Dr. Matthew Johnson of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has won the 2023 Helen Delpar Award with his article “A City of Feriantes, or Puesteros and Administradores? La Salada in Recent Argentine Film and Literature.” The committee notes “Dr. Johnson’s article examines a huge informal market complex Read more…
37. K-12 Teacher Workshop: “Demystifying Haitian Vodou” Location: Wine Room Organizer: Duke-UNC Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Moderator: Corin Zaragoza, Duke-UNC Consortium Presenter: Crystal Eddins, University of North Carolina at Charlotte 38. Youth, Gender, and Class Subjectivities in Latin American Film and Fiction Location: Churchill Room Chair: Maya Read more…
33. Round Table: ¡Celebra Latinx!: Celebrating Latinx Culture with a Spanish Reading Program Location: Wine Room Organizer: Mauricio Hernandez, Duke University Laura Andrade, Duke University Olivia Bond, Duke University Melody Gao, Duke University Discussant: Ofelia Lopez, Duke University 34. The Body and Violence in Latin American Latin American Literature and Read more…
29. Art, Race, and Intersectionality in Early Modern Latin America and the Caribbean (1500-1800)–Part II Location: Wine Room The Cult of St. Anthony of Padua in Colonial Yucatán: The Intersection of Assimilation to Appropriation C. Cody Barteet, Western University Composing the World in Spanish Colonial Painting Ana Girard, University of Read more…
25. Art, Race, and Intersectionality in Early Modern Latin America and the Caribbean (1500-1800)–Part I Location: Wine Room Afro-Latin Art History: Identity, Representation, and Intersectionality Brisa Marie Smith Flores, University of California, Los Angeles Reading Inhumanity in the Casta Paintings of New Spain Aubrey Hobart, Savannah College of Art and Read more…
21. Latin American Politics and Party Competition: Identification, Race, and Victimization Location: Wine Room Chair: Mary Rose Kubal, St. Bonaventure University District Selection and Racial Identity: Determinants for Voting in the Colombian Congress’ Black District Mateo Villamizar-Chaparro, Duke University Progressive Ideology and Support for Punitive Crime Policy: Experimental Evidence from Read more…
17. Digging Deeper: the History, Consequences, and Responses to Natural Resource Exploitation in Latin America Location: Wine Room Chair: Steven Hyland, Wingate University Natural resource exploitation in LATAM Camilo De Los Rios, Duke University Extractions: Eco-Media, Mining, and the Amazon Jessica Milhomem Doyle, Duke University Climate Adaptation in Latin America: Read more…
13. Politics, Religion, and Aesthetics: Contributions from the Peripheries of Brazilian Society Location: Wine Room Chair: John D. French, Duke University From Dictatorship to the Brazilian New Republic in Crisis: Understanding Lula’s Political Leadership, 1985-2022 John D. French, Duke University Fraternity or Farce? Brazilian Black Consciousness Movements in the Centenary Read more…
9. Round Table: Word Mingas Location: Wine Room Moderator: Miguel Rojas Sotelo, Duke University Paul M. Worley, Western Carolina University Melissa Birkhofer, Western Carolina University Miguel Rocha Vivas, Universidad Javeriana 10. Literatura de autoría femenina en Latinoamérica y Caribe: intimidad, identidad, corporeidad y resistencia Location: Churchill Room Chair: Débora Maria Read more…
5. Intersections of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Mexican Literature and Film Location: Wine Room Chair: David S. Dalton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Continuidad y cambio: el paradigma de la Malinche y los triángulos amorosos en Xicotencatl Madison Green, University of North Carolina, Charlotte The Lack of Medical Resources Read more…