"Casta" is Spanish for caste and these "casta paintings" are incredibly frank documents--unparalleled by anything in our time--of the race-based social hierarchy that existed in colonial Latin America ...

Carnival, also known as "Carnaval" in Latin America, is one of the most anticipated celebrations across the region. It's a ...

Cultural Worlds of the Jesuits in Colonial Latin America OPEN ACCESS 2020 Cultures of Anti-Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean OPEN ACCESS 2019 Designed for Play: Children’s Playgrounds and the ...

Dana Leibsohn’s current research taps the insights of anthropology and art history, focusing on both indigenous visual culture in colonial Latin America and trans-Pacific trade in the early modern ...

AGENCY IN HISTORY: Historian Kristen Block (right) stands with Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Latin ...

Thanks to one of the largest and best-preserved colonial cores in Latin America, Ecuador's capital was named the very first UNESCO World Heritage site. The city's dramatic setting squeezed between ...