The forum for inter-american research (fiar) is the official electronic journal of the International Association of Inter-American Studies (IAS). fiar was established by the American Studies Program at Bielefeld University in 2008. We foster a dialogic and interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Americas. fiar is a peer-reviewed online journal. Articles in this journal undergo a double-blind review process and are published in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. We do not charge readers or institutions for full text access. In addition to written work we also publish selected audiovisual material of conference presentations, keynotes, and video features. The editorial board consists of a broad range of international scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds.

Current Issue

Music & Rights in the Americas Download a .pdf of the complete issue here. Mario Dunkel, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg: “Jazz Embodies Human Rights”: The Politics of UNESCO’s International Jazz Day Lene Annette Karpp, Freie Universität Berlin: Queer (-/and) Feminist DIY Practices in Punk and the “Sexual Turn” in Human Rights…

Journal’s Archive

2019 Vol. 12 No. 1 (Jun. 2019): Doing and Undoing Comparisons 2018 Vol. 11 No. 3 (Dec. 2018): Double Issue Vol. 11 No. 2 (Sep. 2018): Encounters in the ‘Game-Over Era’: The Americas in/and Video Games Vol. 11 No. 1 (Apr. 2018): Open Issue 2017 Vol. 10 No. 2 (Nov. 2017): Bodies in the Americas…

Videos

I Live for Art – An Ecocide Romance Esther Figueroa, Vagabond Media/Jamaica Blood is Money, Blood is Race, Blood is Sex: Using the Vampire to Challenge Sexual Norms in Caribbean Literature. Giselle Anatol, University of Kansas Inter-American Studies: Why and Whither? Josef Raab, University of Duisburg-Essen “The boiled-down juice of human living” – The Anthropological…