Nicki Day-Lucore For traveling scholars, the last two years have presented a paradox, as capacities for global contacts and connections have continued developing, even as COVID-19 greatly constrained physical travel. This contrast presents the opportunity to reflect on travel, in all its forms and flaws, as a research tool. Though perhaps more closely associated with …
Gabriela C. Yepes-Rossel A fines del 2019, el Centro Cultural de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú me propuso organizar una exhibición sobre las mujeres del cine peruano, en el marco del 24 Festival de Cine de Lima del siguiente año. Tenía solo algunos meses para prepararme – la muestra tendría lugar en agosto- pero …
Patrick Iber In the last decade or so, people around the world have been having a global debate about income and wealth inequality. Seventy years ago, there was a similar conversation that was focused on poverty. The issues of poverty and inequality are obviously related but not identical. (The economist Branko Milanovic tells a story …
Grant Nelsestuen Encompassing the literature, history, and culture of the ancient Greeks and Romans, the discipline historically—and Eurocentrically—known simply as “Classics” might initially appear peripheral to the theme of “borders,” as so evocatively conceived within this issue of the LACIS Review. This article traces some starting-points for thinking about how the bounds of the “classical” …
Andrea Guzman-Giura Mama Huaco es una mujer mitológica poco explorada en la historia peruana. Los dos mitos fundacionales más difundidos sobre el incario son el de Los Cuatro Hermanos Ayar y el de Manco Capac y Mama Ocllo. En estos mitos el rol de las mujeres opera en segundo plano. En contraposición a estos relatos, …