linguist and Mentor

September 27, 2022

By SUSANNA SHARPE NORA ENGLAND’S PASSION FOR LINGUISTICS was sparked in college, where, almost on a whim, she enrolled in a field methods course. “That really got me going—actually hearing data from another language and paying attention to it,” she recalled in an interview, describing one lecture … [Read more...] about In Memoriam: Nora England, Visionary Linguist and Mentor

Tagged With: CILLA, Guatemala, Indigenous languages, Maya linguistics, Nora England, Susanna Sharpe, University of Texas at Austin

To the Reader, 2022 Edition

September 27, 2022

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

Tagged With: Adela Pineda Franco, LLILAS Benson, Melissa Guy, Portal magazine, University of Texas at Austin

Faculty Spotlight: Mallory Matsumoto

September 27, 2022

ONE OF THE MANY FASCINATING ASPECTS of Classic Maya civilization (250–900 CE) is that a series of common cultural traits appear in settlements that are widely distributed geographically, yet they do not appear to have originated in one central location. “They were shared among populations that were … [Read more...] about Faculty Spotlight: Mallory Matsumoto

Tagged With: David Stuart, LLILAS, Mallory Matsumoto, Maya cluster, Maya hieroglyphs, Religious Studies, University of Texas at Austin, wahy

Faculty Spotlight: Amy E. Thompson

September 27, 2022

IN HER RESEARCH, Assistant Professor Amy E. Thompson (Department of Geography and the Environment) uses transdisciplinary approaches of geospatial methods with traditional archaeological techniques to assess wealth inequality, differential access to resources, and community formation among the … [Read more...] about Faculty Spotlight: Amy E. Thompson

Tagged With: Amy E. Thompson, David Stuart, Department of Geography and the Environment, LLILAS, Maya archaeology, Mopan Maya, University of Texas at Austin, UT Maya Cluster

To the Reader

September 3, 2021

ON FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020, The University of Texas at Austin announced that it was canceling classes and closing the campus due to community spread of COVID-19. From that day forward, members of the LLILAS Benson community began to figure out how we would live, work, support our loved ones, shop for … [Read more...] about To the Reader

Tagged With: Adela Pineda Franco, Benson Centennial, COVID-19, Javier Auyero, LLILAS Benson, Melissa Guy, Olmec head, Susanna Sharpe, University of Texas at Austin

In Memoriam: Dr. Teresa Lozano Long

September 3, 2021

BY SUSANNA SHARPE Beloved philanthropist and educator Dr. Teresa Lozano Long passed away peacefully on March 21, 2021, with Joe R. Long, her loving husband of 63 years, holding her hand. She was 92. Teresa Lozano Long was born July 20, 1928, in Premont, Texas, and grew up there on her parents’ … [Read more...] about In Memoriam: Dr. Teresa Lozano Long

Tagged With: Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long, LLILAS, LLILAS Benson, National Endowment for the Humanities, Teresa Lozano Long, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, Texas Exes, University of Texas at Austin

Welcoming a New Director

September 3, 2021

Dr. Adela Pineda Franco — First Latin American Woman to Lead LLILAS ADELA PINEDA FRANCO, a scholar in the humanities, joins the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies as its new director beginning fall 2021. Dr. Pineda Franco comes to The University of Texas at Austin from Boston … [Read more...] about Welcoming a New Director

Tagged With: Adela Pineda Franco, LLILAS, LLILAS Benson, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Manuel G. Galaviz: From Undocumented Youth to Scholar and Mentor

August 31, 2021

DR. MANUEL (MANNY) G. GALAVIZ will join the Division of Cultural Anthropology at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), as a tenure-track assistant professor in fall 2021. Dr. Galaviz earned his PhD in Sociocultural Anthropology from The University of Texas at Austin in December 2020. His … [Read more...] about Dr. Manuel G. Galaviz: From Undocumented Youth to Scholar and Mentor

Tagged With: Chicano Park, CSU Fullerton, LibroMobile, Manuel Galaviz, Playas de Tijuana, Scholar Holler podcast, Texas Exes, U.S.-Mexico border, University of Texas at Austin

Confessions of an Archives Convert: Reflecting on the Genaro García Collection

August 29, 2021

BY DIEGO A. GODOY VOLUMINOUS LISTS OF BANNED OR REDACTED BOOKS, laced with sanctimonious commentary—or, early-modern Spanish “cancel culture.” The illustrated family tree of a womanizing, bald curate named Miguel Hidalgo. Op-eds fawning over every viperous protagonist of the … [Read more...] about Confessions of an Archives Convert: Reflecting on the Genaro García Collection

Tagged With: Benson Latin American Collection, Diego Godoy, Genaro García Collection, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas Libraries

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