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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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NEWS and EVENTS
Sept. 15-30, 2021
A new issue of Portal magazine is online!
LLILAS Benson’s annual magazine, Portal, is available
online at llilasbensonmagazine.org.
This issue continues to celebrate the centennial
of the Benson Latin American Collection as well
as featuring research, news, and creative work in Spanish.
LLILAS BENSON NEWS
A Centennial Gift Honoring One of the Benson's Own
Former head librarian Ann Hartness, renowned for her 38-year career at the Benson Latin American Collection, is being honored by her son and daughter-in-law, Jonathan Graham and Elizabeth Ulmer, with a remarkable gift to the library that will support Brazilian studies and collections. The main reading room will be named in Hartness’s honor. Read more here.
HornRaiser: Support the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America!
There are 560 Indigenous languages in Latin America. Some of them have lost their last living speakers. The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America (AILLA) is hoping to raise $15,000 for its endowment, which will support the archive’s work to preserve Indigenous languages and linguistic cultural heritage for future generations. Give here.
LLILAS Benson Welcomes Administrative Manager Jac Erengil
LLILAS welcomes Jac Erengil, who is joining us in the role of administrative manager after 20+ years at UT Austin. In her free time, she loves to cycle, swim, read, listen to live music, paint, travel, talk politics. Welcome, Jac!
Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
Saturday, September 18 | 10 am-12 pm CDT
Facebook Live
Join this workshop for in-service and pre-service teachers and faculty at community colleges and minority-serving institutions. No knowledge of Portuguese is necessary. Intermediate Spanish is recommended. Register at bit.ly/portuguesefall2021
Dr. Teresa Marques Discusses Women's Right to Vote
Wednesday, September 29 | 3 pm CDT
Request Zoom link: p.diaz@austin.utexas.edu
Teresa Cristina Marques is assistant professor and director of graduate studies at Universidade de Brasília. She researches women’s civil and political rights. She is teaching the graduate seminar Women and the Right to Vote in the Americas. Read more about Dr. Marques' scholarship and courses here.
MORE EVENTS
The Mexican Empire and Indigenous Texas, 1821-1823
Monday, September 20 | 12–1:30 pm CDT | Webinar
The Institute for Historical Studies hosts a talk by Sheena Cox, a Borderlands PhD candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. Learn more here.
IN PRINT & ONLINE
Martín Fierro at University of Texas: Between the Pan-American Crusades and the Persistence of the Gaucho's Libertarian Role
Matías Emiliano Casas of CONICET – Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, analyzes one of the most remarkable derivations of the poem Martín Fierro—its use for Pan-American or anti-Communist purposes. Casas conducted his research for the article at the Benson Latin American Collection. View a pdf of the article, which was published in EIAL 32(1): 2021.
FACULTY NEWS
LLILAS Benson Welcomes New Faculty Affiliates
Frederick Luis Aldama
Frederick Aldama is the Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at The University of Texas at Austin. An award-winning author of over 48 books, he is creator of the first documentary on the history of Latinx superheroes and founder and director of UT’s Latinx Pop Lab. Read more about his work here.
Mallory Matsumoto
Mallory Matsumoto is an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies who researches Mesoamerican religions and ethnohistory, as well as Maya archaeology. She speaks several languages, including Maya Kaqchikel. Read more about her work here.
Daniel Nielson
Daniel Nielson is professor in the Department of Government. His research focuses on international development, foreign aid, the control of corruption, and international organization. He has conducted research in Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, and the Bahamas, and has served as PI in numerous grants. Read more about his work here.
LLILAS Translation Grant
Thanks to a LLILAS translation award, Professor Néstor Rodríguez (Dept. of Sociology) was able to publish the Spanish translation of Fuga a Estados Unidos. La Migración Desde Guatemala. The publication, co-authored with Susanne Jonas, illuminates the perilous passage through Mexico for Guatemalan migrants, as well as their settlement in various parts of the U.S.
ALUMNI NEWS
 Dr. Manuel G. Galviz: From Undocumented Youth to Scholar and Mentor
LLILAS alum Dr. Manuel Galaviz reflects on his path to academia in this newly published interview. Galaviz is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Cultural Anthropology at California State University–Fullerton.
 LLILAS Doctoral Alumni to Participate in Virtual Colloquium, October 4–8
"Repensar América Latina: Decolonización epistemológica desde "otros" saberes, creaciones y subjectividades," (Universidad de Costa Rica), takes place online, October 4–8. LLILAS and UT Latin Americanist alumni participants include: Marianela Muñoz, Ana Braconnier, Adriana Linares, Ignacio Carvajal, Prisca Gayles, Carla Ramos Munzanzu, Davi Pereira Jr., Yoalli Rodríguez, Adriana Linares, Anthony Dest, Elizabeth Velásquez. Learn more.
 LLILAS Alumni Write about the Colombian Justice System
Sandra Botero (professor at Universidad del Rosario) and Laura Gamboa (assistant professor at the University of Utah) co-authored the Latin American Research Review (LARR) article "Corte al Congreso: Poder judicial y trámite legislativo en Colombia."
STUDENT NEWS
 Remote Fellowship Opportunity
LLILAS Benson Digital Scholarship Fellowships provide a stipend of up to $3,000 for a graduate student or a non-UT master’s-level (or above) scholar to pursue research in Latin American, U.S. Latinx, African Diaspora, or Indigenous Studies using the Benson Latin American Collection’s digitized holdings and digital methods/platforms. Learn more at DS Fellowships 2022. Deadline: Nov. 5, 2021. Questions? Contact Digital Scholarship Coordinator Albert A. Palacios, PhD.
 Valeria Colunga: UN Next Generation Fellow
Valeria Colunga, an undergraduate majoring in Latin American Studies and International and Global Relations, has been chosen to be a Next Generation Fellow at the United Nations. A 21-year-old Mexican activist and podcaster, Colunga will work with other fellows to capture the concerns of her generation about the future of the planet, and to propose innovative solutions. Congratulations, Valeria! Learn more.
LET'S CONTINUE TO PROTECT TEXAS TOGETHER!
Learn more: #ProtectTexasTogether
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