Author: Yahia Bakour

Rest In Peace: Professor David Scott Palmer

The Center of Latin American Studies at Boston University deeply regrets the loss of Professor David Scott Palmer, a prominent scholar in the field of Latin America Studies and Inter-American relations and founder of the Latin American Studies Program at Boston University. Scott also created and directed a student exchange program in Peru. The author […]

Adela Pineda Franco Publishes “Steinbeck y México”

Adela E. Pineda: Adela E. Pineda spent several years conducting archival research in Mexico and the US to complete this book. In the archives, she discovered the many facets of Steinbeck as a novelist, scriptwriter, film collaborator, and public intellectual. More importantly, Steinbeck provided her with the opportunity to reconstruct a cultural history of US-Mexico […]

Cátedra Ernesto Cardenal By : LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies

LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections at The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce the Cátedra Ernesto Cardenal, which provides support of up to US$3,000 for short-term research visits to the Benson Latin American Collection (two per year) for scholars studying topics related to Central America, with preference given to the […]

I Am What I Can’t Remember By Jacques Fux

1.   Everything I Remember About Not Remembering I can’t remember the day I was born. Or the day that I was conceived. I can’t remember my development, or having stayed in a warm and comfortable place for nine months. I can’t remember breastfeeding even so much as once (and look, I was breastfed until I […]