To capture some of the spirit of gathering together in the LASA exhibit hall, we offer this virtual space, showcasing our new authors, award-winning books, and highlights from the last year of Latin American Studies at SUP.
New Books and New SUP Authors
Announcing new books, published in the last year. We’re offering 30% off these and other recent SUP Latin American Studies titles with discount code S21XLASA-FM through our virtual exhibit ».
Dalia Kandiyoti in conversation with Sarah Abrevaya Stein about The Converso's Return: Conversion and Sephardi History in Contemporary Literature and Culture »
Recent Award Winners
A Place to Call Home: Immigrant Exclusion and Urban Belonging in New York, Paris, and Barcelona »
ERNESTO CASTAÑEDA
- Winner of the 2020 William M. LeoGrande Award, sponsored by The School of Public Affairs and the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University.
Migrant Crossings: Witnessing Human Trafficking in the U.S. »
ANNIE ISABEL FUKUSHIMA
- Winner of the 2020 Asia and Asian America Section Book Award: Asian America, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) - Asia and Asian America Section.
Arab Routes: Pathways to Syrian California »
SARAH M. A. GUALTIERI
- Winner of the 2020 Alixa Naff Prize in Migration Studies, sponsored by the Moise Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies.
Jesus Loves Japan: Return Migration and Global Pentecostalism in a Brazilian Diaspora »
SUMA IKEUCHI
- Winner of the 2020 Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize, sponsored by the American Anthropological Association (AAA) - Society for East Asian Anthropology.
The Converso's Return: Conversion and Sephardi History in Contemporary Literature and Culture »
DALIA KANDIYOTI
- Finalist in the 2020 National Jewish Book Awards, Sephardic Culture category, sponsored by the Jewish Book Council.
Mandarin Brazil: Race, Representation, and Memory »
ANA PAULINA LEE
- Bronze Winner of the 2019 Antonio Candido Prize – Best Book in the Humanities, sponsored by the LASA Brazil Section.
Marked Women: The Cultural Politics of Cervical Cancer in Venezuela»
REBECCA G. MARTÍNEZ
- Winner of the 2019 Eileen Basker Memorial Prize, sponsored by the Society for Medical Anthropology.
Forging Ties, Forging Passports: Migration and the Modern Sephardi Diaspora »
DEVI MAYS
- Winner of the 2020 National Jewish Book Awards, Sephardic Culture category, sponsored by the Jewish Book Council.
ISAIAS ROJAS-PEREZ
- Shortlisted Winner of the 2018 Flora Tristán Book Prize, sponsored by the Latin American Studies (LASA) Peru Section.
- Winner of the 2018 APLA Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA).
LISA SOUSA
- Winner of the 2018 Friedrich Katz Prize, sponsored by the American Historical Association (AHA).
LASA Resources
LASA 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting »
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