Fernanda Bretones Lane has won the 2020 Sturgis Leavitt Award for Best Article for her article “The Congress of Vienna and the Making of Second Slavery.” The Sturgis Leavitt Award is given annually for the best article or book chapter on a Latin American or Iberian subject published by a Read more…
Dr. Christoph Rosenmüller has won the 2020 Alfred B. Thomas Book Award for his book Corruption and Justice in Colonial Mexico, 1650–1755. The Alfred B. Thomas Award is awarded annually for the best book on a Latin American subject published by a SECOLAS member in the previous year. Congratulations Christoph.
The networking event will start after the conclusion of the Graduate Student Workshop. Let’s say 7:15pm at Cheer Up Charlie’s, 900 Red River St. It’s half a block north of the Hotel Indigo. FYI, today is the celebration for Cheer Up Charlie’s 10th anniversary, and to bring it in there Read more…
Change is on the horizon in Uruguay. On 1 March 2020, the new center-right coalition led by National Party leader Luis Lacalle Pou took over the country’s reigns, bringing an end to a decade and half of government by the center-left Broad Front party. The day also marked the thirty-fifth Read more…
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…
Dr. Alan McPherson of Temple University sat down with Dustin Walcher to discuss his career working in U.S.-Latin American relations, and his new book, Ghosts of Sheridan Circle: How a Washington Assassination Brought Pinochet’s Terror State to Justice. They chatted about anti-Americanism, nationalism, archives, and historical detective work.
CALL FOR PAPERS 67th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies Austin, Texas March 3-8, 2020 Proposal Submission Deadline: October 15, 2019 Submit your abstract at this link. SECOLAS is pleased to announce a call for paper and panel abstract submissions for its 67th Annual Meeting, held Read more…