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Latin American studies
Latin American studies (LAS) is an academic and research field associated with the study of Latin America. The interdisciplinary study is a subfield of area studies, and can be composed of numerous disciplines such as economics, sociology, history, international relations, political science, geography, gender studies, and literature.
Contents
1 Definition
2 History
3 Associations
4 Bibliographic resources
5 Reference works
6 Journals
7 Programs
8 Research Libraries and Archives outside Latin America
9 Some notable Latin Americanists
10 See also
11 References
12 Further reading
13 External links
13.1 Library Guides for Latin American Studies
Definition
Latin American studies critically examines the history, culture, international relations, and politics, of Latin America. It is not to be confused with Latino Studies, an academic discipline which studies the experience of people of Hispanic ancestry in the United States.
Latin Americanists consider a variety of perspectives and employ diverse research tools in their work. The interdisciplinary disciplines of study varies, depending on the school, association, and academic program. For example, the Latin American Centre of the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS) at the University of Oxford heavily focuses on the social sciences, such as the economics, politics, and development of the region.[1] On the other hand, schools like Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at Austin, focus on the humanities; with the language, culture, and history of Latin America as a central component[2]. Others include the study of environment and ecology of the region.
Latin American studies is usually quite open and often includes or is closely associated with, for instance, Development studies, Geography, Anthropology, Caribbean studies, and Transatlantic studies.
History
Latin America has been studied in one way or another ever since Columbus's voyage of 1492. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, scientist explorers such as Alexander von Humboldt published extensively about the region. Towards the end of the nineteenth century and at the turn of the twentieth, within the region itself writers such as José Martí and José Enrique Rodó encouraged a consciousness of regional identity.
In 1875, the International Congress of Americanists held its first meeting in Nancy, France, and has met regularly ever since, alternating between venues in Europe and in the Western hemisphere. However, unlike the scholarly organizations of the twentieth century, the ICA does not have an ongoing organization, nor is there a journal of the ICA. The creation of formal and ongoing scholarly organizations focusing on Latin America is a product of the twentieth century.
In the US, historians with an interest in Latin American history within the American Historical Association created a group focusing on Latin America. In 1918, they founded The Hispanic American Historical Review, which has published quarterly since that time and has built a reputation as one of the premier scholarly journals.[3] The Latin Americanists within the AHA created the Conference on Latin American History in 1926, which is now separately incorporated (since 1964), but continues to coordinate its annual meetings with the American Historical Association. In 1936, US Latin Americanists also founded the Handbook of Latin American Studies, with editorial offices in the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. In a pre-digital era, the compilation of annotated bibliographic references in the humanities and social science organized by subject and country was a vital tool for scholars in the field.[4][5]
With the Cuban Revolution of 1959, the US government began seriously focusing on Latin America as Cuba and the hemisphere was seen to be an integral element of Cold War politics. The Latin American historian who wrote the early history of the founding of the Latin American Studies Association wryly suggested in 1966 that at some future date Latin Americanists should erect a statue to Fidel Castro, the "remote godfather" of the field, who instigated a renewed US interest in the region.[6]
Interest in Latin American studies increased starting in the 1950s. In the US, Latin American studies (like other area studies) was boosted by the passing of Title VI of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) of 1958, which provided resources for Centers of Area and International Studies.[1] In the UK, the 1965 "Parry Report"[citation needed] provided similar impetus for the establishment of Institutes and Centres of Latin American Studies at Oxford, London, Cambridge, and Liverpool.[7] In Canada, York University in Toronto established the first Latin American center, "in part thanks to the inflow of exiled intellectuals from South America."[8] Germany's Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut in Berlin had been founded in 1930, but not until the 1970s did it experience expansion.[9]
Associations
- Brazilian Studies Association
- Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (founded 1969)[10]
- Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP)
Latin American Studies Association (US, founded 1966)
Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies (US, founded 1979)- Pacific Coast Council of Latin American Studies (PCCLAS) (US)[11]
Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies (RMCLAS) (US, founded 1954)[12]
- Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM), established 1967[13]
Society for Irish Latin American Studies (Ireland, founded 2003)
Society for Latin American Studies (UK), established 1964[14]
- Southeast Council of Latin American Studies (US, founded 1953)
Bibliographic resources
Handbook of Latin American Studies, established 1936- Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
Reference works
- Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
Journals
The Americas, established 1944
Bulletin of Latin American Research, established 1981
Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, established 1976[15]
Colonial Latin American Historical Review, established 1992
Colonial Latin American Review, established 1992- European Review of Latin American & Caribbean Studies
The Hispanic American Historical Review, established 1918, published by Conference on Latin American History[16]
Historia Mexicana, established 1951- Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs
Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, established 1996
Journal of Latin American Studies established 1969
Journal of Politics in Latin America[17]
Latin American Perspectives, established in 1974- Latin American Politics and Society
Latin American Research Review (published by the Latin American Studies Association)- The Latin Americanist," published by Wiley-Blackwell and the Southeast Council of Latin American Studies
Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, established 1985- NACLA Report on the Americas
Ñawpa Pacha, Journal of Andean Archaeology, established 1963- Problems of Latin America
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales/Mexican Journal of Political and Social Sciences, established in 1955
Programs
Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at Stanford University
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Center for Latin American Studies
The University of Texas at Austin - Teresa LozMeano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), Austin, Texas
The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), Columbia University
Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge
Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Oxford
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) at Harvard University
America and Caribbean Studies, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
- Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at Indiana University
- Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh
- The University of Michigan Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos, Mexico- Latin America, Caribbean and US Latino Studies, University at Albany - State University of New York, Albany, New York
Ibero-American Institute, Berlin
Institute of Latin American Studies, London- University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies
University of California, Los Angeles Latin American Center
Center for Latin American Studies, University of Chicago
University of California, Santa Barbara Latin American and Iberian Studies program[18]
- University of New Mexico, Latin American & Iberian Institute
- Latin American Studies Division, CCUS&LAS, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India [2]
- Centre for Latin American Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Goa University, Panaji, Goa, India.[3]
Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University
Research Libraries and Archives outside Latin America
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Library, Austin, Texas[19]
Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris
John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island
Center for Research Libraries[20]
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.
Hispanic Society of America, New York City
Huntington Library, San Marino, California
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Newberry Library, Chicago
Oliveira Lima Library, Catholic University, Washington, D.C.
Tulane University Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
University of Florida Library, Gainesville, Florida
Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library, Santa Barbara CA- British libraries.[21]
Some notable Latin Americanists
See also Category:Latin Americanists
Jeremy Adelman, historian
Ida Altman, historian
Nettie Lee Benson, historian
Leslie Bethell, historian- John Beverley
Elizabeth Hill Boone, anthropologist
Woodrow Borah, historian
David Brading, historian
Victor Bulmer-Thomas, historian
Louise Burkhart, anthropologist
Robert N. Burr, historian
David Bushnell, historian
David Carrasco, anthropologist
Howard F. Cline, historian
John Coatsworth, historian- Antonio Cornejo Polar
Daniel Cosío Villegas, historian
Nigel Davies, historian and anthropologist
Andrzej Dembicz, geographer- Ariel Dorfman
- James Dunkerley
- Arturo Escobar
Nancy Farriss, historian
Ada Ferrer, historian
Lillian Estelle Fisher, historian
Albert Fishlow, economist
John Foran, sociologist- Jean Franco
- Néstor García Canclini
- Manuel Antonio Garretón
Peter Gerhard, historical geographer
Charles Gibson, historian- Federico Gil
Adolfo Gilly, historian- Roberto González Echevarría
Paul Gootenberg, historian
Richard Graham, historian
Greg Grandin,historian- Andre Gunder Frank
Tulio Halperín Donghi, historian
Lewis Hanke, historian
Clarence Haring, historian
Doris Heyden, Mesoamericanist
Albert O. Hirschman, economist
Robin Humphreys, historian
Daniel James, historian
Friedrich Katz, historian
Herbert S. Klein, historian, Stanford University
Alan Knight, historian
Enrique Krauze, historian
George Kubler, historian
Jacques Lafaye, historian
Kris Lane, historian- Neil Larsen
Asunción Lavrin, historian
Miguel León-Portilla, historian
Irving A. Leonard, historian
Oscar Lewis, anthropologist
Edwin Lieuwen, historian
James Lockhart, historian
Claudio Lomnitz, anthropologist
John Lynch, historian
Murdo J. MacLeod, historian
Florencia Mallon, historian- Sylvia Molloy
- Alberto Moreiras
Richard McGee Morse, historian
June Nash, anthropologist
Zelia Nuttall, anthropologist- Guillermo O'Donnell
J.H. Parry, historian- Gustavo Pérez Firmat
- James Petras
Stafford Poole, historian
Philip Wayne Powell, historian
Mary Louise Pratt, historian
Ángel Rama,writer, literary critic
Robert Redfield, anthropologist
Andrés Reséndez, historian
Darcy Ribeiro, Brazilian anthropologist
Nelly Richard, cultural theorist
David Rock, historian
Riordan Roett, political scientist
John Howland Rowe, anthropologist
Beatriz Sarlo, literary and cultural critic
Carl O. Sauer, historical geographer
Linda Schele, anthropologist
France Vinton Scholes, historian
Stuart B. Schwartz historian
Rebecca J. Scott, historian
Patricia Seed, historian
Donald Shaw, writer, literary critic
Kalman H. Silvert first president of the Latin American Studies Association
Thomas Skidmore, political scientist
Peter H. Smith, historian and political scientist
Alfred Stepan, political scientist
William B. Taylor, historian
Michael Taussig, anthropologist
J. Eric S. Thompson, anthropologist- Alain Touraine
Ann Twinam, historian- Victor L. Urquidi
Arturo Valenzuela, political scientist
Eric Van Young, historian
Evon Vogt, anthropologist
Charles Wagley, historian
Robert Wauchope, archaeologist
David J. Weber, historian
Barbara Weinstein, historian
Henry Wells, political scientist
Eric Wolf, anthropologist
John Womack, historian- Peter Winn
Leopoldo Zea, philosopher (Mexican)
See also
- Latino/a studies
- Chicano Studies
- Caribbeanist
- Conference on Latin American History
- Historiography#Latin America
- History of Latin America
- Criticism of the term Latino
- Latinobarómetro
- Latin American Network Information Center
References
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^ http://salalm.org/Conf/2016/04/panel-11-the-hispanic-division-and-the-handbook-of-latin-american-studies-highlighting-luso-hispanic-collections-in-the-library-of-congress/ accessed 13 August 2016.
^ Howard F. Cline, "The Latin American Studies Association: A Summary Survey with Appendix," Latin American Research Review, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Autumn 1966), p. 64.
^ José C. Moya,ed. The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History, New York: Oxford University Press 2011, p. viii.
^ Moya, The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History, p. viii
^ Moya, The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History, p. viii.
^ https://www.can-latam.org/
^ http://www.calstatela.edu/pcclas
^ https://rmclas.org/
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American Collection" Library Chronicle (1992) 22#3 pp 10-21
^ Mary Wilke, Patricia J. Finney, and James Simon. "Colonial Latin American Resources at the Center for Research Libraries." Colonial Latin American Review 11.2 (2002): 317-323.
^ Roger Macdonald, "Library Resources for Latin American Studies in the United Kingdom 25 Years after the Parry Report." Bulletin of Latin American Research 9.2 (1990): 265-269. in JSTOR
Further reading
- Alvarez, Sonia, Arturo Arias, and Charles R. Hale. "Re-Visioning Latin American Studies." Cultural Anthropology 26, no. 2 (2011): 225-46.
- Berger,Mark R. Under Northern Eyes: Latin American Studies and U.S. Hegemony in the Americas, 1898-1990. Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1995.
Bulmer-Thomas, Victor, ed. Thirty Years of Latin American Studies in the United Kingdom 1965-1995. London: Institute of Latin American Studies, 1997.
Cline, Howard F. ed. Latin American History: Essays on its Study and Teaching, 1898-1965. 2 vols. Published for the Conference on Latin American History by University of Texas Press 1967.- Cline, Howard F. "The Latin American Studies Association: A Summary Survey with Appendix," Latin American Research Review, Vol 2 No. 1, (Autumn, 1966) pp. 57-79.
- Crahan, Margaret E. "Lest We Forget: Women's Contribution to Making LASA an Organization for All Its Members by One of the First Women to Serve on the Executive Council, (1973-1975)," LASA Forum 37 (Spring 2006): 11-14.
- Delpar, Helen. Looking South: The Evolution of Latin Americanist Scholarship in the United States, 1850-1975 (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press 2008) online review
- Dent, David W., ed. Handbook of Political Science Research on Latin America: Trends from the 1960s to the 1990s. Westport CT: Greenwood Press 1990.
- Diégues Júnior, Manuel and Bryce Wood, eds. Social Science in Latin America. New York: Columbia University Press 1967.
- Eakin, Marshall C. "Latin American History in the United States: From Gentleman Scholars to Academic Specialists," History Teacher 31 (August 1998) 539-61.
Hanke, Lewis, "The Development of Latin American Studies in the United States, 1939-1945," The Americas 4 (1947) 32-64.- Kagan, Richard L., ed. Spain in America: The Origins of Hispanism in the United States. Urbana: University of Illinois Press 2002.
- Mitchell, Christopher,ed. Changing Perspectives in Latin American Studies: Insights from Six Disciplines. Stanford: Stanford University Press 1988.
- Sable, Martin, ed. Guide to the Writings of Pioneer Latinamericanists in the United States. New York: Haworth Press 1989.
- Salvatore, Ricardo D. Disciplinary Conquest: U.S. Scholars in South America, 1900–1945. Durham: Duke University Press, 2016.
External links
- Latin American and Iberian Institute at the University of New Mexico
- Handbook of Latin American Studies
Latin American Studies at the University of Texas's Latin American Network Information Center
- Latino Studies Resources
- Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies
- The Conference on Latin American History
Library Guides for Latin American Studies
"Latin American Studies". Research Guides. Los Angeles: University of California.
"Latin American & Caribbean Studies". LibGuides. USA: Duke University.
"Latin American Studies". Library Guides. USA: Johns Hopkins University.
"Latin American and Caribbean Studies". Research Guides. Coral Gables Florida: University of Miami. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12.
"Latin American & Caribbean Studies". Research Guides. USA: University of Michigan.
"Latin American Studies". Research Guides. USA: New York University.
"Latin American Studies". LibGuides. Evanston, Illinois, USA: Northwestern University Library.
"Latin American Studies". Oxford LibGuides. Oxford, UK: University of Oxford, Bodleian Libraries.
"Latin America, Spain and Portugal". Princeton LibGuides. USA: Princeton University Library.
University Libraries. "Latin American Studies". Research Guides. New Jersey, USA: Rutgers University.
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