Humanities Research Vol XVII. No.1. 2011

Abstract

The articles in this special edition of Humanities Research began as papers presented at the Ninth Biennial Conference of the Association of Iberian and Latin American Studies of Australasia in 2010. The conference marked a momentous occasion for those involved in Iberian and Latin American Studies: the bicentenary of independence from Spain for five Latin American countries—Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. Moreover, 1810 really represented the beginnings of the struggles that led to independence for all of the possessions of Spain and, later, Portugal in the Americas. Show more