Despite the particular circumstances of this summer, the CLACLS fellowship allowed me to seriously advance in the process of writing my thesis. Due to the unfortunate situation of the pandemic worldwide, travel restrictions, and the uncertain circumstances we are all experiencing, it was necessary to reimagine my research plans and to complete my project without…

 I applied for the CLACLS Summer Travel Fellowship to support dissertation research in archives located outside of my main research sites in New Mexico and Texas, where the four artists I write about are/were active. Accordingly, my plan was to travel to Santa Barbara, California to visit the Center for Ethnic and Multicultural Studies (CEMA)…

I am a PhD student of Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures, currently investigating the discursive entanglements between the subjectivation of women as witches, nature and capitalism in the inquisitorial witchcraft prosecutions in Mexico during the 16th and 17th centuries. The CLACLS 2020 Summer Travel Fellowship allowed me to travel to Spain and undertake four…

The CLACLS fellowship allowed me to dedicate time to reconceptualizing my research to adapt to the new virtual reality. It also provided the space to engage my work in the current conversations, fueled by the Black Lives Matters Movement, to address systemic racism and anti-blackness. I had initially planned to attend the Carribean Studies Association…

Due to the COVID my summer plans changed. I was not able to travel and visit the archives in Caracas and Bogotá I was supposed to, since all the travel restrictions and borders were (and are) closed. I was able, though, to dedicate myself to research in many digital archives throughout the world and thanks…