SECOLAS is delighted to announce its latest digital media project Discurso: https://discursorevista.com/ The idea is to offer a text-based rich media user experience in which scholars of Latin America explore a wide array of issues, ranging from the interaction between society and the state to how this relationship is rendered Read more…
The Business Meeting will begin tonight (Thursday) at 5:45pm in Pressler’s Garden.
Bienvenido a Austin. Welcome to Austin.Some news and notes: Panels begin this morning at 9am in the Hotel Indigo. The Breakout Rooms are located on the 1st floor of Hotel Indigo. If you are staying in the Holiday Inn Express, you can access the Hotel Indigo through a passage located just off of the Read more…
SECOLAS is delighted to announce that Historias has moved to new digs. Find us here: https://historiaspodcast.com/ Happy listening and as always thank you for listening.
Dr. Alvis Dunn, SECOLAS’ incoming president, joined Steven to talk about his intellectual journey mixed with twenty-five years of bartending. They also discussed his road trip to Guatemala in the 1980s and his vision for the organization. Check out Alvis’ twitter feed : @Alvis12Dunn
Dr. Erika Edwards joined Steven to discuss her new book Hiding in Plain Sight: Black Women, the Law, and the Making of a White Argentine Republic. They also discussed the challenges of “life happens” and Dr. Edwards’ role as Executive Secretary of the Conference on Latin American History.
Comenzamos el primer podcast de Historias en español con una entrevista al historiador especialista en historia brasileña Oscar de la Torre. El historiador de origen catalán nos habla de su libro The People of the River: Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835-1945. En este arco temporal de cien años De la Torre estudia Read more…
The verdict on the Operation Condor trial in Italy will drop before the New Year. In anticipation, the Historias team is providing an encore presentation of our discussion with Dr. Francesca Lessa, a leading scholar on transitional justice and the Operation Condor trials. Happy listening. Dr. Francesca Lessa, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Read more…
Dr. Marysol Quevedo and Dr. Elizabeth Schwall joined Steven to discuss the cultural projects of the Cuban Revolution, arguably its most successful initiative. In this wide ranging discussion, Marysol and Elizabeth detail the evolution of these art forms from the 1930s through first decades of revolutionary Cuba, highlighting the efforts Read more…