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Published December 3, 2018

Testimonies about a genocide occurring in Guatemala in the 1960s prioritize empathy, often losing historical context in the process, according to research presented by UC Berkeley Spanish professor Estelle Tarica. In this way, testimonies closely resemble victim-led narratives from the Holocaust.

On behalf of Lucero’s Editorial Board, we are happy to present the 25th volume of our departmental journal. This interdisciplinary volume’s central theme is performance and resistance. Works range from the construction of masculinity in dance practices in the Andean region to the performative opposition to tourism in Barcelona. Of the eight accepted submissions, six fall under diverse academic disciplines and two are creative works.

The department sends warm congratulations to Elena Fernández on the publication of her first book, Raza y nación. Estereotipos nacionales extranjeros y peninsulares en España (1750-1833). Elena received her PhD in 2019 under the direction of Professor Iarocci, and she is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Technical University of Munich. ¡Felicidades Elena!

Lanzamiento virtual del libro de Rubén Darío y la modernidad en América Latina.

On Friday, July the 3rd, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso’s Colección Dársena will launch Rubén Darío y la modernidad en América Latina. Transitoriedad, comodificación, colonialidad, a collaborative book edited by UCB alum, Professor Mónica González García.

We are delighted to announce that Ana Tello has been selected for the 2020 Outstanding GSI Award. Ana’s excellence in the classroom and commitments to education deserve this recognition. Please join us in congratulating Ana Tello for her outstanding work.

Congratulations to Carlos, who will begin as an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Williams College in Fall 2020.  Carlos is in the process of finishing his dissertation, "Seventeenth Century Nahua Poetics: Domingo Chimalpahin and the Cemanahuac Archive,” and he will be joining the faculty of Williams College as a specialist in Colonial Latin American Literature. ¡Muchas felicidades, Carlos!