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Portal Magazine Online
The latest issue of LLILAS Benson's annual magazine features articles by visiting faculty, students, and staff; interviews; and Benson collection highlights. READ • Beatriz Jaguaribe: Lost & Future Cities: Explorations in the Wilderness & Imaginaries of Modernities in Brazil • Ana Carolina Assumpção & Ana Luiza Biazeto: Learning with Sueli Carneiro • Adela Pineda Franco: César Vallejo Papers • Víctor Zúñiga: Between Words, Between Worlds: English to Spanish Literacy among Child Migrants from U.S. to Mexico . . . and much more!
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LAS @ UT
LLILAS offers interdisciplinary degrees in Latin American Studies at the bachelor's, master's, and PhD level. Learn about our student programs and contact us with questions.
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Visiting Academics
LLILAS and the Benson Latin American Collection provide visiting academics with opportunities ranging from short-term research visits to semester-long visiting professorships.
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Alumni Spotlight
Prisca Gayles (PhD 2020) is assistant professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Reno, and author of "Pain into Purpose: Mobilizing Emotions in Argentina's Black Resistance Movement."
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Pueblo Orika. Isla Grande, Islas del Rosario, Colombia. Ⓒ 2017 Ricardo Velasco
Meet the LLILAS Director
Adela Pineda Franco is Lozano Long Endowed Professor in Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies, and director of the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at Austin. Learn more.
The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) is a Title VI National Resource Center for Latin American and Caribbean studies and languages. Read about our interdisciplinary programs, our partnership with the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, and more.
Undergrads: Interested in Latin American Studies?
The bachelor of arts degree in Latin American Studies provides general, broad-based knowledge of Latin America through an interdisciplinary program. Many students double major in LAS and another field they're interested in. In this video, students and core LLILAS faculty talk about what the LAS major has to offer. Questions? Contact Senior Academic Adviser Freddy Sanchez.
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Faculty Research Awards
LLILAS supports the scholarly excellence of UT Latin Americanists by providing funding to conduct research in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Student News
LLILAS students are scholars and engaged community members. In spring 2023, two were named Dean's Distinguished Graduate and another was recognized for community work.
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Alumni Spotlight
Miguel Gutiérrez Jr. (LLILAS and Journalism MA, 2015) is a photographer, videographer, and photojournalist who currently lives and works in Sacramento, CA. Read an interview.
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