Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS)Texas ScholarWorks was established to provide open, online access to the products of the University's research and scholarship, to preserve these works for future generations, to promote new models of scholarly communication, and to help deepen community understanding of the value of higher education. Founded in 1940, The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) is a language and National Resource Center integrating more than 30 academic departments at UT and offering programs that lead to B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. Here you will find collections that contain proceedings from LLILAS-sponsored conferences, the Institute's annual publication Portal, as well as a number of occasional paper series containing documents authored by LLILAS-affiliated professors, visiting researchers, and research centers.