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Ann González publishes her latest book!
Congratulations to longtime member Ann B. González for her hot-off-the-press book Postcolonial Approaches to Latin American Children’s Literature! Check it out!
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David Carey to co-edit a new book series
SECOLAS member David Carey has partnered with Renata Keller to launch a book series entitled Critical Latin America published by Brill. Check it out!
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Member Christina Bueno wins book prize!
Christina Bueno, a longtime friend and member of the organization, won the Michael C. Meyer Prize (Best Book on Mexican history in a five year period) for her book The Pursuit of Ruins: Archaeology, History, and the Making of Modern Mexico. This award is given by our friends at RMCLAS. Read more…
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Katy Kole de Peralta on women and syphilis in colonial Lima
Katy Kole de Peralta just published a portion of her SECOLAS 2018 talk. Check it out! Dying to heal: Women and syphilis in colonial Lima, Peru
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Historias 6 – Michael Goebel
How do nationalist ideas emerge, evolve, and spread? How do urban spaces and the migration of people factor in? Dr. Michael Goebel joins Steven to discuss the arc of his research, ranging from nationalism in twentieth-century Argentina, to anti-imperialist activism in interwar Paris, to comparing urban inequality in specific global Read more…
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Historias 5 – Aiala Levy
What are the digital humanities and how can it help one’s research project? Dr. Aiala Levy of the University of Scranton speaks with Carlos Dimas about the field and the many tools available in the digital humanities. Dr. Levy also shares how she came to her research project on the Read more…
Updates
Save the Date! – Oaxaca 2019 – March 26-31, 2019
SAVE THE DATE! 66th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) Oaxaca, México March 26-31, 2019 Proposal Submission Deadline will be October 15, 2018 With support from the Center for US-Latin America Initiatives and the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Read more…
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Historias 4 – Steven Taylor
How will the recent congressional elections in Colombia influence the ongoing peace process? Political scientist Steven Taylor speaks with Carlos and Steven about FARC’s participation in the elections, the looming presidential elections, and what challenges remain for fully implementing the peace deal championed by outgoing president and Nobel Peace Prize Read more…
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Historias 3 – Erika Edwards
Steven speaks with Erika Edwards, assistant professor of Latin American history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, about her upcoming book on people of African-descent in Córdoba, Argentina, her role and goals as co-Executive Secretary of the Conference on Latin American History, and her community advocacy for Latinos Read more…
Awards
Call for Submissions – Moseley Student Paper Award
Graduate student presenters at the Nashville meeting may submit their revised conference paper to the Edward H. Moseley Student Paper Award competition. The deadline to submit to the committee is Wednesday, March 21, 2018 by 5pm EST. Submissions must not be longer than 25 pages, including bibliography, endnotes and/or footnotes. Read more…