Inter-American Notes

Obituary

Anne M. Chapman (1922–2010)

The scholarly community mourns the loss of Anne M. Chapman, a Franco-American ethnologist who specialized in the study of hunting and gathering peoples of Central and South America. Chapman, who earned doctoral degrees from Columbia University and the Sorbonne, also received honorary degrees from institutions in Honduras and Chile. She carried out field research among the Tolupan (Jicaque), Lenca, Selk’nam (Onas), and Yamana. She published widely in Spanish, French, and English, and also made award-winning films. Her last book, published this year by Cambridge University Press, is entitled, European Encounters with the Yamana People of Cape Horn, Before and After Darwin.

Awards, Fellowships & Prizes

In March, the Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies (MACLAS) awarded its inaugural Judy McInnis Award to historian Barbara A. Tenenbaum of the Library of Congress, Hispanic Division and a member of the editorial board of The Americas. The McInnis Award recognizes a lifetime of outstanding service to the profession by a member of MACLAS. The award was established to honor the memory of Judy McInnis, the late professor of Spanish at the University of Delaware, who devoted significant time and energy to the success of MACLAS.

Conference Report

The Universidad de Montevideo hosted the second “Jornadas Internacionales de la Historia del Paraguay,” between June 14 and 18, 2010. Scholars from numerous countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and the United States, presented papers on various aspects of Paraguayan history, including studies of indigenous participation in the 1932–1935 Chaco conflict, mestizo identity in the early republic, and discursive elements of Spanish-Guaraní bilingualism during the colonial era. A collection of the conference papers will be published in 2011 by Editorial Tiempo de Historia (Asunción). The third conference, to be held again in Montevideo, is scheduled for 2012. Further information may be obtained from Professor Juan Manuel Casal (jcasal@um.edu.uy).