EnglishEspañolEnglish The Water Protectors, a short documentary produced by the Oral History Lab, has been selected for screening in the fourth edition of Cine Pa’ las Calles. The event will take place on May 17, 2025, at Tramboliko in Mayagüez. It is an open space–some chairs will be provided, but attendees can also bring their…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The short film La Perla en que Vivimos…, created by award-winning filmmaker Guillermo Gómez Álvarez in collaboration with Colectivo PerlArte, has been accepted to the CineMásCorto film festival and will be shown in Caguas, San Juan, and Mayaguez in the month May. To see the official schedule, see the CineMásCorto website. This film, produced by the Oral History Lab and…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Ricia Chansky with Edcel Cintrón González, UPRM MAEE student who is now a doctoral candidate at ISU Director of the OHL Ricia Anne Chansky has been named the 2025 Senator John W. Maitland, Jr. Commitment to Education Award Winner by her alma mater Illinois State University. This award is presented to honor legislator officials,…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The short film Nuestro Pedazo de Tierra will be shown on April 22 at Noche de Cortos, hosted by Film Nights Puerto Rico. Nuestro Pedazo de Tierra was made by UPRM students enrolled in documentary filmmaking courses (CINE 4016) taught by award-winning filmmaker Guillermo Gómez Álvarez in the 2022-23 academic year. Exploring food insecurity, the film uses historic…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Don’t miss “Climate Change, Natural Disaster, and Oral History,” a conversation about climate change and oral history featuring esteemed scholars Stewart Weaver (University of Rochester), Ricia Chansky (OHL Director, University of Puerto Rico), and Liz Skilton (University of Louisiana). At The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University on…
EnglishEspañolEnglish From left to right: Diego Vera (director), Carhianie Vargas (producer), and Andrea Carolina (director) at a of Cine Más Corto on April 5 Our Piece of Land will be screened at Caribbean Cinemas Western Plaza in Mayagüez on Saturday, April 26. The film will be presented as part of Cine Más Corto’s curated program…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Approximately one hundred students attended the April 8th event with Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, graphic novelist and creator of La Borinqueña. Miranda-Rodriguez spoke about the inspiration and ongoing creation of his comic book series and welcomed questions from the audience. The event was organized for American Library Association National Library Week by the Oral History Lab (OHL),…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Oral History Lab Director Ricia Anne Chansky has been selected as one of the “20 of the best climate storytellers from around the world” to be featured in the Climate Storytellers’ Summit cohosted by the My Climate Story Project; the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication; the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the…
EnglishEspañolEnglish A photograph taken by Andrés Octavo of Gesellie “Chela” Caraballo Ruiz—part of the OHL ACLS project undertaken with CAMJI Bartolo to record stories told by women coffee farmers—was selected for the cover of the Spring 2025 cover of the Oral History Journal, the journal of the Oral History Society. Ricia Anne Chansky has an essay…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The Oral History Lab (OHL) will host Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, graphic novelist and creator of La Borinqueña, in an event on April 8 at 10:30 a.m. (AST) in the Figueroa Chapel auditorium. Miranda-Rodriguez will be attending the event virtually. This event is cohosted with the UPRM General Library and the UPRM English Department. The theme…