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Please accept our hearty welcome to the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin. LLILAS is an interdisciplinary organization founded in 1940, within the College of Liberal Arts, which integrates more than 30 academic departments across the university. We offer programs that lead to BA, MA, and PhD degrees, and dual MA degree programs with Business, Communication, Community and Regional Planning, Law, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. More . . .

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2012 Lozano Long Conference Focuses on U.S. Central American Populations

The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies and the Center for Mexican American Studies are cosponsoring the 2012 Lozano Long Conference, “Central Americans and the Latino/a Landscape: New Configurations of Latina/o America,” to take place February 22–25 at the University of Texas at Austin.

LLILAS to Host Exhibit by Acclaimed Artist Muriel Hasbun

LLILAS will host “Archive and Memory” by acclaimed artist Muriel Hasbun, Feb. 22–March 30, 2012. The photo-based exhibit explores the relationship between past and present and lives at the intersection of personal memory and collective history.

Gloria Anzaldúa Luncheon Honors Playwright/Poet Cherríe Moraga

Stanford Artist-in-Residence Cherríe Moraga, a feminist playwright, poet, and essayist, will speak at the Gloria Anzaldúa Luncheon Honoring Feminists of Color at the University of Texas on February 10, 2012, an event hosted by the Gender and Sexuality Center and Queer People of Color and Allies.

UT Sociologist Studies Role of Race in Educational Opportunity for Brazilian Youth

The role of race as it relates to educational opportunities has changed in important ways over time for white and black/mixed-race adolescents in Brazil, according to UT sociologist and LLILAS affiliate Leticia Marteleto, who has been investigating disparities in educational opportunities during the period 1982–2007.