Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies

The Legacy of the Premio Jose Donoso:

Gabriela Polit (Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese) and UT Alumna Adriana Pacheco argue in this note that the prize's recent recognition of women writers reflects a genuine moment of exceptional literary production by women.
https://literalmagazine.com/la-permanencia-del-premio-jose-donoso

New Faculty Publication
Congratulations to Professor Ken Greene on the publication of his book: Against the Machine. Why Party Competition Disrupts Vote Buying.

Against the Machine presents a partisan competition theory to explain why buying vote choices is typically ineffective, the conditions under which it occasionally succeeds, and why it persists despite meager electoral returns.

https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/against-machine-why-party-competition-disrupts-vote-buying

The LLILAS Indigenous Languages Initiatives is excited to announce that our First-Year K'iche' course will now be available via University Extension (UEX) in fall 2026. Taught by native speaker Manuela Tahay, the course is open to UT and non-UT students alike. It meets four times a week and can be attended remotely.

Learn more at this link: https://extension.utexas.edu/first-year-kiche-maya-i-0

Registration closes August 31.

University Extension (UEX) – The University of Texas at Austin

It was wonderful to reconnect with so many members of our community at the Latin American Studies Congress in Paris. UT Austin was very well represented, with a large delegation of scholars presenting their cutting-edge research.

LLILAS @ LASA Paris