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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]