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

Doing and Undoing Comparisons: Practices of Comparing in the Americas Download a .pdf of the complete issue here. Susana Rocha Teixeira, Bielefeld University: Doing and Undoing Comparisons: An Introduction Wilfried Raussert, Bielefeld University: ‘We Wear the Mask’: Modern ‘Masks,’ Reflexivity, and Black Practices of Comparing in the Harlem Renaissance Gudrun Rath, University of…

Journal’s Archive

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 Vol. 10 No. 1 (May 2017): Capital Crimes 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…