2025 Annual Meeting of the Southwest Seminar

Based at the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona, the Southwest Seminar is a consortium of scholars and institutions dedicated to the study of colonial Latin America, with particular interests in innovative research on identity, labor, power, knowledge production, and violence. The seminar aims to foster collegial and convivial interactions among scholars of all levels generating new research and innovative approaches. The annual seminar meetings rotate each year among institutions in the American Southwest.

At the heart of the consortium is the annual two-day seminar that brings together ten scholars to present new scholarship and works in progress. The seminar is open to faculty, independent scholars, and advanced graduate students interested in colonial Latin America. The meetings serve as spaces to workshop ideas and drafts of larger projects among a diverse collection of colonial Latin Americanists. Each participant will present a pre-circulated, article-length work in progress and serve as the primary commentator for another participant’s paper. Leading, senior scholars help moderate and guide discussions through the seminar meetings. As a group, we promote and foster positive, productive, professional relationships between scholars of all ranks, backgrounds, and interests.

For more information, visit https://thesouthwestseminar.org/.