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Meet Pilar Caceres Cartagena, a research fellow in the Department of African & African Diaspora Studies, whose project draws on Black feminist theory to examine how Afro-Peruvian women narrate their lives, identities, and histories in Black documentaries from Peru.

Meet Isabelle Tate-Arévalo, a research fellow from LLILAS, whose project will compile a collection of memories and narratives associated with Boggy Creek. This project will illuminate how this local environment has developed in response to increases in urbanization and gentrification.

Meet Derrek Powell, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, whose project examines the enregisterment of the reggaetón voice as a recognizable artistic register of Puerto Rican Spanish, focusing on how linguistic variation and listener perception produce social meaning.

Meet Daniel Molina Alarco, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, whose project focuses on the cultural, performative, and environmental politics of water in Panama, with special attention to rural resistance to large-scale infrastructure projects.

Meet Mauro Aguirre, a research fellow from LLILAS, whose project focuses on the intersection of audiovisual archives, digital infrastructures, and human rights in Latin America, with particular attention to materials documenting state violence, political militancy, and social struggle.

Meet Ethan Hartzell, a research fellow from the Department of Linguistics, whose project will transcribe clips from sociolinguistic interviews with Egyptian Deaf community members. The project will produce a website in English and Arabic that showcases Deaf perspectives on school experiences.

This project by Fernanda Aguero examines Net Art and Postinternet art, with particular attention to Latin America through the work of Amalia Ulman, analyzing how her public statements and audience engagements complicate her position within and beyond Postinternet art. tinyurl.com/faguero

This project by Grace Nwoke annotates materials from the AfroGreeks archive, examining Black identity formation in Greece with a particular focus on the cultural presence of Afro descendants in Greece. grace-137.github.io/AfroGreeks/

This project by Darinelle Merced-Calderon examines how communities in Vieques & St. Croix express solidarity and resistance, tracing the intertwined legacies of colonialism and cultural connection across U.S. territories. darinellemc.github.io/PerformViequ...

This project by Eduardo Gorobets brings digital humanities into language classrooms through interactive Spanish and Portuguese lessons that connect linguistic learning with Indigenous cultures across Latin America. egorobets.github.io/escutandopov...

This project by Gabriel Noreiga examines Latin American political and indigenista cinema, with a particular emphasis on Ecuador, through an annotated online exhibit of El cielo para la cunshi, carajo! (1975). gabrielnoriega-byte.github.io/uncieloparal...

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This project on Racism in Venezuela by Yenibel Ruiz Mirabal examines the experiences of Afro-Venezuelan women during migration and displacement by foregrounding their strategies of resistance and challenging the silences embedded in official records. yenibel.github.io/Running-Test/

Kara Culp’s project explores the experiences of Latino immigrants and Mexican Americans in Texas public schools after the 1960s, examining how federal, state, and local education policies shaped bilingual education and the experiences of Spanish-speaking students. karaculp.github.io/Memory-Educa...

‪This project, blending recordings from the 1960s–80s, explores the 1st annual Sound Institute of the SpokenWeb SSHRC Partnership, Re-Sounding Poetries: Collections, Classrooms, Communities, at the U. of British Columbia, Okanagan, in Kelowna. ndamours14.github.io/360resounding/

"Poetry, multiple sclerosis and me": new on the IASH blog via @thebinkshub.bsky.social

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Poster with text “Mḥmd before Mohammed: The epigraphic background of the prophetic name, Following the rise of Islam, the name Muḥammad became one of the most common among Arabs. However, studies of traditional genealogical records have long shown that the name was quite rare in the pre-Islamic era. This talk will thoroughly discuss the use of the root ḥmd in South Arabian languages. Join us for this event on: January 20th, 2026 5:00 PM-6:00 PM in RLP 1.302D. Co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute.”

✨✨EVENT TONIGHT✨✨ The Humanities Institute proudly co-sponsors: Mḥmd before Mohammed: The epigraphic background of the prophetic name on January 20th, 2026 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM in RLP 1.302D.

Graphic with text “The Faculty Research Fellows Program (FRF) applications are now open. Program Details: Faculty Research Fellows will participate in the intellectual life of the HI for the 2026-2027 academic year. Faculty Research Fellows with an appointment in COLA or with their home college’s approval will receive a single course release. Access to support from the HI research development team. Timeline: Applications Due: February 15, 2026. Notify Award Decision: March 2026. Additional information can be found at https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/humanitiesinstitute/faculty-research-fellows/ or at the link in bio,” with Humanities Institute logo

The Faculty Research Fellow (FRF) application is now open until February 15th. Learn more at the link below! liberalarts.utexas.edu/humanitiesin...

A digital edition of the 1975 UT Austin symposium “Speak-Out! Charla! Bate-Papo! Contemporary Art and Literature in Latin America,” this project has time-coded recordings of panels held over 3 days, in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with bilingual transcripts. llilasbenson.github.io/speak-out/

This project presents several annotated interviews of famous figures from the Harry Ransom Center's Mike Wallace interview collection to show instructors and students how to incorporate archival audiovisual material into coursework. trentwintermeier.github.io/mike-wallace...

This project by Kylie Warkentin is an educational example of annotating sensitive audio using the “‘Criminal Syndicalism’ Case, McComb, Mississippi (Side 1)” recording from the John Beecher Sound Recordings Collection at the University of Texas’s Harry Ransom Center. kywark.github.io/beecher-synd...

This project examines the performance and reception of literature with annotations to analyze voice, rhythm, silence, and audience in poetry and performance recordings. Filters and timestamped notes promote close listening as collaborative scholarly practice. anthology483.github.io/lit-sound-st...

This bilingual project on the work of Lester Hamlet explores Hamlet’s poetry, archival materials, and cultural contexts. It combines literary analysis with interactive features like translations, audio, and archival scans that enrich Hamlet’s bilingual work. avannotate.github.io/LesterHamlet/

This project explores the theory and topic of Auteurism and some of the filmmakers who best represent it. Instead of just reading about film theory, you can watch and listen to the examples right alongside the analysis. Check out our website to see the full project! jackdevry.github.io/Auteurism/

Meet Darinelle Merced-Calderon, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project examines how communities in Vieques & St. Croix express solidarity and resistance, tracing the intertwined legacies of colonialism and cultural connection across U.S. territories.

Meet Gabriel Noreiga, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project examines Latin American political and indigenista cinema, with a particular emphasis on Ecuador through an annotated online exhibit of El cielo para la cunshi, carajo! (1975).

Meet Fernanda Aguero, a research fellow from the School of Information, whose AVAnnotate project examines Net Art and Postinternet art, with particular focus on Latin America through the work of Amalia Ulman, analyzing how her audience engagements complicate her position within Postinternet art.

Meet Alexis Velazquez, a research fellow from the Department of Ethnomusicology/Butler School of Music, whose AVAnnotate project focuses on the sustainability of Puerto Rican music, particularly bomba, by examining how digital archives/exhibits can preserve and revitalize musical traditions.

Meet Grace Nwoke, a research fellow from the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, whose AVAnnotate project annotates materials from the AfroGreeks archive, examining Black identity formation in Greece with a particular focus on the cultural presence of Afro descendants in Greece.