Happening at Johns Hopkins University next week. Please join us!

Please help spread the word about this one-semester full-time visiting assistant professor position (3 courses) in the Spanish Department at the College of the Holy Cross. This position is potentially renewable. joblist.mla.org/job-details/93…

Los amigos de El Cuervo me pidieron recomendaciones en este día de la escritora, y aquí van algunos títulos que me han encantado:

If you’re in the DC/DMV area this Thursday, please consider joining Nicolás Campisi and me for a conversation with Agustina Bazterrica! The event will be from 11-1 in Georgetown’s Copley Formal Lounge. See you there! americas.georgetown.edu/events/a-conve…

Assistant Professor of Afro-Hispanic Studies Washington University in St. Louis - Danforth Campus: School of Arts & Sciences: Romance Languages and Literatures apply.interfolio.com/155197

Fernanda Díaz-Basteris (Arts and Sciences) and @MaiteUrcaregui (UCSB Humanities and Fine Arts) asked me (UNT CLASS) to contribute a coda to this beautiful book. Cover by Salvadoran artist, @breenache My piece is called "Drawing Inferences and Reading the Frames of Latinx Media." Published by Rutgers University Press,

Descubre la fascinante historia del exilio del presidente Benito Juárez en Nueva Orleans en la conferencia en español de Yuri Herrera, "Juárez en Nueva Orleans" como parte de la #CátedraJoséEmilioPacheco. 📅 Jueves, 17 de octubre a las 6:00PM: bit.ly/4dKMBF4

El jueves 24, tengo la dicha de presentar este libro, maravillosamente traducido por Manuel Cuesta y publicado por Ediciones Cátedra, con un grupo de lujo (@garloso , @maria_roson y Germán Labrador). ¡Y en Ocho y Medio , además! Querida gente madrileña, ¡venid!

Hay que leer a Juan Acevedo para entender por qué la policía, los militares, Merino, el fujimorismo, Boluarte y otras alimañas lo detestan. 2 cómics para descargar: Emma y el derecho a la protesta: t.ly/ccLQ8 Emma y el derecho a la verdad: t.ly/Ri0Vp

If I edited a volume on carnival in Latin America, who would be interested? This volume is intended to introduce students and unfamiliar readers to the distinct carnival celebrations of different communities in Latin America. Chapters should not be overly theoretical. 4-5k

Some photos from Agustina Bazterrica💚🏳️‍🌈's visit to Georgetown! Last Thursday, Nicolás Campisi and I had the huge pleasure and honor of talking to Agustina about her literary production and creative process. Thank you, Agustina, for all of your generosity!

It’s Guamán Poma day today in my colonial Latin American literature class! I’m hoping my students are as excited as I am. I think the hyper-Catholic drawings (not pictured) are going to blow their minds…

Tess Renker ❤️

Sé que es un "longshot", pero ¿alguien conoce la historia detrás de esta foto de Martín Chambi ("Campesinos en el juzgado", 1929)? ¡Muchas gracias de antemano!

I’m beyond excited to see my dream graduate seminar on the books for Spring 2025! I can’t wait to talk about Latin American and Latinx women writers next semester, from Elena Poniatowska to Monica Ojeda and beyond 👯‍♀️

Today will be a challenging one in my Borders/Migrations graduate seminar, but this morning's re-reading one of our assigned texts, Arguedas's "Yo no soy un aculturado" speech, has given me a little burst of inspiration for the days and weeks ahead. blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/willaqant…

Friends, I'm staying here for now, but I'm also on Bluesky. Same handle! (tessrenker.bsky.social)

Diseñadora Anis Samanez, se indignó porque una comunidad indígena shipiba no le quiso ‘compartir gratis’ sus saberes y técnicas para hacer moda. Frente a eso, ¿Qué herramientas existen para reconocer y proteger el arte indígena en mercados globales? 🧵1/

Please consider sending an abstract for an MLA panel I’m looking to organize on internal migrations of Latin America!