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“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 […]

NEP Second Edition: Casta Paintings

November 10, 2021

Casta Paintings

From the Editors: Not Even Past Second Editions update and republish some of our most important and widely read articles. This is an electronic version of an article published in the Colonial Latin American Review © 2005 Copyright Taylor & Francis; Colonial Latin American Review is available online at www.tandfonline.com http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10609160500314980 In 1746 Dr. Andrés Arce […]

Review of The Optic of the State: Visuality and Power in Argentina and Brazil (2007) by Jens Andermann

September 28, 2021

Optics of the State

The Optic of the State explores a wide array of images, image-making processes, and display methods in nineteenth-century Argentina and Brazil. Jens Andermann argues that the ideas of the state as law in practice, or as a group that holds the monopoly of legitimate violence, are insufficient. The state also entails a visual form, a […]

IHS Podcast: Apache Diaspora in Four Hundred Years of Colonialism vs. “Toltec Antiquities” Diaspora in Early Republican Mexico”

September 14, 2021

IHS podcasts are a new podcast series initiated by the Institute for Historical Studies’ Director, Dr Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra. They are paired with weekly workshops and are designed to foster discussion between graduate students and distinguished scholars in the field. Along with graduate students and guests, each episode features Dr Cañizares-Esguerra and Ashley Garcia, a PhD […]

Conversations with Dr. Miruna Achim

September 13, 2021

Conversations with Dr. Miruna Achim

by Camila Ordorica 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 […]

Learning from U.S. History: A Fifth Grade Social Studies Curriculum

August 16, 2021

LEARNING FROM U.S. HISTORY - A fifth grade social studies curriculum

From the editors: As we approach the beginning of a new academic year, Not Even Past is delighted to introduce an important new resource for the teaching of History. Learning from US History: A Fifth Grade Social Studies Curriculum was designed and developed by two UT Professors, Dr. Daina Ramey Berry and Dr. Jennifer Keys […]

Outstanding Graduate Teaching: Dr. Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra

April 29, 2021

Not Even Past congratulates Dr. Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, who received the Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award for 2021. The Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award recognizes the distinguished teaching of a graduate faculty member. It is one of numerous such awards for Dr. Cañizares-Esguerra, who also received the 2018 Nancy Lyman Roelker Mentorship Award from the American Historical Association. In […]

Alberto Torres Fuster, Artist, 1872-1922

April 18, 2021

From the editors: We are delighted to republish this moving profile of Alberto Torres Fuster (1872-1922) by Emilio Zamora. Dr Zamora was recently awarded the Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award from the Organization of American Historians. See our profile of Dr Zamora’s remarkable career here. We remember the departed for many reasons, but we mostly […]

NEP Author Spotlight – Tiana Wilson

March 21, 2021

The success of Not Even Past is made possible by a remarkable group of writers, both graduate students and faculty. Not Even Past Author Spotlights are designed to celebrate our most prolific authors by bringing all of their published content across the magazine together on a single page. The focus is especially on work published by UT […]

Latin American and Caribbean History: Collected Works from Not Even Past

March 12, 2021

Since its creation in 2010, Not Even Past has published a huge range of articles connected to Latin American and Caribbean History. To mark our new partnership with the Benson Latin American Collection, we have collected all these articles in one compilation page organized around 17 topics. These articles (156 in total) are a testament […]

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