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LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections raises awareness of past and current issues affecting Latin America and U.S. Latina/o communities through its world-class collections, globalized higher education, research, international exchange, and public programs.
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LLILAS Benson Happy Hour
Lovely to spend time catching up with colleagues!
LLILAS BENSON NEWS
Hispanic Heritage Broadcasts from Voces Oral History Center
In honor of Hispanic (Latinx) History Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15), Voces Oral History Center and KUT 90.5 Austin have partnered to bring stories of notable Latinas/os from the Voces archive to the airwaves, including short features on the Texas Standard. Many of these archives and people have connections to the Benson Latin American Collection. Listen to stories here.
LLILAS Benson Digital Initiatives Visits Buenaventura, Colombia
Members of the LLILAS Benson Digital Initiatives team visited Buenaventura, Colombia, to work with members of Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN), an organization that promotes the territorial rights and culture of Afro-Colombians. Read about the trip here.
We are recruiting an Outreach Coordinator
T he Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies Outreach Coordinator is responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of outreach initiatives for the partnership between the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies and the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection. Apply here.
We are recruiting an Administrative Associate
The purpose of this 9-month temporary position is to provide general administrative support for the development, alumni, and other administrative functions of the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies.
Elizabeth Garza Joins the Benson Staff
Elizabeth Garza has joined the Benson as the new Senior Library Specialist. Originally from San Antonio, she has a certificate in User Experience/User Interface Design from UT San Antonio. An avid knitter, she also has two rescue dogs, Winky and Brownie. Welcome, Elizabeth!
UPCOMING EVENTS
LLILAS Faculty Book Presentation
Tuesday, Sept. 20 | 4:00pm (CDT) | Livestream link
We are delighted to present the book Street Matters: A Critical History of Twentieth-Century Urban Policy in Brazil, authored by Professor Fernando Luiz Lara (UT School of Architecture) and Ana Paula Koury (U. São Judas and Mackenzie Presbyterian University). The book links urban policy and planning with street protests in Brazil. Join us via livestream. Details here.
Panel: Innovación Pedagógica: Editoriales Cartoneras en el Aula
Thursday, Sept. 22 | 5:30pm (CDT) | Webinar Registration
This online panel will focus on the state of school-based cartonera publishing in three Latin American countries—Perú, Argentina, and Colombia. Panelists will share pedagogical insights from their experiences in classrooms making cartonera books with children, youth, and families.
Concert & Lecture: Pasatono Orquesta Mexicana
Friday, Sept. 23 | 4:00–5:00pm | Benson Latin American Collection, 2nd floor conference room
Pasatono revives musical traditions Indigenous and mestizo Mexico, including the Zapotec brass and wind band, ritual percussion of northwestern Mexico, and pre-Hispanic percussion. Under the direction of Mixtec musician and researcher Rubén Luengas Pérez. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by LLILAS Benson, the LLILAS Mexico Center, and the Butler School of Music.
Play: Makuyeika Colectivo Teatral, Andares
Saturday, Sept. 24 | 7:30pm | McCullough Theatre, UT Campus
A theater creation about the lives of Indigenous youth in Mexico, Andares is devised collectively through personal anecdotes, ancetral myths, traditional music and art forms. Faculty and students receive a discount. More information, and tickets, here.
SAVE THE DATE
Brazil at 200: Historical Reflections, Contemporary Challenges
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 13 and 14 | Online and In-Person
This two-day event, in commemoration of Brazil's independence, traces change and continuity in Brazil's history over two centuries. It will feature an in-person talk and reception hosted by Department of Art and Art History on Thursday, Oct. 13; livestreamed panels all day on Friday, Oct. 14 with a keynote by former Minister of Environment Marina Silva; and an exhibition opening and reception at the Benson Latin American Collection on Friday, Oct. 14. More details to come.
ONGOING EXHIBITION (Blanton Museum of Art)
Painted Cloth: Fashion and Ritual in Colonial Latin America
August 14, 2022 – January 8, 2023
Watch: Exhibition video in English or Spanish.
This exhibition at the Blanton Museum addresses the social roles of textiles and their visual representations in media produced in Bolivia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela in the 1600s and 1700s. Visit the Blanton's exhibition website for more information, and to learn about the series of special events related to the exhibition.
A LOOK BACK
A Blast from the Past: The 2020 Lozano Long Conference
In February of 2020, LLILAS Benson hosted the 2020 Lozano Long Conference, Black Women’s Intellectual Contributions to the Americas. This superb event, organized by Professors Lorraine Leu and Christen Smith, included keynote addresses by Sueli Carneiro (Geledés Institute for Black Women, Brazil) and Carole Boyce-Davies (Cornell University). Leu and Smith interviewed Black Brazilian feminists Carneiro and Rosana Paulino during their visit to campus. Read "Voices of Black Brazilian Feminism."
FACULTY NEWS
LLILAS Welcomes a New Affiliate
Dr. Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez, a native of Colombia, is Assistant Professor of History. He received a B.A. in History from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá) and a Ph.D. in Latin American History from Yale University in 2018, His research interests include Latin American history, Atlantic history, early modern history, Indigenous studies, history of maps and other textual artifacts.
Opinion Piece and Keynote by Marcelo Paixão
In his ongoing series of articles for revista piauí, Professor Marcelo Paixão (LLILAS / African & African Diaspora Studies) writes about Brazil's elites. Read "Elites querem fazer crecer o bolo - mas sem distribuí-lo." Paixão recently presented the keynote address at the Congresso Brasileiro de Pesquisadores Negros. View the talk here. He is the new LLILAS Brazil Center Chair.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Alumni Spotlight: Elizabeth O'Brien, Historian of Medicine
"LLILAS gave me the time and space to discover this passion. At the same time, I was profoundly intellectually shaped by the questions, methodologies, and motivations underpinning other exciting research projects in Latin American Studies." LLILAS alumna Elizabeth O'Brien, is Department of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, shares how her study of Latin America has shaped her career. Read the story here.
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