The Spanish and Portuguese Program, the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Program, and the Virginia Fox Stern Center at Johns Hopkins University invite you to the Spanish & Portuguese Graduate Student Conference, “Unraveling the Archive,” on April 11-12, 2025.

April 11th 
9 am – 12:15 pm · Gilman 50
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm · Gilman 132

April 12th 
9 am – 2 pm · Gilman 132

This conference will bring together scholars to critically engage with archives as dynamic sites of memory, power, and erasure. In an era of post-truth and misinformation, archives remain crucial tools for understanding the past and imagining new futures. Participants will explore pressing questions about archival methodologies, silences, and marginalized histories, following Walter Benjamin’s call to “brush history against the grain.”

Join us for thought-provoking discussions on the politics of archiving, the challenges of reconstructing lost narratives, and the role of scholars in reinterpreting history.