...Guillermo A. Sherwell Acte Final de la Session de La Havane (Deuxième Session de l’Institut) 22-27 Janvier 1917. Résolutions et Projets . By Institut Américain de Droit International . ( New York : Oxford University Press , 1917 . Pp. xii , 129 .) Copyright 1919 by Duke University...

... Studies Committee— Steven Topik (University of California, Irvine) presided over the session dedicated to the centennial of the proclamation of Brazil’s First Republic. José Murilo de Carvalho (IUPRJ and Casa Rui Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro and visiting professor, University of California, Irvine) presented...

... (University of Miami) commented on the session, noting that the methodological issues raised had greatly enhanced his understanding of visual history. He went on to describe the blockade that historians who wish to do visual history have encountered in the scholarly world, stating that the profession’s...

... james kiernan It was suggested that a film session be scheduled at the AHA meeting in 1993, in cooperation with the Library of Congress, called “Columbus at the Movies,” where a number of the films about Columbus, both silent and sound, would be screened. The chairman reported...

..., and squashes by the early colonists, and demonstrates their dependence on maize in particular. He argues that no factors were more important to the success of the 13 colonies than maize and the size and rate of increase of their population. The session “History, Ecology, and Nutrition: Latin America...

... academic training was more formative than his birthplace. H. M. H. The session on “Indian Community Landholding in Colonial Mexico: Recent Research on Nueva Galicia, Cuernavaca, and Toluca” consisted of three papers. William B. Taylor (University of Virginia) chaired the session. Agueda Jiménez...

... E. M. “Conquest, Religion, and Revolt: Spaniards and Indians in the Andes and the Borderlands”—The session “Conquest, Religion, and Revolt: Spaniards and Indians in the Andes and the Borderlands” met on December 29, 1986. Richard C. Trexler (State University of New York, Binghamton) chaired...

... persons in attendance, the session on “The Catholic Church in Twentieth-Century Latin American Politics” opened with a paper on “Ecclesial Based Communities and Politics in Brazil,” presented by Scott Mainwaring (Notre Dame). Originating in the 1960s as part of an effort to stimulate religious observances...

... Inheritance Law from Colony to Empire: A Methodological Essay,” The Americas 48:3, January 1992 donna j. guy In the session titled “From Conquistadors to Immigrants: Five Centuries of Spanish Presence in the Americas,” three speakers discussed aspects of transatlantic migration at three distinct...

... Copyright 1979 by Duke University Press 1979 Latin American and Related Sessions at the American Historical Association Meeting, December 28-30, 1978, San Francisco, California Initialed meeting and session reports were written by Thomas M. Davies (San Diego State University); William...

... Communist Aggression in Latin America, 9th Interim Report of Hearings Before Subcommittee, 83rd Congress, 2d Session, September 27-October 15, 1954 . Washington, D. C. , 1954 . Superintendent of Documents . Pp. iii , 295 . Paper . $1.00 . Copyright 1955 by Duke University Press...

... in which an enthusiastic audience (sustained by Seattle’s endless supply of coffee) was treated to four provocative presentations in the session titled “Trends and Transformations in Mexican History II. Crossing Disciplines: Art, Ritual, and Identities in Mexico.” This interdisciplinary panel brought...

... this session chaired by Gilbert Joseph (Yale University). Christopher Boyer (University of Chicago) presented a paper titled “Old Loves and New Loyalties in the Construction of Revolutionary Peasant Culture in Michoacán, Mexico,” based on his dissertation research in agrarismo. Boyer’s paper argued that recent...

... for an extended stay although the awards may be used in combination with other funds that are not for international travel. Submission of a final report is required that should indicate the sources and amounts of all awards received. Jane Landers (Vanderbilt University) began the session with a paper...

... female correctional institutions placed under the control of the state. Lyman L. Johnson Citizenship and Deviance in Latin America The papers presented at this session represented some of the exciting new work currently being done on the history of crime in Latin America. Chair Robert...

.... Graduate students, take note! GEORGE REID ANDREWS Ranching Labor and the Environment in the Americas: A Comparative Perspective This session met as scheduled, with all participants present except commentator Manuel Machado, Jr. (University of Montana, Missoula), who faxed his comments...

..., University of California, Los Angeles Tibesar Prize Muriel Nazzari, “Transition Toward Slavery: Changing Legal Practice Regarding Indians in Seventeenth-Century Sao Paulo,” The Americas 44:5, October 1992 In this session, attended by an audience of 30, the papers focused...

... Copyright 1978 by Duke University Press 1978 Latin American and Related Sessions at the American Historical Association Meeting, December 27-30, 1977, Dallas, Texas Initialed meeting and session reports were written by David Miller (CLAH), William H. Beezley (North Carolina State...

... Sessions at the American Historical Association Meeting, December 27-30, 1984, Chicago, Ill. Initialed session and committee meeting summaries were written by: Paul Ganster (San Diego State University); Gwendolyn Midlo Hall (Rutgers University); Asunción Lavrin (Howard University); Michael C. Meyer...