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Eric Griego, who is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Latin American and Iberian Institute at The University of New Mexico, has been named a Fulbright Scholar to Spain.  The Fulbright Program is devoted to increasing mutual understanding between the...

Linda Hall, Distinguished Emerita Professor of History at The University of New Mexico, died at her son’s home on Sept. 30, 2022. A memorial service is set for Saturday, April 1, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the UNM Alumni Memorial Chapel to coincide with the...

Frances Hayashida, professor of Anthropology and director of the Latin American and Iberian Institute at The University of New Mexico, has received the Society for American Archaeology Book Award in the Scholarly category for Rethinking the Inka:...

One of the biggest events in the world of soccer will be on display at The University of New Mexico. Multiple UNM student organizations are coming together to host 2022 World Cup watch parties at the SUB atrium starting Monday, Nov. 21.  The United...

The University of New Mexico is inviting the community to a series of events commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month.  Since 1968, Hispanic Heritage Month has been celebrated in the U.S. to recognize and honor past and current Hispanics, Latinxs and their...

The Latin American and Iberian Institute (LAII) at The University of New Mexico has welcomed Barbara Blaha Degler as the incoming Mexico Studies Chair. This position was jointly established by UNM and the Fulbright-García Robles program as part of a...

The UNM Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) has been awarded a Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) grant from the U.S. Department of Education. LAII will receive $978,784 toward student fellowships over the next four years to promote...

 Ajla Škrbić, post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Law, Freie Universität, Berlin, will present The University of New Mexico Department of History’s Women’s History Lecture on “Gender, Power and Violence: Conflict-Related Sexual Violence...

Frances Hayashida, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Latin American and Iberian Institute at The University of New Mexico is co-editor of a new publication Rethinking the Inka: Community, Landscape, and Empire in the Southern Andes published...

Ana Alonso-Minutti, associate professor of Music and faculty affiliate of the Latin American and Iberian Institute at The University of New Mexico, was recently awarded the biennial 2021 Robert M. Stevenson Prize from The Society for Ethnomusicology for...