Border Door Art Exhibit Returns to Campus with New Focus on Children Detainment and Family Separation
May 13, 2019
Summer 2019 brings the return of Border Doors: Niños en jaulas (Kids in Cages) to The University of New Mexico. Created by students at Sandi Prep, this art exhibit features full-size doors covered in multimedia collages, all intended to raise awareness and educate the public about how US government policies continue to sanction human rights violations against migrants coming to the United States. Read More...

LAS Convocation Celebrates 2019 Graduates
May 1, 2019
Each spring, the UNM Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) holds a departmental convocation to celebrate its graduating students. In completing the Latin American Studies (LAS) program, these students join the ranks of UNM's distinguished alumni and become part of UNM's long history of dedication to Latin America. Read More...

Latin America Data Base: Three Decades of Journalism on the Americas
April 23, 2019
The LAII’s Latin America Digital Beat (LADB), known for most of its existence as the Latin America Data Base, provided comprehensive coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean for more than three decades, from the mid-1980s to 2018. Read More...

Elite Inaugural Fellowship Selects UNM Latin Americanist Faculty Member
April 23, 2019
UNM’s Department of History Associate Professor Kimberly Gauderman was recently chosen as one of twelve inaugural recipients for the Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellowship from the American Council of Learn Societies. Read More...

NHCC Holds First Children's Bilingual Book Festival
April 23, 2019
The LAII is proud to partner with the National Hispanic Cultural Center on its first annual Children's Bilingual Book Festival. Read More...

LAII and Tinker Foundation Announce Call for Field Research Grant Proposals
December 14, 2018
The LAII and Tinker Foundation are pleased to announce a call for applications for Field Research Grants (FRGs) for UNM faculty and graduate students. Read More...

Professor James Mondloch Presents New Transcription and Translation of Popol Wuj
December 10, 2018
A new transcription and translation of the Popol Wuj, the sacred book of the K'iche' Maya people, has been published. This monumental effort was achieved by none other than Dr. James (Jim) Mondloch, a linguistic anthropologist and faculty affiliate of the UNM Latin American and Iberian Institute, and his colleague, ethnohistorian Robert (Bob) Carmack, Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York at Albany. Read More...

Graduate Student André Nascimiento Publishes Scholarship Based on Field Research
December 10, 2018
André Nascimento, an MA student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has published scholarship based on his field research concerning "Dictatorship and its Legacies to the LGBTTIQ Community in Argentina and Uruguay: The Case of Invisibility and the Reaction Proposed by Literature and the Archives." Read More...

Associate Researcher Merideth Paxton Shares Work on Yucatec Maya with International Colleagues
December 10, 2018
A Research Associate of the LAII, Dr. Merideth Paxton recently presented a series of lectures concerning her studies of the Yucatec Maya. Read More...

Oaxaca Field Course Offers Students New Perspectives on Mexico
December 3, 2018
In Summer 2018, Dr. Ronda Brulotte, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, and LAII Associate Director for Academic Programs, taught a study abroad program called "Exploring Oaxaca through Food and Craft" in Oaxaca, Mexico. Read More...

NY Times Draws on Expertise of Associate Researcher Stanley Hordes
December 3, 2018
"Some Hispanics With Jewish Roots Pursue an Exit Strategy: Emigrate to Spain" was the title of a recent article in the NY Times. Written by Simon Romero, it turns to a local expert for part of the story. Read More...

Call for Chonies for Annunciation House
December 3, 2018
The LAII is pleased to support Health Sciences in a "Chonies Drive" for Annunciation House, which has put out a special request for unusued, clean underwear for boys and girls of all ages. Read More...

LAII Alumna Suzanne Schadl Appointed New Chief of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress
December 3, 2018
The LAII is extremely proud to share the news that Suzanne Schadl, an LAS alumna and former faculty affiliate, has been appointed to lead the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress (LOC). Read More...

Professor Anna Nogar Releases Book Chronicling Four Hundred Years of the Lady in Blue
November 29, 2018
Dr. Anna Nogar, Associate Professor in the UNM Department of Spanish and Portuguese and faculty affiliate with the LAII, has recently released Quill and Cross in the Borderlands: Sor María de Ágreda and the Lady in Blue, 1628 to the Present (Notre Dame Press, 2018). Read More...

Associate Researcher and Alum Larry Larrichio Publishes Book on Colonial Colombia
November 29, 2018
Dr. Larry Vito Larrichio, Research Associate and alumnus of the LAII, has released La construcción multicultural de una economía colonial. Read More...

Climate and Human Development Group at UNM Working with Local Stakeholders in the Mexicali Valley
November 29, 2018
Recently, the Climate and Human Development research group at UNM GES began working in the Mexicali Valley in Baja California, MX. Read More...

Library Exhibit Explores Dualities Between Historical and Contemporary Mexico
November 28, 2018
Tomes (toh-Mez) + Tomes (tohmz) = Tomes. This is the title and the theme of an unusual and thought-provoking exhibit at UNM's Zimmerman Library in the first-floor Frank Waters Room. Read More...

UNM Researcher Delves Into Water Politics Affecting Our State's Most Beloved Crop
November 27, 2018
Doctoral student Holly Brause packed her trunk this summer and hit the road for a lengthy drive down south. While most students travel for fun and to relax, Brause made the trip to roll up her sleeves and get to work on understanding how water issues are affecting New Mexico’s most treasured, above ground, resource. Read More...

Greenleaf Symposium Fosters Interdisciplinary Dialogue
November 26, 2018
Focused on “Rural Transformation in Latin America’s Changing Climate,” the 2018 annual edition of the Latin American and Iberian Institute’s Richard E. Greenleaf Interdisciplinary Symposium on Latin America was successful, sparking debate and interest among an audience of over 75 faculty, students, and practitioners. Read More...

Transitional Justice in Colombia Focus of MALAS Student Hayley Pedrick's Award-Winning Research
November 12, 2018
Hurricanes, poetry, civil war and Harry Potter. At first glance, none of these subjects appear related. In truth, they are all examples of topics covered at the Southwest Division of the American Association of Geographers (SWAAG) regional conference, where University of New Mexico student Hayley Pedrick took first prize in the graduate paper competition. Read More...

Packed Event Highlighted Interest in New Mexico's Rich Bilingual Heritage
November 12, 2018
Salón Ortega at the NHCC was filled to capacity recently to celebrate bilingualism in New Mexico and to launch a new book, Bilingualism in the Community (Cambridge University Press, 2018), by former UNM Professors Rena Torres Cacoullos (also alumna) and Catherine Travis. Read More...

Rural Transformation and Changing Climates Focus of Annual LAII Symposium
November 8, 2018
In Latin American societies where inequality is extremely high, climate change is increasingly disruptive, economic liberalization is rapid and radical, and globalization is overwhelming local cultures, rural transformation is happening. Read More...

Ancient Human Population Histories Revealed in Central and South America
November 8, 2018
The first high quality ancient DNA data from Central and South America—49 individuals some as old as 11,000 years—has revealed a major and previously unknown exchanges between populations. Read More...

Annual Colloquium Highlights Graduate Student Field Research
October 23, 2018
On Friday, November 2, 2018, from 12:00-2:00 p.m., the LAII highlights graduate student scholarship with its fourth annual Field Research Grant (FRG) Colloquium and reception. Six recent FRG recipients will share their respective research experiences and findings in a series of presentations. Read More...