Keith Manuel

Books & other resources on Arab communities in Latin America & the Caribbean

March is Women's History Month. Come check out a book to celebrate today!

June is LGBT+ Pride Month, and we want to show off some items from our collection, both in print and digital to celebrate!

Dr. Margarita Vargas-Betancourt, the Latin American and Caribbean Special Collections Librarian, and Maya Stanfield-Mazzi, professor of art history at UF, co-edited a new book of essays titled Collective Creativity and Artistic Agency in Colonial Latin America published by the University Press of Florida on…

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, May 2023 This month we honor Asian and Pacific Islander immigrants and communities in Latin America and the Caribbean with a book display and recommended readings drawn from our collection. Our books and periodicals reflect the varied experiences and origins of these communities, through history,…

Patrick James recently wrote a post "On Colombian Cinema" for the UF Special & Area Studies Collections blog.

A display of books & DVDs related to Arab migration & travel in Latin America.

Selected books and resources on transgender people in LACC.

International Women's Day is celebrated March 8th each year, and March is Women's History Month. Our collection has a wide selection of material related to Latin American and Caribbean women, past and present.

We are proud to welcome Melissa Jerome as the new Digital Initiatives Librarian.