LAL Past News
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)
Sabina da Cruz: Life and Strategies of a Freed African in Slave-Holding Bahia
The research focuses on the story of Sabina da Cruz, a freed African woman who denounced the Malês Revolt, an insurrection by Muslim Africans, which occurred in Bahia, Brazil, in January 1835. This character's trajectory allows us to reflect on sociability, agency, and legal restrictions imposed on freed African women, as well as the strategies they deployed to remain free and autonomous in… (read more)
Invention and Innovation in the Altiplano of the Andes, 1587-1620: The Roots of Legacy Mercury in our Environment?
Invention and Innovation in the Altiplano of the Andes, 1587-1620: The Roots of Legacy Mercury in our Environment?
Of the six refining recipes for silver ores implemented on an industrial scale prior to the end of the 19c, three were the product of an extremely fruitful period of invention and innovation that took place around Potosi, in present day Bolivia, during the two… (read more)
“A Distinctive Trajectory: Reshaping Histories at the Latin American Library”, a major exhibit at the Latin American Library (LAL)
On June 10, the Latin American Library (LAL) inaugurated “A Distinctive Trajectory: Reshaping Histories at the Latin American Library”, a major exhibition commemorating a century of Tulane University’s… (read more)
The Latin American Library Hosts SALALM 69!
On June 8-12, the Latin American Library (LAL) hosted the 69th Annual Conference of the Seminar for the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) in New Orleans. SALALM is the foremost… (read more)
Richard E. Greenleaf Library Fellowships for 2023-2024 – NOW OPEN!!
Richard E. Greenleaf Library Fellowships for 2023-2024 – NOW OPEN!!
We are pleased to announce the call for applications for the Richard E. Greenleaf Library Fellowships at the Latin American Library, Tulane University, for researchers from Latin America and the Caribbean, for 2023-2024
Research fellowship… (read more)
Chamorro Barrios Family Papers Exhibit Opening & Reception
On November 8, the Latin American Library (LAL) celebrated the opening of the Chamorro Barrios Family Papers with a major exhibit and inaugural address by award-winning Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro Barrios.
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The Annual Open House at the Latin American Library
The Annual Open House at the Latin American Library is back after a three-year hiatus!
We hope to see everyone on
Friday, September 16
Noon to 3pm
This is our yearly event to welcome new and returning faculty, students, staff and friends of the LAL.
As always, we will have an exhibit of recent acquisitions… (read more)
Colloquium Series ft. Tulane Scholars: Relationships Between Latin America and New Orleans
This past Spring, The Latin American Library launched a colloquium series featuring Tulane scholars whose research considers relationships between Latin America and New Orleans.
The inaugural talk, on March 11, was by Marilyn Miller, Professor of Spanish and Sizeler Family Professor in Judaic Studies, who presented new research on a mid-century New… (read more)
New Exhibit: Central America at The Latin American Library
A new exhibit, Central America at The Latin American Library, is now on view on the 4th floor of Howard-Tilton Memorial Library.
The exhibit celebrates the histories and cultures of the Central American countries—Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama—through The Latin American Library's unique and special collections.
Of special… (read more)