GC Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino/a Studies Program

https://www.wsj.com/articles/vast-maya-kingdom-is-revealed-in-guatemalan-jungle-11675082088?mod=e2fb&fbclid=IwAR160sLYfHgja_jNT0O3rNxffhzp8ZyoUrwyAqt0iPSNSC28FpLe0tc-gPU

Vast Maya Kingdom Is Revealed in Guatemalan Jungle Archaeologists discovered a sprawling network of ancient ruins using laser mapping technology.

Peru’s president dissolves congress ahead of planned impeachment vote Lawmakers have made multiple attempts to remove leftist leader Pedro Castillo from office

A great new podcast on pop socio-culture from Chile.

Nada está perdido Listen to Nada está perdido on Spotify. Relatos con sede en Latinoamérica. Noticias en su contexto. Un podcast que rescata las historias imperdibles de la semana, escritas y narradas por Cristián Opazo.

“This is the most polarised election since the return of democracy”—Chile heads to a run-off Also on the daily podcast: the faltering war against jihadists in Mali and giving the women of e-sports their due

A great, new documentary about the cultural explosion that preceded the end of the Chilean dictatorship by two of the scholars/writers we work with in the Mayterm in Santiago.

For more information about the Mayterm, please, contact the Department of World Languages & Cultures.

https://vimeo.com/639721913?fbclid=IwAR0nyigD8kzjzx7bZ7kpZJ1fJWaZv7Q95ZOSpkW1sBco9Ck3WOxZIJrF1Oo

Documental "Un nuevo estilo de baile" 1986: cuando la niebla de la dictadura sepulta Santiago, pandillas de jóvenes (cesantes retornados) se toman galpones abandonados, ruinas perdidas en el centro…

Is Cuba’s Communist Party Finally Losing Its Hold on the Country? Historic protests across the island cast doubt on the regime’s staying power.

Join us for Walter Mignolo's talk tomorrow at 5PM. The event is cosponsored by Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies.

Please, register in advance using the following link: https://gcsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tdeGhpzkuGd0cYobdRNoPcjwsywo_AoSR

Below you can see Aaron Castroverde's (Assistant Professor, World Languages & Cultures) article on the bounds of global Hispanisms, which was just published by the Cincinnati Romance Review.

Article: “José Rizal and Benito Pérez Galdós: Writing Spanish Identity in Pascale Casanova’s World Republic of Letters”.

Author: Aaron C. Castroverde

Abstract: This article will examine the relationship between Casanova’s World Republic of Letters and its critical importance, demonstrating the false dilemma of anti-colonial resistance as either a nationalist or cosmopolitan phenomenon. Her contribution to the field gives scholars a tool for theorizing anti-colonial literature thus paving the way for a new conceptualization of the ‘nation’ itself. As a case study, we will look at the novels of the Filipino writer José Rizal and the Spanish novelist Benito Pérez Galdós.

Cincinnati Romance Review 49 (Fall 2020):https://www.artsci.uc.edu/content/dam/refresh/artsandsciences-62/departments/rll/crr/current-issue/crr-vol--49/A01-Castroverde.pdf

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