“Mariana combines creative writing with theater and dance. Writing is her voice but she is in constant dialogue with others. She makes the UI community stronger with her multidisciplinary understanding of creativity.” – Ana Merino, Professor of Spanish

Four University of Iowa faculty members were awarded the nation’s most prestigious humanities scholarship, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants. The NEH awarded $24.7 million to 208 humanities projects nationwide.

By becoming fluent in Portuguese and Spanish, Holly Harris is striving for an international career where she can use the power of language to bring people together.

The Latin American Studies Program hosts the 10th annual Charles A. Hale Lecture, "Popular Cosmopolitanism: Cinema, Genre and Mediation in Mid-Century Mexico."

Dr. Conceição Evaristo, Afro-Brazilian Writer, present “Black Female Authorship Seeding Black Female Characters”.

Afro-Brazilian Philosopher and Activist Djamila Ribeiro presented “Myths Around Black Brazilian Women from the Perspective of Black Feminist Theory.”

Djamila Ribeiro, Afro-Brazilian Philosopher and Activist, presents “Myths Around Black Brazilian Women from the Perspective of Black Feminist Theory”.

Horacio Castellanos Moya has published a new book.

Professor Alberto Ortiz Díaz, a 2020–21 Ford Fellow, researches rehabilitative corrections in Puerto Rico at UPR-Río Piedras' Institute of Caribbean Studies.

Amber Brian, Bradley Benton, Pablo García Loaeza, and Peter B. Villella, have published a new translation.