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Lara Putnam was elected vice president of research for the American Historical Association
Lara Putnam, a professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of History, has been elected vice president of research for the American Historical Association. She will serve a three-year term beginning January 2027.
PITTWIRE: Alana DeLoge co-authored two chapters on Quechua language instruction
Alana DeLoge, teaching assistant professor in University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Science’s Department of Linguistics, has co-authored two chapters on the instruction of Quechua, the most widely spoken Indigenous language of the Americas today.
PITTWIRE: Alana DeLoge co-authored two chapters on Quechua language instruction
Alana DeLoge, teaching assistant professor in University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Science’s Department of Linguistics, has co-authored two chapters on the instruction of Quechua, the most widely spoken Indigenous language of the Americas today.
Pitt hosts conference on the future of international and area studies
The University of Pittsburgh welcomed leading scholars and practitioners working across international and foreign language education this May to discuss the question: What is the future of International and Area Studies (IAS) given a rapidly changing higher education landscape?
PITTWIRE: Bracuí Community Engagement Partnership Earns Partnership of Distinction Award
Active for more than two decades, the partnership is anchored through Pitt's Center for Latin American Studies in the University Center for International Studies, the Associação dos Remanescentes Quilombolas de Santa Rita do Bracuí, and AfrOrigins.
Professor’s ‘In Slavery’s Wake’ exhibit provides immersion into trans-Atlantic slave trade
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a traveling multimedia exhibit, co-conceived and curated by a Pitt faculty member, on the history of the global slave trade is taking on a life of its own.
In addition to educating and informing, “In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World” has sparked a growing dialogue about the larger questions of slavery.
Pitt helped this senior find her voice. Now, she wants to amplify others’
Graduating senior Jaqui Hernandez-Martinez, a Center for Latin American Studies ambassador, leaves Pitt with a passion for language, research and cultural connection.
Unearthing the Camargo: Community, Memory, and the Hidden Histories of Slavery in Brazil
At a recent lecture hosted by the Center for Latin American Studies, Brazilian historian Martha Abreu wove together archival evidence, local memory, and transatlantic tragedy to tell the story of one ship, one community, and the broader legacy of illegal slavery in Brazil.
4 Pitt-Greensburg faculty received President's Distinguished Awards
Recipients included faculty affiliates Pilar Herr (CLAS) and Bryan S. Adams (ESC).
CLAS hosts film screening event, A Day Without a Mexican
The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh hosted a screening of the film A Day Without a Mexican as part of the Center’s Border to Border Series.
Slavery, museums, and public engagement
"What can we remember that will surround us in oceans of history and potential? And how?” - Alexis Pauline Gumbs.
On Wednesday, February 26, a group of educators and curators came together at the University of Pittsburgh to participate in the panel discussion, Slavery, Museums, and Public Engagement.
The panel included:
Pitt’s Office of the Provost has appointed 2 new faculty fellows
GSC, CLAS, and CAS faculty affiliate Shelome Gooden and David Sanchez, GSC affiliated faculty, have been appointed as faculty fellows by Pitt’s Office of the Provost.
The Pitt library’s Vast and Varied Latin American Collection Can ‘Speak to Anyone’
Martha Mantilla’s interests in books and culture moved her from her roots in Colombia to destinations all around the world, and eventually to a long career as the librarian of the Eduardo Lozano Latin American Collection at the University of Pittsburgh.
