The document provides a comprehensive history of the Duke-UNC Program in Latin American Studies, detailing its origins, key events, grants, and programs from its establishment in the late 1980s through its various conferences and activities up to 2014. It highlights collaborative efforts, academic contributions, and community involvement, including film festivals, interdisciplinary working groups, and outreach programs. Significant milestones include grant awards, newsletters, art exhibits, and initiatives focusing on health, environment, and cultural exchanges related to Latin America.

2. Consortium
History

3. Cover of the first proposal to the
Mellon Foundation. 1989

4. Mellon Award Letter for the creation of the Duke-UNC Program in Latin American
Studies, 1989

5. Invitation to first Duke-UNC Program dinner. 1990

6. Fall 1990 Carolina Alumni Review article about creation of Duke-UNC Program in Latin
American Studies.

8. News Coverage on the start-up of the Duke-UNC Program. The News& Observer, 1990

9. News Coverage on the start-up of the Duke-UNC Program. The News& Observer, 1990

10. News Coverage on the start-up of the Duke-UNC Program. The DUKE DIALOGUE, 1990

11. FIRST TITLE VI GRANT AWARD LETTER. 1991

12. First Duke-UNC Program
Newsletter. 1991

13. Building ties and connections.

14. Consortium
Programs
Events

15. THE FIRST EVENT ORGANIZED BY THE DUKE-UNC PROGRAM, JANUARY 1991

16. AN ACADEMIC CONFERENCE THAT RESULTED IN A BOOK, A PERFORMANCE AND A DANCE!

17. Invitation to first Day of the Dead Altar event, 1992

19. COLLABORATION WITH DUKE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART

20. Authentic Voices exhibit of Chilean art – with Durham Arts Council

22. Authentic Voices event, with
Marjorie Agosin and local artists

24. Cassette recording of live performance at UNC

25. 1996 LATIN AMERICAN PRESIDENTS PROJECT. HOSTING
RAUL ALFONSIN, BELISARIO BETANCUR AND MIGUEL DE LA MADRID

26. 1996 Latin American Presidents Project – Raul Alfonsin in Durham

27. 1996 Latin American Presidents Project – Belisario Betancur in Durham

29. 10th ANNIVERSARY CAKE

30. Celebrating Duke-UNC Program 10th anniversary, 2000.

31. PUBLICITY FOR A 1996 ALTAR EXHIBIT IN DUKE EAST CAMPUS UNION

32. Day of the Dead altars at Duke Latin American Studies house.

33. Day of the Dead altars at Duke Latin
American Studies house.

34. Day of the Dead altars organized by consortium staff

35. Performance at Duke by El Cuarteto Latino Americano, 1992

36. A READING FROM THE NEW PLAY
“DEATH AND THE MAIDEN”

37. Consortium-sponsored Art exhibit
in Carrboro, NC

38. “New World Origin of Chocolate”

39. The Consortium hosts the 50th SECOLAS
Conference in 2003

40. First Consortium Conference, 2004

41. Consortium Conference, 2005

42. Consortium Conference, 2006

43. Consortium Conference, 2011

44. Consortium Conference, 2012

45. Consortium Conference, 2013

46. Consortium Conference, 2014

48. First annual Fall Picnic of the Duke-UNC
Program, 1990

49. Duke-UNC Program poster for recruiting
graduate students.

50. A Consortium Cooperative Effort

51. Working Papers by participants in Ford exchange between Duke-UNC Program and FLACSO-Chile

52. Consortium
Programs
Film Festival

53. First Latin American Film Festival
Program 1987

65. 2006 LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL.
Women in Film. Sharon Mujica, Filmmakers,
(bottom right) Penny Simpson & Jordi Mari

66. Marcela Fernandez-Violante, Mexican filmmaker & Sharon Mujica. 2006
Marcela & Claudio Fuentes,
UNC Doctoral Student

67. 2006 NC LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL. Hank Okasaki, Antonio Arce, Evelyne Huber, John
Stephens.

68. 2008 NC LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL. Afro & Youth Cultures in LA

70. 2008 NC Latin American Film Festival.
Special “rap-sessions” with local Latino rappers
At NCSU

71. 2008 NC Latin American Film Festival. “El Colombian Dream” with film director
Felipe Aljure. Griffith Film Theatre, Duke

72. 2008 NC Latin American Film Festival.
Special concert on Afro-Brazilian music at Guilford College

73. (center) Brazilian filmmaker Luis Nascimento and Jeanine Lino Costa after screening
Selections of the CINEMA NOSSO PROGRAM. At UNC-Greensboro

74. Salvadoran filmmaker Victor Ruano introducing his film “Ever Amado” (2008)

75. Salvadoran filmmakers Victor Ruano
and Jorge Dalton (2008)
Dalton’s film “Entre los Muertos” (2008)

76. “The Virgin Comes to La Maldita Vecindad” (‘the
damned bad neighborhood). Elva E. Bishop, Altha
Cravey, and Javier García (Durham) 2008 at Durham
Tech. Community participation.

77. 2009 NC LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
Cuba at 50

78. CHEVOLUTION. Luis López & Trisha Ziff (Germany – Cuba, 2008). 90 min.

79. “De cierta manera” Sara Gomez, introduced by Todd Ochoa

80. THE OTHER SIDE OF IMMIGRATION,
Roy Germano (Mexico-USA) 57 min.
Panel with the participation of:
Hannah Gill. Director Latino
Immigration Project. UNC-CH
Charles Thompson, Center for
Documentary Studies &
Anthropology Department, Duke.
Yholima Vargas & Julio Olmos, El
Centro Hispano. Durham.
Members of the community and
Durham Technical Community
College Latino Students.

81. Alex Rivera introduced his “Sleep
Dealer” for the 2009 NC Latin
American Film Festival

82. 2010 NC LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL. On the Bicentennial

83. 2011 NC LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
Unfinished Visions. 25Th Anniversary of Festival

87. Sebastian Hiriart on MX-Emergency

88. 2012 NC LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL. Water & Revolution Series

89. 2013 NC LATIN AMERICAN
FILM FESTIVAL
Diasporas & Indigeneity

90. 2013 NC LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
Diasporas & Indigeneity. Round table with “VIDEO NAS ALDEIAS” Filmmakers.
Ariel Duarte, Patricia Ferreira-Keretxu, Amalia Cordova, Divino Tserewahu.

91. 2014 NC LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
Sounds & Rhythms. 25Th Consortium Anniversary

93. 2014 Latin American Film Festival. Film director Robert Pietri (Semper Fidel)
& film guru Hank Okasaki

94. 2014 Latin American Film Festival at Durham Tech/UNC. Discussion with director Sara
Garrahan and Nora Mendez on the film VIDA PROPIA (2014)

95. 2014 NC Latin
American Film Festival.
Exhibit: “Rostros del
Tiempo” by Charles D.
Thompson

97. Consortium
Programs
Interdisciplinary
Working Groups

99. Early History of UNC-Duke Interdisciplinary Research and Training Workshops
1990-1991
Latin American Political and Economic Regimes
Health and Environment in Latin America
State and Culture in Latin America
Gender Issues in Latin America
1991-1992
Health and Environment in Latin America
History, Ideology and Narrative in the Americas
Latin American Theater Performances
Latin American Political and Economic Regimes
Power and Gender in Latin America
Pre-Columbian Art and Societies
Public Opinion in Latin America
State and Culture in Latin America
1992-1993
Health and Environment in Latin America
History, Ideology and Narrative in the Americas
Latin American Performance
Latin American Political and Economic Regimes
Power and Gender in Latin America
Religious Change in Latin America
Labor, Free Trade and Economic Integration in the Americas
Health and Society in Latin America
1993-1995
At-Risk Children of Latin American Origin and Their Families
Conflicts of Consciousness: Time, Space and Visual Narratives in Mesoamerica, The Andes, and the Colonial New World
Cuba
Culture and Identity in Brazil: The Afro-Brazilian Dimension
The Environment in Latin America
Gendered Identities and Transnationalism in Latin America
History, Ideology and Narrative in the Americas
Latin American Political and Economic Regimes
Religious Change in Latin America
Labor, Free Trade and Economic Integration in the Americas
Health and Society in Latin America
Theatre, Performative Acts, and Politics in Latin America

101. The Working Group on the Environment and Latin America (WGELA) is a collaborative
effort between Duke University, UNC, and NC State undergraduate and graduate
students to promote a rich comprehension of environmental issues in Latin America
through interdisciplinary collaboration. It has been in existence since 1990, as the Health
and Environment in Latin America.

102. WGELA Internship panel event. 2011

103. WGELA Film Event. 2012

104. WGELA Internship panel event. 2012

105. WGELA Film event. 2013

106. WGELA Film panel event. 2014

107. The Modernity/Coloniality and the Geopolitics of Knowledge Working Group has
existed since 2000. Its aim has been to investigate contemporary social, cultural,
political, and economic transformations in Latin America/Caribbean from critical
cultural, epistemological, and epistemic perspectives, highlighting how they are
discussed and theorized in Latin America itself. The group thus privileges the tradition
of pensamiento critico latinoamericano.

109. The Working Group on Reproductive Justice & Migration in the Americas presents:
Iris López, PhD
Professor of Sociology & Co-Director of the Program
in Latin American and Latino Studies
City College of New York
Author of “Matters of Choice: Puerto Rican
Women’s Struggle for Reproductive Freedom”
For more information, contact:
Chelly Richards, richarcr@live.unc.edu
Laura Villa, villal@live.unc.edu
Contraceptiv
e
Choices by Latin American Women
in the United States
September 20, 2012
Lecture
UNC Gillings School of Global
Public Health
MHRC, Room 0001
3:30 to 4:45 pm
September 21, 2012
Ethnographic Research
Methods Discussion
UNC FedEx Global Education
Center, Room 3024
3:00 to 5:00 pm
WG on Reproductive Justice. 2012

110. WG on Reproductive Justice. 2013

111. WG on Reproductive Justice. Film
Screening and panel. 2013

112. WG on Social Cartographies
Event on Peace and Justice. 2014

113. Abya Yala WG on “Oraliterature”
2014

114. Abya Yala WG on “Mapuche
Literature” 2014

115. WG on War & Peace. Event on
“Peace Communities and
Resistance to War.” 2011-2012

116. 19th century in Latin America Working Group book launching event

117. Consortium
Programs
Yucatec-Maya

118. First group of Yucatec Maya students in Opichen, 1992.

119. 1994 Yucatec Maya students in
Opichen

120. Yucatec Maya students studying at Universidad
Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, 1995.

121. Maya student dinner in Chapel Hill

123. Maya students at Ek Balaam archaeological site, 1996.

124. Learning about stelae at Mayapan

125. In Labna archaeological site.

126. Students and instructor enjoying meal at
Chaac Mool in Santa Elena, Yucatan.

127. Yucatec Maya instructor Miguel Guemes interviewing
midwife (in Maya)

128. Students relaxing on “kissing chairs” in Plaza in Merida

129. Merida, Yucatan

130. Maya Hieroglyphic Workshop, 2004.

132. Maya students admiring traditional ipiles.

133. Maya students with Professor
Allan Burns in Merida.

135. Maya students learning about the milpa

136. Xocen community leaders In the milpa

137. Xocen children in traditional Mayan house.

138. Cover of original film for teaching
of Maya language produced by
Consortium

139. Traditional altar in Mayan house in Xocen.

140. Program student practicing Maya
with Xocen children.

141. In Xocen

142. SNAP Project in Yucatan

143. SNAP PROJECT

144. Maya instructors in Santa Elena, MX. Miguel Guemes, Sharon Mujica, Santiago Garcia,
John Tuxill, Michael Carrasco.

145. Maya student glyph project in Santa Elena museum, MX. Glyphs tell the history of the town.

146. Maya glyph project

147. Flash cards produced and distributed nationally for the learning of Yucated Maya

148. Yucatec Maya students and instructors,
Summer 2014

149. Yucatec Maya instructors. Merida. MX, Summer 2014

150. Consortium
Programs
Outreach

154. Supported by grant from Z Smith
Reynolds Foundation

155. Mexico 2000 Teacher Study Tour

156. Mexico 2000 Teacher Study Tour

157. Mexico 2000 Teacher Study Tour

158. Mexico 2000 Teacher Study Tour

159. Mexico 2000 Teacher Study Tour

160. Mexico 2000 Teacher Study Tour

162. Mexico 2000 teacher tour exhibit

163. 2013 teacher workshop featuring Charlie Thompson’s Border Odyssey project.

164. 2013 teacher workshop featuring Charlie
Thompson’s Border Odyssey project.

165. 2013 teacher workshop featuring Charlie Thompson’s Border Odyssey project.

166. 2013 teacher workshop featuring Charlie Thompson’s Border Odyssey project.

167. Mural painting workshop for Durham high school students with guest artist Inocente (2013).

168. T-shirt painting project for Durham high school students with guest artist Inocente
(2013)

170. 2014 Connecting the Americas teacher study tour in Yucatan, Mexico.

171. 2013 teacher workshop featuring Charlie Thompson’s Border Odyssey project.

172. 2014 Connecting the Americas teacher study tour in Yucatan, Mexico.

173. 2014 Connecting the Americas teacher
study tour in Yucatan, Mexico.

174. Teaching grade school students about Mexican Day of the Dead.

175. 2011 teacher study tour to Guanajuato, Mexico.

176. 2011 teacher study tour to Guanajuato, Mexico.

177. 2008 teacher workshop on Brazil.

180. Mural painted by students and guest artist in lobby of Hillside High School, Durham (2012).

181. Mural painted by Hillside High School students, teachers and guest artists (2011)

182. Consortium
People

183. UNC
Lars Schoultz (Political Science) 1989 – 1994
Evelyne Huber (Political Science) 1994 - 1998
Jonathan Hartlyn (Political Science) 1998 - 2000
Evelyne Huber (Political Science) 2000 – 2003
Arturo Escobar (Anthropology) 2004 – 2007
Louis Perez (History) 2007 - present
Duke
Gary Gereffi (Sociology) 1989 – 1990
William Ascher (Public Policy) 1990 – 1994
Deborah Jakubs (Library/History) 1995 – 2002
John French (History) 2002 – 2005
Gil Merkx (Sociology) 2006 – 2008
Dennis Clements (Global Health) 2008 - present
Consortium Co-Directors 1989 - 2015

184. Lars Schoultz (Political Science) 1989 – 1994

185. Louis Perez (History) 2007 - present; Lars Schoultz (Political Science) 1989 – 1994; Gil Merkx (Sociology) 2006 – 2008

186. Past Duke-UNC Program directors celebrating 10th
anniversary (Jonathan Hartlyn, William Ascher, Evelyne
Huber, Deborah Jakubs)

187. Arturo Escobar, Sharon Mujica, Shelley Clarke.

188. Consortium picnic (John French, Stacey Sewall)

189. Duke Consortium Co-Directors Gil Merkx, Deborah Jakubs, John French.

190. Rob Anderson and Teresa Chapa at picnic.

191. Tamera Marko (with Eloisa) and Beatriz Riefkohl-Muniz (with Maira)

192. Sharon Mujica, Bonnie McManus, Scott Morgenstern, Jenny Snead-Williams, John French,
Natalie Hartman

194. Consortium staff holiday party, 2010

195. Suzanne Metha-Keuthen, Alejandra Okie-Holt, Ryan Long.

196. Consortium picnic, Pela and Gary Gereffi, Antonio Arce.

197. Dennis Clements (Duke Pediatrics/Global Health), Co-Director 2008 - present

198. John French, Natalie Hartman, Bill Mace, Julie Lawhorn, 2002.

199. Sharon Mujica, Natalie Hartman, Silvia Gonzalez (with Matias), Adriana Brodsky

200. Consortium staff at picnic

201. Gil Merkx, Charlie Thompson, Antonio Arce

202. Jonathan Hartlyn, wife Debbie, Lars Schoultz, Deborah Jakubs

203. 2012 Consortium staff dinner.

204. Juan Ricardo Aparicio, Arturo Escobar (Co-
Director, UNC 2004-07), & Sharon Mujica

205. Visiting scholars from Peru who participated in Ford Foundation-sponsored exchange between
Duke/UNC and Peruvian universities, 2001.

206. Staff dinner during trip to Washington, DC for Title VI meeting.

207. Visiting Professor Jean Casimir (Haiti), LeAnne Disla.

208. Natalie Hartman, LeAnne Disla, Antonio Arce, 2009.

209. Susan and Dillon Wilson, Natalie Hartman

210. Duke and UNC graduate students at LASA 2006.

211. Duke Assistant Program Coordinator Silvia Gonzalez, 1997.

212. Visiting Peruvian scholars.

213. John French, Kristin Wintersteen, picnic.

214. John and Carmen Chasteen and friends performing during 2006 Consortium conference.

215. Jonathan Hartlyn, Fernando Fernholz at picnic.

216. Jon Beasley-Murray’s dissertation defense party, with John French and Marta Hernandez.

217. Lou Perez, Pat Northover, Michaeline Crichlow,
Susan Wilson, Fernando Fernholz, at picnic.

218. Duke graduate students Jon Beasley-Murray, Jan French, Caroline Yezer

219. Emily Chavez, Beatriz Riefkohl-Muniz, Shelley Clarke.