Annual Meeting
SECOLAS 2021 – Deadline is in a week – 1 Nov 2020
Submit your abstracts (individual or panel proposals) for SECOLAS 2021 annual meeting by 1 November 2020 Check out the CFP below!
Media
Historias 87 – The Destape, Sex and Democracy in 1980s Argentina with Natalia Milanesio
Dr. Natalia Milanesio joined Steven to discuss her new book ¡Destape!: Sex, Democracy, and Freedom in Postdictatorial Argentina. For Milanesio, the Destape was “the biggest and most explosive sociocultural phenomenon after the fall of the military dictatorship… that made sexual culture into a powerful metaphor for democracy and the reconstruction Read more…
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Historias 84 – La guerrilla en América Latina en los años 60 “globales”
El historiador uruguayo Aldo Marchesi analiza los procesos guerrilleros de los años 60 en Sudamerica. Aunque cada uno de estos procesos ha recibido algún grado de atención por parte de los historiadores en sus respectivos países, Marchesi rescata el carácter trasnacional de estos movimientos y la emergencia de una identidad Read more…
Awards
Moseley Student Paper Award – Call for Submissions
Graduate student presenters at the Austin meeting may submit their revised conference paper to the Edward H. Moseley Student Paper Award competition. The deadline to submit to the committee is Tuesday, March 24, 2020 by 5pm EST. Submissions must not be longer than 25 pages, including bibliography, endnotes and/or footnotes. Read more…
Discurso
Introducing Discurso
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…
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Historias 80 – Alvis Dunn. Incoming SECOLAS President
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
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Historias 43 – Reginald Bess, SECOLAS’ incoming president
Dr. Reginald Bess, the incoming President of SECOLAS, spoke with Steven about his lifelong love for languages and the humanities and his dedication to teaching at HBCUs. They also discuss the enduring importance of language study for young Americans and what universities can do to innovate language programs.
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Historias 22 – Martin Nesvig on the daily making and unmaking of empire in the Americas
Card sharks. Bigamists. Kidnappers. Brawlers. Drunks. Imposters. Assassins for hire. These are the people that played critical roles in the establishment of imperial Spanish rule in the 16th century Americas.
Dr. Martin Nesvig of the Univers…
Annual Meeting
¡Oaxaca 2019! Call for Papers
Come one! Come all! Join SECOLAS in Oaxaca, México in late March 2019 for our 66th annual meeting. Submit your abstract here.
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Historias 18 – Erika Edwards, Jackie Sumner and Dave McLaughlin on work-life balance
Historias is back! In this episode, Drs. Erika Edwards, Jackie Sumner, and Dave McLaughlin join Steven to discuss such challenges of academia for junior faculty as experiencing the pressures of insecure employment, navigating tenure requirements, and building lives off campus.