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Tulane historian Kris Lane writes essay for Zócalo on Bolivian silver mining and capitalism
This story originally appeared in Zócalo Public Square entitled How a 16th-century Bolivian Silver Mine Invented Modern Capitalism on April…
From the School of Liberal Arts Newsletter: After a Semester in Cuba, No Longer a Stranger
This story originally appeared on the Tulane University School of Liberal Arts newsletter entitled After a Semester in Cuba, No…
From The Conversation: Tulane history professor Dr. Jana Lipman contributes article discussing Guantanamo Bay
Dr. Jana Lipman, Associate Professor of History at Tulane University, recently contributed an article titled 5 things to know about…
Call for papers: Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies (RMCLAS)
The 66th Annual Conference of the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies will be held in Santa Fe, New…
XUTULAC students discuss gentrification with filmmaker Kurt Orderson
Student participants in the Xavier-Tulane Partnership for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (XUTULAC) were among the audience of over 70…
From Tulane New Wave: Newcomb Art Museum exhibit EMPIRE examines Caribbean and Latin American influences on New Orleans
This story originally appeared on the Tulane New Wave News entitled, New Orleans Tricentennial exhibit set to open at Newcomb…
LARC Releases Primary Source Curriculum on Race, Power, and Afro-Cuban Identity
The Latin American Resource Center is proud to announce the release of a new high school curriculum titled Race, Power,…
Brazil's Grupo OPNI Paints Empowerment at Tulane
Written by Annie McNeill Gibson, PhD ‘I am so happy to see artwork happening on our campus depicting communities of…
Rosanne Adderley Quoted in New York Times Story
Rosanne Adderley, Associate Professor in the History Department, and Stone Center Affiliate Faculty member, was quoted in a February 26th…
Rebecca Atencio Interviewed on the BBC about the Brazilian Truth Commission Report
Nearly 30 years after the end of Brazil’s military dictatorship, a national truth commission is issuing a report into human…
Cuban Art Festival Shines Light on Social Issues
This story originally appeared in Tulane University’s School of Liberal Arts website. By: Guadalupe Garcia, Assistant Professor, Department of History…
Race and Place
This book emerged from a 2004 conference held at Tulane for international scholars interested in the African diaspora to Central…

Lecture/Screening: Emma Christopher, "The Amistad Mutineers' Countrymen: a Rebellious Caribbean Diaspora"
Emma Christopher is Associate Professor of History at the The University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. She is…
My Own Private El Dorado: The Strange History of a South American Legend
Join the Latin American Library in welcoming an exhibit gallery talk by Dr. Kris Lane, the France V. Scholes Professor…
Latin American Library Greenleaf Fellow Gina Ruz Rojas to present research on carnival and independence festivals in Cartagena
Please join the Latin American Library in welcoming Gina Ruz Rojas, a 2018-2019 LAL Richard E. Greenleaf scholar, who will…
Amazônia Ocupada exhibit and symposium to feature Amazonian scholars and Brazilian photographer João Farkas
The Latin American Library in collaboration with the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, and the Departments of History and…
Tulane Ph.D. student Diego Matadamas Gomora to present on the history of the Aztecs at the Mexican Cultural Institute
The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation and the Mexican Cultural Institute in New Orleans will be hosting a presentation titled…
The People and Environment of Central America: A Professional Development Institute for K-12 Educators
Travel Scholarships Due March 1, 2019 Registration Due April 26, 2019 The Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University,…
16th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium: The Ancient Maya and Collapse
The Middle American Research Institute, in collaboration with Tulane’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies, New Orleans Museum of Art,…
Illicit Traders on New Granada's Caribbean Coast during the Long Sixteenth Century: A talk by Dr. Christian Cwik
Illicit Traders on New Granada’s Caribbean Coast during the Long Sixteenth Century A talk by Dr. Christian Cwik (University of…
Recovered Memories: Spain, New Orleans and the Support for the American Revolution
Dr. Paul Hoffman, Louisiana State University’s Paul W. & Nancy W. Murrill Porfessor of History, will lecture on the Louisiana…
New Worlds, Indigenous Technologies and European Cabinets of Curiosities
“New Worlds, Indigenous Technologies and European Cabinets of Curiosities” Lecture by Dr. Surekha Davies In the early modern period, European…
Dennis A. Georges Lecture in Hellenic Culture
Join Dr. Emily Greenwood as she will be speaking about Greek language/literature, slavery, and the ‘politics of the human‘ when…
Chantalle Verna to Present Research on U.S. and Haitian Relationships in Post-Occupation Haiti
Join us at the Stone Center for Latin American Studies in welcoming Dr. Chantalle Verna for a talk on her…
Apply for the Teaching Cuban Culture & Society: A Summer Educator Institute in Cuba
Teaching Cuban Culture & Society: A Summer Educator Institute in Cuba Havana, Cuba | June 23 ‘” July 7, 2018…
Tulane to host Eyal Weinberg for talk on the Medical Sector and Repression under Military Brazil
Please join us in welcoming Eyal Weinberg, from the University of Texas at Austin, who will be presenting on his…
Tulane to Host Artist & Curator Edouard Duval-Carrié for Talk on Haitian Art & History
Join us at the Woldenberg Art Center in welcoming artist and curator Edouard Duval-Carrié for a talk titled Haitian Art…
Tulane to host Dr. Andrew Paxman for a talk on William Jenkins and the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema
Join us at the Stone Center for Latin American Studies in welcoming historian and biographer Dr. Andrew Paxman, who will…
Fridays at Newcomb: García to present on research in a talk titled "Black Geographies and Colonial Logic in Nineteenth-Century Havana"
Guadalupe García specializes in colonial Latin America and the Caribbean with an emphasis on Havana. Her research interests include colonial…
Work-In Progress talk by Francisco Rodolfo González Galeotti
The Latin American Library presents a works-in-progress talk by Richard E. Greenleaf Fellow Francisco Rodolfo González Galeotti. His project “Intertwining…
MARI Brown Bag: Michelle Pigott "Third Time's a Charm? Tristan de Luna's Florida Colony, 1559-1561"
Michelle Pigott, Graduate Student in the Department of Anthropology, will present a talk titled “Third Time’s a Charm? Tristan de…
Enfermos y enfermedades en Honduras, hacia una historia de la salud 1880 a 1949
The Latin American Library presents a Works-in-Progress talk by Yesenia Martínez, Richard E. Greenleaf Fellow at The Latin American Library.…
MARI Brown Bag: Laurent Corbeil "Crossing Paths: Mesoamericans on the Mining Borderlands"
Dr. Laurent Corbeil, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present a talk…
MARI Brown Bag: Kris Lane "It's A Crime: Money, Murder, and the Great Potosi, Mint Fraud of 1649"
MARI is pleased to announce the 1st Brown Bag of the 2016-2017 academic year. Dr. Kris Lane, Professor of History…
Work in Progress Talk: Manolo Estuardo Vela CastaÃ±eda
The Latin American Library presents a Works in Progress talk by Manolo Estuardo Vela CastaÃ±eda entitled “Hacerse guerrilla o seguir…
"To Stand Like Saint Domingo": Caribbean Networks of Rebellion in the Age of Revolution
Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pittsburgh where she specializes on the history…
Comparative Slave Law in the Americas
Ariela Gross, John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History and Co-Director of the Center for Law…
To Stand Like Saint Domingo: Caribbean Networks of Rebellion in the Age of Revolution
The last talk in the series of Slave Rebellions Lecture Series is by Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez, Assistant Professor of Africana…
MARI Brown Bag: Elena Daniele "Italian Explorers of the New World, 1492-1522"
Elena Daniele, Visiting Assistant Professor in French and Italian at Tulane University, will present a talk entitled “Italian Explorers of…
Screening of Film Shorts on "Recognizing Indigenous Rituals in Modern Mexico" - Patois Film Festival
As part of the 2015 Patois Film Festival The New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival, Sarah Borealis, a Tulane…
Guilty as Charged: The Trial of Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori for Human Rights Violations
Dr. Jo-Marie Burt, Associate Professor of Politics and Director of Latin American Studies at George Mason University, will give a…
LAL Greenleaf Fellow Work in Progress Talk by Eugenia López Velázquez
Please join us for a work-in-progress talk by Eugenia López Velázquez, LAL Greenleaf Fellow 2014-2015. The talk will be in…
Death in Paradise: Archaeology and the Atlantic Slave Trade on St. Helena Island
Dr. Andy Pearson, a contract archaeologist in the U.K. with an academic affiliation with the University of Bristol, in England,…
The Guantánamo Public Memory Project
The Guantánamo Public Memory Project is a traveling exhibit that examines the history of the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo…
Racism, Black Consciousness and the Problem of Unintended Dissidence in the Cuban Revolution, 1965-1971
Author and professor Lillian Guerra will be speaking at Tulane. This event is free and open to the public. Lillian…
Dr. Robin Greeley Guest Lecture and Reception Cancelled
We regret to announce that Dr. Robin Greeley’s lecture at Tulane, “Autoconstrucción‘s Dialectical Objects: Sculptural Materialism in the Work of…
Ada Ferrer Keynote Address and Graduate Student Conference on the Global Gulf
The History Graduate Student Association of Tulane University is pleased to announce the third annual Tulane Graduate Student Conference on…
Book Talk by David Carey Jr.
David Carey Jr., Ph.D., (1999) will be presenting research from his forthcoming book, ‘Susceptible to Crime‘: Maya, Dictators, and the…
Film Screening: 'Traces of the Trade: A Slave Trade Story from the Deep North'
In the early twenty-first century members of the DeWolf family of Rhode Island set about exploring their family’s history as…
Talk by Dr. Ethelia Ruiz Medrano (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico
Professor Ethelia Ruiz Medrano (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico) will present a talk entitled ‘History and Field Work…
Talk by Professor Kris Lane (William and Mary): "The Color of Money: Mint Conditions and Slavery in 17th-Century Potosí'
Professor Kris Lane (College of William & Mary) will present a talk entitled ‘The Color of Money: Mint Conditions and…
The State of Labor in New Orleans: Working for Alliances - Alliances for Work
An event sponsored by UNO-Latin American Studies and the Tulane History Department. View the Conference Flyer View the Conference Schedule…

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Latin American Library Open House

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The annual Open House at the Latin American Library is an opportunity for the Tulane and greater New Orleans community to come together and celebrate the collections and services at the Latin American Library. For this event, LAL has prepared an exhibit of some recent acquisitions.

Along the side gallery wall to the right of the main entrance, photos by Colombian photo journalist Viki Ospina are featured. During her 44-year career working for news outlets and on documentary films, Ospina has captured candid shots of collective experiences, throughout Colombia. The images on display here offer a window into the 400 images recently acquired by the Latin American Library.

Bate papo!: Portuguese Conversation Hour

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A weekly hour of Portuguese conversation and tasty treats hosted by Prof. Megwen Loveless. All levels are welcome!

The theme for this semester will be Passion Fruit. So bring your sweet tooth to try this week’s homemade delicacy: Pão de maracujá.

2019 CLASP Américas Award Ceremony & Workshop

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Friday, September 27, 2019
11am-12pm
Author reading with Francie Latour
Location: Hispanic Reading Room

1-1:45pm
Workshop with Duncan Tonatiuh ‘” Maya Codices
Location: Library of Congress, LJ-119
Livestream with classrooms across the U.S.
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5-7:30pm
Américas Award Ceremony
Livestream with classrooms across the U.S.
www.youtube.com/user/LibraryOfCongress

Bate papo!: Portuguese Conversation Hour

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A weekly hour of Portuguese conversation and tasty treats hosted by Prof. Megwen Loveless. All levels are welcome!

The theme for this semester will be Passion Fruit. So bring your sweet tooth to try this week’s homemade delicacy: Suco de maracujá.

Latin American Writers Series: Luis Negron

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Ecuadorian writer and Tulane Visiting Scholar Gabriela Aleman interviews Puerto Rican writer Luis Negron about his life, interests, and influences. Their discussion will be followed by an open Q&A and an informal reception. Note: This event will be held in Spanish.

About the Latin American Writers Series

This series brings together Latin America’s most representative creative voices and the editorial entrepreneurs that publish them. By way of interviews conducted by renowned Ecuadorian writer Gabriela Alemán and presentations of various editorial missions, the guests will shed light on a literary world shaped by the contemporary issues of the continent. Moving forward, their conversations will comprise the centerpiece of a digital archive that introduces their ideas to a global audience.

Este serie reúne a los autores más representativos de la escritura continental y los editores que los publican. A través de entrevistas con la reconocida escritora ecuatoriana Gabriela Alemán y presentaciones de proyectos editoriales, los invitados explorarán los vínculos entre el mundo literario y la realidad continental. Sus conversaciones se convertirán después en el eje de un archivo digital que busca llevar estas ideas a un público global.

About the author

Luis Negron was born in Puerto Rico and is a writer, film critic, and bookseller. The English translation of his short-story collection Mundo Cruel, a work originally published in Spanish in 2010, won the 2014 Lambda Literary Award. Negron has also written a brief collection of chronicles, Los tres golpes (2016), and served as the editor of Los otros cuerpos: Antología de temática gay, lésbica, y queer desde Puerto Rico y su diáspora (2007). His film reviews have appeared in periodicals like Boston’s La semana (Boston) and Puerto Rico’s Claridad and El poeta.