EnglishEspañolEnglish Join us on March 19 for “Construyendo una propuesta sólida: narrativa persuasiva y presupuesto estratégico,” the final webinar in the OHL series “La ruta del grant.” Date and time: Thursday, March 19 – 10:30 am (AST) In this webinar, Isabel Rosa (GPC) will offer practical tools to strengthen the narrative and budget components of…
EnglishEspañolEnglish OHL members recently met online with Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez to discuss ongoing collaborative projects. In this conversation, the award-winning graphic novelist and creator of La Borinqueña spoke about his creative and production process and shared a bit about his experiences of working with the OHL. On March 7, 2025, OHL director Ricia Chansky interviewed Edgardo Miranda Rodríguez at…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Join us on March 17 for “Fondos externos: bases de datos y criterios de búsqueda,” the second webinar in the OHL series “La ruta del grant.” Date and time: Tuesday, March 17 – 10:30 am (AST) In this webinar, Luis Oscar and OHL Librarian Natalia Hernández Mejías will present databases and resources for identifying…
EnglishEspañolEnglish On March 10, a new OHL webinar series “La ruta del grant” will begin with “Encontrando el grant adecuado: pareando proyectos con oportunidades de financiamiento.” This series will offer three workshops that focus on key aspects of the application process for obtaining external funding. The program is designed for cultural and documentation initiatives, as…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The Oral History Lab at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez (OHL) participated in a screening and discussion of We Are Still Here at the San Francisco Public Library as part of the program “Film, Community, and Resistance in Puerto Rico.” The film was presented by Eduardo Lugo Hernández and Carhianie Vargas Padin (pictured…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The Water Protectors is going to have its first official screening in Rincón on Saturday, December 20 at 6:00 p.m. in Rincón’s plaza. It will be shown with the main film un Pueblo de Coral by ISER Caribe. The Water Protectors has also been selected for el Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Maxy Survives the Hurricane / Maxy sobrevive el huracán, a children’s book created with students in UPRM classes given by OHL Director Ricia Chansky and published in 2021 by Arte Público Press, has sold over 7000 copies. The book was was written in response to oral histories recorded in the Mi María project and…
EnglishEspañolEnglish November 19 Public Humanities Day: “You Can’t Erase Us: Testimony as Resistance in the Time of Climate Denial” Bryan Ramos Romero, Ricia Chansky, Marci Denesiuk, Lorel Cubano, and Zaira Arvelo Alicea Zaira Arvelo Alicea, Ricia Chansky, Lorel Cubano, Marci Denesiuk, and Bryan Ramos Romero presented “You Can’t Erase Us: Testimony as Resistance in the…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Join OHL Director Ricia Chansky and OHL Community Programs Manager Zaira Arvelo Alicea at the upcoming Humanities Action Lab (HAL) Translocal Learning Studio to hear about the OHL’s new projects and new processes. The Translocal Learning Studio is a free virtual meeting space that is open to all and brings together HAL teams from…
EnglishEspañolEnglish OHL Research Associate Natalia Betancourt Malavé has been accepted into the 2025 Women of Color Leadership Project (WoCLP) cohort of the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA). The WoCLP is a year-long initiative that supports early-career faculty, graduate students, and activists of color in honing their leadership capacities and expanding their professional networks. Participants receive…