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The Southeastern Conference on Latin American Studies: A Quarter Century of Service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2022

Joseph L. Arbena
Joseph L. Arbena*
Affiliation:
Clemson University
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The origins of the Southeastern Conference on Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) are similar to those of several regional associations whose histories have previously been summarized in this journal. In an attempt to foster more and better academic courses on Latin America in the United States, the Pan American Union convened a national round table in Washington in April 1952 and, during the ensuing decade, sponsored a series of regional conferences to discuss similar problems and to provide for future cooperation and interchange. One such meeting, held on the campus of Duke University (Durham, North Carolina), 12–13 February 1954, was organized by R. L. Predmore of the host institution, and was called the “Southeastern Regional Round Table on Teaching Problems in the Field of Latin American Studies.” Aníbal Sánchez-Reulet represented the PAU and explained the history and purpose of such regional meetings, which, in other forms, had actually preceeded the Washington round table by as much as thirty-five years.

Type
Research Reports and Notes
Information
Latin American Research Review , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , 1978 , pp. 168 - 174
Copyright
Copyright © 1978 by the University of Texas Press

References

Notes

1. See LARR 10, no. 2 (Summer 1975) for brief introductions to the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies (PCCLAS) and the Midwest Association for Latin American Studies (MALAS).

2. Originally, Southeast was defined to include Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Tennessee. In 1972 the boundaries were expanded to embrace Kentucky and Virginia.

3. Two individuals (A. Curtis Wilgus and Alfred B. Thomas) were selected twice, once each as general chairman and later as president.