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A House in the Homeland: Armenian Pilgrimages to Places of Ancestral Memory

March 28, 2022

Between 2007 and 2015, I traveled with small groups of Armenians from the diaspora who were “returning” to a place they had never been. Each one was seeking the hometown or village lost to their own parents or grandparents who had survived the Armenian genocide of 1915. And so, although we were traveling mostly in […]

“Reflections on Resistance”: Memoria Abierta preserves the documentary legacies of heroes who faced down the junta

March 22, 2022

“Reflections on Resistance”: Memoria Abierta preserves the documentary legacies of heroes who faced down the junta

by Paula O’Donnell In honor of the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, the 2022 Lozano Long Conference focuses on archives with Latin American perspectives in order to better visualize the ethical and political implications of archival practices globally. The conference was held in February 2022 and the videos of all the presentation will be […]

Radical Collaboration: Brook Lillehaugen and the Ticha Project

March 9, 2022

Radical Collaboration: Brook Lillehaugen and the Ticha Project

by May Helena Plumb In honor of the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, the 2022 Lozano Long Conference focuses on archives with Latin American perspectives in order to better visualize the ethical and political implications of archival practices globally. The conference was held in February 2022 and the videos of all the presentation will […]

Remembering Pinochet: Dictatorship, Power, and Pushback

March 9, 2022

Remembering Pinochet: Dictatorship, Power, and Pushback

For the plebiscite of ‘88, Chile had its first political campaign in fifteen years. La Campaña del NO tried to make it fun. We all had many dark tales to tell, and maybe a moral obligation to tell them, but sad stories don’t get votes. Moreover, a very fine line, invisible to carabineros, divided protesting […]

Archiving the Brazilian Dictatorship: Dr. Inez Stampa and the Memórias Reveladas Reference Center

March 4, 2022

Archiving the Brazilian Dictatorship: Dr. Inez Stampa and the Memórias Reveladas Reference Center

In honor of the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, the 2022 Lozano Long Conference focuses on archives with Latin American perspectives in order to better visualize the ethical and political implications of archival practices globally. The conference was held in February 2022 and the videos of all the presentation will be available soon. Thinking […]

A False Dawn? A Review of The Dawn of Everything

March 4, 2022

The Dawn of Everything

As its title suggests, The Dawn of Everything is an ambitious book. The authors, David Graeber and David Wengrow, (one whom passed away while the book was in press) survey the whole past life of biologically modern humans in an effort to broaden the ambit of modern social thought. They aim to thereby open up […]

Introducing Dr. José Manuel Mateo

February 28, 2022

By Camila Torres-Castro In honor of the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, the 2022 Lozano Long Conference focuses on archives with Latin American perspectives in order to better visualize the ethical and political implications of archival practices globally. The conference was held in February 2022 and the videos of all the presentation will be […]

Adriana Pacheco Roldán and Community Building

February 25, 2022

In honor of the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, the 2022 Lozano Long Conference focuses on archives with Latin American perspectives in order to better visualize the ethical and political implications of archival practices globally. The conference was held in February 2022 and the videos of all the presentation will be available soon. Thinking […]

Historians and their Publics – A Profile of Dr. Jacqueline Jones

February 25, 2022

By Jack E. Davis, Professor of History and Rothman Family Chair in the Humanities, University of Florida Note: This profile was first published as part of the 2022 Annual Meeting Presidential Address by the American Historical Association. It celebrates the remarkable career of Jacqueline Jones, Ellen C. Temple Chair in Women’s History Emerita, at the […]

César Salgado – Boom and Bust: Locating Revolution in the Benson Collection’s Julio Cortázar Papers

February 24, 2022

César Salgado –Boom and Bust: Locating Revolution in the Benson Collection’s Julio Cortázar Papers

by Bianca Quintanilla In honor of the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, the 2022 Lozano Long Conference focuses on archives with Latin American perspectives in order to better visualize the ethical and political implications of archival practices globally. The conference was held in February 2022 and the videos of all the presentation will be […]

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