LAL News
The Latin American Library Centennial Gallery Talks
The Latin American Library invites you to a series of gallery talks to close out our yearlong centennial exhibition “A Distinctive Trajectory: Reshaping Histories at the Latin American Library,” celebrating one hundred years of Latin… (read more)
The Latin American Library at the New Orleans Book Festival Family Day
To young and old alike:
Be sure to stop by the Latin American Library booth at the New Orleans Book Fest Family Day on March 29, 10-2!
Come explore what ancient Mesoamerican books looked like and how colonial Spanish Americans printed and bound their books. Family Day visitors can learn to solve a Maya almanac and practice counting, writing, and calendar-reckoning,… (read more)
Placing Enlightened Critique: The Trans-Caribbean Periodical Press, Manuscript Authorship, and Imperial Conflicts between the 18th and 19th Centuries
Join us for the work-in-progress talk by Kevin Sedeño-Guillén, 2024-25 Richard E Greenleaf Fellow at the Latin American Library.
Placing Enlightened Critique: The Trans-Caribbean Periodical Press, Manuscript Authorship, and Imperial Conflicts between the 18th and 19th Centuries
The talk analyzes how the interactions and displacements of periodicals, newspapers,… (read more)
“It is the SALALM book, 5 k’atuns completed at Tulane”
On June 8-12, the Latin American Library hosted SALALM 69, the annual meeting of the international professional association dedicated to academic… (read more)