EL LATINOAMERICANISTA

Los Latinoamericanistas

FALL 2010

Conferences:

XIII Reunión de Historiadores de México, Estados Unidos y Canadá

“México y sus Revoluciones”

In 2010, Mexicans celebrated the Bicentennial of the Independence Wars and the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution. In commemoration of these events, scholars gathered in Santiago de Querétaro for the XIII Meeting for Historians of Mexico, the United States, and Canada. From October 26 to 30, scholars presented on themes related to “Mexico and its Revolutions.” Faculty and students from the University of Oklahoma had the opportunity to attend this international conference in the beautiful city of Querétaro, during the celebratory weekend of the ‘Day of the Dead.’

http://13mexeuacan.colmex.mx/

Faculty Presentations:

Dr. Terry Rugeley, “The Private War of Miguel Bruno: National Crisis and Popular Revolution in Tabasco, 1845-1849”

Student Presentations:

Ariana Quezada, “El legado de la Revolución en la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDH)”

Michele M. Stephens, “The revolution before the Revolution: Lozada, Land and Indigenous Action in Jalisco”

125^th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association

Conference on Latin American History

Boston, MA. January 6-9, 2011

http://www.historians.org/annual/2011/index.cfm

            Student Presentations:

   J. Justin Castro, “Radio, State Formation, and National Identity in
   México, 1920-24.”

Student Updates:

Congratulations to J. JUSTIN CASTRO!

J. Justin Castro (jcastro@ou.edu) successfully completed his comprehensive exams this semester (with distinction). Justin received his B.A. in history from Northeastern State University in 2005 and his M.A. in history from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2008. His M.A. focused on the history of song and ethnic interaction in the Cherokee Nation. He is presently studying Modern Latin American history with Dr. Terry Rugeley.

Justin works on the history of the radio in Mexico. His tentative dissertation title is “Waves of Transformation: Radio and Revolution in Mexico, 1900-1934.” After his exams, Justin worked with microfilmed material from the Benson Latin American Collection (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/). Justin has three published articles, and this semester he wrote a number of encyclopedia entries for Dr. Alan McPherson’s Encyclopedia of U.S. Intervention in Latin America (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, forthcoming 2013).

http://www.ou.edu/cas/history/grad-castro.html

Well done to GARY MORENO!

Gary Moreno (Gary.A.Moreno-1@ou.edu) is a second year PhD student in Latin American history. He received his B.A. from Humboldt State University in Northern California. He completed his M.A. at Long Beach State University in 2009. His work focuses on Mexican culture and its transnational aspects.

Students in the Latin American program are encouraged to conduct archival work as soon as they begin the PhD program. Gary worked at the following libraries/archives during the fall 2010 semester.
http://www.ou.edu/cas/history/grad-moreno.html