Historical, cultural, economic and political relations between the Americas have made Latin American studies an important field of inquiry for numerous disciplines. The number of Hispanic people in ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Lightning Jay is an assistant professor of Teaching, ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World. The “Visscher Map of the New World” including North and South America, 1658. A ...

Featuring works from artists in Latin America and its diasporas, Pop América intervenes in long-held conceptions of Pop Art’s geographic consolidations in the US and UK. Pop América’s centerpiece is ...

If you think Latin American history starts with Christopher Columbus, John Leguizamo would like to have a word. He points out there were great empires and civilizations during the thousands of years ...

From virtually the moment he and his band of bearded rebels rode into Havana in 1959 until his death from natural causes in 2016, the most iconic leader in Latin America was Fidel Castro. With his ...

The significance of the frontier in American history / Frederick Jackson Turner -- Latin-American frontiers / Arthur S. Aiton -- Frontier barbarism / Domingo Faustino Sarmiento -- The frontier in ...

On his first day back in office, President Trump issued an executive order to change the name of the body of water that had been known since the mid-sixteenth century as the Gulf of Mexico to the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois House Democrats passed legislation Wednesday to require Latin American history for elementary and high school students. The plan requires school districts to ...

Through the study of cultures, societies, and history of the Latin American region and Latin diaspora, the interdisciplinary minor in Latin American Studies (LAS) helps students develop: global ...