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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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EVENTS and NEWS
Oct. 15-Nov. 15, 2020
Seal of Excellence
which is granted to a small group of colleges and universities committed
to accelerating Latina/o student success.
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 Foro Urgente Virtual: The Latino Youth Vote
Tuesday, Oct. 20 | 7:00 - 8:30pm (CDT)
Live-streaming via LLILAS Facebook page, and YouTube, and on Twitter
LLILAS alumna Cristina Tzintzún (Jolt) and Prof. Victoria de Francesco Soto (LBJ School of Public Affairs) will examine what role Latinos, especially young Latinos, are likely to play in the upcoming presidential and legislative elections.
Co-sponsored by Latino Studies at UT. For more information, contact Paloma Diaz.
 New Faculty Talk: "Who Are the Black Revolutionaries? Resistance in Cuba and the State Boundaries That Endure"Wednesday, Oct. 21 | 3:00 -4:00pm (CDT)
Live-streaming via LLILAS Facebook Page and YouTube
Danielle Clealand, assoc. professor in Mexican American and Latina/o Studies (MALS), is one of our newest affiliates. Her research examines comparative racial politics, group consciousness, black public opinion, and racial inequality, with a focus on the Spanish-speaking Caribbean and the United States. For more info, visit the event page, or contact Paloma Diaz.
 Digital Scholarship Talk:
"Through the Tourist's Lens:
Using Social Media and Machine Learning to Understand Visual Experiences at Peruvian Archaeological Heritage Sites" Wednesday, Oct. 21 | 1:00-2:15 pm (CDT)
Registration required
The LLILAS Benson Digital Scholarship in the Americas Series presents Nicole D. Payntar, PhD candidate in the Dept. of Anthropology, UT Austin. In this keynote address at the UT Libraries' Day of Digital Humanities, Payntar compares how modern tourists perpetuate the visual perspectives of nineteenth- and twentieth-century explorers through scene- and object-based feature extraction, a process that would be impossible to replicate through manual labor.
For more information, contact Albert A. Palacios or visit this page.
Puentes Energy Webinar Series: 
"The Future of Energy Integration and Workforce Development in North America"
Tuesday, Oct. 27 | 12:00-1:30pm (CDT)
 Panel: Raza e identidad en la literatura caribeñaWednesday, Oct. 28 | 4:00pm (CDT) |
Livestream at tinyurl.com/RazaIdentidad
Jossianna Arroyo-Martínez (UT Austin), Zuleica Romay Guerra (Casa de las Américas), Cezanne Cardona (Universidad de Puerto Rico), and Danny Méndez (Michigan State University) will reflect on questions of race and identity in Caribbean literature.
Co-sponsored by LLILAS Benson (University of Texas at Austin), Center for Latin American Studies (Stanford University), Center for Latin American Studies (University of Florida). For more information, contact Sara Leonor Clemente or visit this page.
 Crisis y cambio constitucional: Chile y América Latina Thursday, Nov. 5 | 3:00pm (CDT) | 6:00pm (Chile)
Live-streaming via LLILAS Facebook Page
Los invitamos a este conversatorio para discutir los resultados del plebiscito, el futuro de la constitución chilena, la participación y el reconocimiento constitucional de los pueblos indígenas y para entender mejor esta coyuntura a la luz de la historia del cambio constitucional en América Latina. Evento organizado por los ex alumnos de LLILAS Sandra Botero (U. del Rosario y Alvaro Hofflinger (U. de la Frontera). Event page. Información: Paloma Diaz
COVID-19 in Brazil: Regional Context, Challenges, and OpportunitiesWednesday, Nov. 11 | 3:00-4:00pm (CST)
Live-streaming via LLILAS Facebook Page
The LLILAS Benson Brazil Center presents Dr. Marcia Castro, Professor of Global Health and Population at Harvard University. She will discuss Brazil’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, pandemic outcomes, and the way forward.
Learn more here or contact Paloma Diaz.
OTHER EVENTS
UEL Fall Faculty Lecture Series: "Ethnography and Self Care" with Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez
Oct. 16 | 1:00-2:00pm (CDT) | Details here
Webinar: ConTex funding opportunities for faculty, doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers
Oct. 16 | 12:00-1:00pm (CDT) | Details here
Virtual Theater Performance: "La Ruta," by Isaac Gómez
Oct. 23–24 | 7:30pm (CDT) | Details
The UT Department of Theatre and Dance presents the heartbreaking story of a border town, a bus route, and the women of Cuidad Juárez who are disappearing. Directed by Anna Skidis Vargas.
Juan De Lara: “Essential Workers or Disposability Politics? Organizing in the Age of Pandemic Capitalism”
Nov. 2 | 4:15-6:15pm (CDT) | Details here
This is the fourth lecture in the Rapoport Center Fall 2020 Colloquium. It is co-sponsored by LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections.
"El judeo-español en el siglo XXI: por qué escribir en una lengua con pocos hablantes?"
Nov. 3 | 4:00-4:30pm (CDT) | Livestreaming information TBA
Mexican poet Myriam Moscona discusses her Ladino-language writing. Talk in Spanish with Ladino. For more information visit this page.
"Why I Love Ladino"
Nov. 4 | 12:00-1:30pm (CDT) | Livestreaming information TBA
Mexican poet Myriam Moscona speaks about the Ladino language, her re-encounter with it when she was already a well-established literary figure, and her motivation for and experience writing contemporary literature in a language with few speakers alive today. For more information, visit this page.
To learn about future events, visit the LLILAS events page.
CONVOCATORIA
Taller de Escritura en Español
Gabriela Polit Dueñas, Profesora del Departamento de Español y Portugués, coordina el taller de escritura en español que busca dar a les estudiantes de UT Austin instrumentos prácticos para escribir una narrativa corta (ensayo, crónica) de no ficción. El taller será dirigido por la periodista/escritora mexicana, Daniela Rea ( cadenademando, piedepagina). Detalles aquí.
STUDENT & ALUMNI NEWS
LLILAS alumni featured in LLILAS Benson events
This semester, LLILAS Benson hosts three events that feature distinguished alumni. Steven Dudley, co-director of InSight Crime, presented his latest book about the MS-13 on Oct. 8 (see video here).
Cristina Tzintzun, founder and current chief strategy officer at Jolt and former U.S. Senate candidate, will discuss the importance of the Latino vote on Oct. 20 (details here).
Alvaro Hofflinger (Universidad de la Frontera) and Sandra Botero (Universidad del Rosario) are organizing a discussion about constitutional change and the impact of the plebiscite in Chile on Nov. 5 (see event page).
Fighting GMO Corn for Mexico’s Soul
Ernesto Hernández López, a LLILAS '94 BA graduate, calls for preserving corn biodiversity in Mexico on the occasion of the commemoration of independence.
New Poems
LLILAS PhD student Ana María López has two poems in the online magazine Cielo Desnudo.
Cielo Desnudo, a Peruvian publication, anthologizes poems during the pandemic.
Article examines environmental racism
LLILAS PhD candidate Yoalli Rodríguez co-authored this article, which looks at the effects of environmental racism in an Afro-Mexican community.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to LLILAS alumna Dr. Elizabeth O'Brien, who has won the 2020 Forum for History of Human Science Dissertation Prize for "Intimate Interventions: The Cultural Politics of Reproductive Surgery in Mexico, 1790–1940."
Learn more.
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