EnglishEspañolEnglish This summer, Illinois State University’s (ISU) Latin American and Latino/a Studies program and the Department of Politics and Government collaborated to provide ISU students with an experiential learning trip to Puerto Rico. Students were able to immerse themselves in the topics they’ve been learning about such as environmental sustainability, community development, migration, and social…
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EnglishEspañolEnglish At the ACURIL 2026 conference, OHL student researchers Daliana A. Ortiz Guevara and Antoinnete Estrada López, along with librarian Natalia Hernández Mejías, presented the poster Reflections and Learning Experiences: Digital Humanities, Empathy, and Ethics in the OHL. The poster was created by the presenters and graduate students Mercedes Fernández Colón and Sarah Lema Solís.…
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Photo / Foto: UPRM librarians José J. Morales Benítez, Jaquelina E. Álvarez, and Natalia Hernández Mejías with Library Director Anidza Valentín / Los bibliotecarios del RUM José J. Morales Benítez, Jaquelina E. Álvarez y Natalia Hernández Mejías con la directora de la biblioteca Anidza Valentín EnglishEspañolEnglish Natalia Hernández Mejías and Jaquelina E. Álvarez with ACURIL President…
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EnglishEspañolEnglish Join the OHL at the Oral History Association’s (OHA) virtual three-day symposium Trauma-Informed Interviewing, Reckoning & Beyond on June 23, 24 and 25, 2026. Registration details and preliminary program are available on the symposium webpage. Please see below for information about when members of the OHL team will present: Director Ricia Chansky, Librarian Natalia Hernández Mejías, Faculty…
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EnglishEspañolEnglish The OHL congratulates the Humanities Action Lab (HAL) at Hunter College CUNY on receiving the 2026 Robert Kelley Memorial Award from the National Council on Public History (NCPH). The award committee celebrated HAL’s “translocal learning exchanges among students, faculty, and community organizers working on shared projects that has pioneered a model of mutual aid within the public history and humanities…
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EnglishEspañolEnglish On Saturday, June 6, the Oral History Lab (OHL) at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) premiered its newest documentary film, Rubias, canto de luz, at the Centro Multiusos del Barrio Rubias in Yauco (pictured above). The film documents an energy justice project in Barrio Rubias, focusing on how solar energy helps…
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EnglishEspañolEnglish The OHL will present at ACURIL 2026, the annual conference of the Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL), one of the Caribbean’s largest gatherings of library, archives, and museum professionals. OHL Librarian Natalia Hernández Mejías and student researchers will present the poster Reflections and Learning Experiences: Digital Humanities, Empathy, and Ethics…
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Photo (from left to right) / Foto (de izquierda a derecha) Front/Delantero: Caitlin Serrano, Zaira Arvelo Alicea, Wilmarie Medina-Cortes Back/Detrás: Lorel Cubano Santiago, Shalina S. Ali (from True SKOOL), Pluma Bárbara, Camille Mays, Ricia Chansky, Bryan Ramos EnglishEspañolEnglish As a partner in the Humanities Action Lab translocal climate justice research project, Climates of Inequality, members of the OHL…
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EnglishEspañolEnglish Join the OHL at the Oral History Association’s (OHA) virtual three-day symposium Trauma-Informed Interviewing, Reckoning & Beyond on June 23, 24 and 25, 2026. Registration details and preliminary program are available on the symposium webpage. Please see below for information about when members of the OHL team will present: Director Ricia Chansky, Librarian Natalia Hernández Mejías, Faculty…
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EnglishEspañolEnglish Bryan Ramos Romero MAEE thesis defense / Defensa de tesis de Bryan Ramos Romero, MAEE The OHL would like to congratulate OHL Graduate Research Assistant Bryan Ramos Romero on successfully defending his MAEE thesis From Survivor to Scholar: Shaping Oral History Projects into Research Experiences. Bryan has work on many oral history projects at…
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