Border Studies Archive at UTRGV

Good morning everyone! Just sending a reminder to whom ever is interested in joining us this Friday. See you all there!

Here is the list of talks happening at the Indigenous Research Symposium. See you all there!

Mark your calendars next week!

We at the BSA enjoyed everyone's participation as we celebrated our Mexican-American traditions through our Mole Contest earlier this month. Here are some photos of the event taken by our newest staff member, Rocío Díaz. We want to thank the three celebrity chefs who judged the competition: Nadia Casaperalta (Salt), Adam Cavazos (Bodega), and Dennis Gonzalez (El Patio), for their expertise and their awesome engagement with the crowd. Also, we would like to thank and congratulate everyone who competed. You were all committed and are great representatives of our culture and traditions through your superb cooking. We also want to congratulate the three winners: María Gonzalez (1st place), Angelica Vasquez de Ruiz (2nd place), and LLuvia Escalante (3rd Place).
Thanks to everyone who attended for making this event possible. We hope to see you all during our contest next year!---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
En el Archivo de Estudios Fronterizos disfrutamos la participación de todos los que celebraron nuestras tradiciones Mexico-Americanas a través de nuestro Concurso de Mole, llevado a cabo a principios de este mes. Aquí les mostramos algunas fotos del evento, tomadas por nuestra nueva integrante del personal, Rocío Díaz. Queremos agradecer a los tres chefs quienes juzgaron la competencia: Nadia Casaperalta (Salt), Adam Cavazos (Bodega), y Dennis Gonzalez (El Patio), por su experiencia y gran empatia hacia el público. Así también queremos angradecer y felicitar a todos los competidores. Todos mostraron gran compromiso siendo grandes representantes de nuestra cultura y de nuestras tradiciones, a través de su magnífica cocina. Por último, queremos felicitar a los tres ganadores: María Gonzalez (1er lugar), Angélica Vasquez de Ruiz (2do lugar), y Lluvia Escalante (3er lugar).
Gracias a todos los que atendieron por hacer este evento posible. Esperamos verlos a todos durante nuestro concurso el próximo año!

Thanks to The Edinburg Review for their coverage of our Mole Contest held last week! Stay tuned for more pictures and video clips with chef judges. Thanks to all who came out and made this a great event! http://www.edinburgreview.com/news/20170510/mole-contest-held-to-showcase-border-studies-archive-at-utrgv

Mole contest held to showcase Border Studies Archive at UTRGV EDINBURG – Tucked away in the corner of the third floor of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) library is the Border Studies Archive.

Check out our updated flier with all three RGV chef judges on board! Sign up to compete or simply join us as we sample various mole dishes, enjoy aguas frescas, and listen to recordings of local conjunto music. We look forward to celebrating the RGV's rich Mexican-Texan traditions together here at the Border Studies Archive.

Sharing again! If you're interested in participating in our Mole Contest in May, contact us through Facebook or email.

¡Nuevamente compartimos el volante de nuestro Concurso de Mole en Mayo! Si están interesada/os en participar, contáctenos via Facebook or correo electrónico.

Our food contest is officially on! Take a look at the Chefs that have signed up as judges, and check back soon for an update as the list of great chefs to accompany us grows! Don't forget to sign up to compete. WE WILL SEE YOU SOON AT THE BSA!

MOLE! Do you make the best mole in the RGV or know someone who does? Join our Mole Contest! Vegan/Vegetarian mole dishes welcome! It will take place on Thursday May 4th at 2:00 p.m.

If you don’t cook, still join us to enjoy and celebrate the various mole recipes the RGV has to offer. We’ll also display recipes that date back to the 1930s from the BSA’s Traditional Mexican American Folklore collection.

To sign up contact Curator Margaret Dorsey at [email protected] or Curatorial Assistants Lupe Flores ([email protected]) and Shantal Brissette ([email protected]).

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¡MOLE! ¿Haces tú el mejor mole en el RGV o conoces a alguien que lo haga? ¡Acompáñanos a nuestro Concurso de mole! Platillos de mole Veganos/Vegetarianos son bienvenidos! Se llevará acabo el Jueves 4 de Mayo a las 2:00 p.m.

Si no cocinas, te invitamos a acompañarnos a celebrar la gran variedad de recetas de Mole que el RGV tiene para ofrecer. Así también estaremos exhibiendo recetas que datan desde el año de 1930 y que son parte de la colección Folklor Tradicional México Americano de el BSA.

Para registrarte como participante contacta a la Curadora: Margaret Dorsey al correo electrónico [email protected] ó a cualquiera de los Curadores asistentes: Lupe Flores ([email protected]) ó Shantal Brissette ([email protected]).

Check out the latest column in Anthropology News. It's a new anthology on the U.S.-Mexico transborder region. Just click on the link below.

Lean el articulo mas reciente de Anthropology News (Noticias de Antropología). Se trata de una nueva antología sobre la region transfronteriza de Estados Unidos-Mexico. Sólo da click en el siguiente link.

http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2017/03/20/my-propinquity-towards-grandiose-narratives/