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

Vol. 17.1 (Jun. 2024) Visual Narratives: Approaches to Graphic Novels in the Americas Download a pdf of the complete issue here. Frans Weiser, University of Georgia, USA: “Tudo melhora depois de uma guerra”: Prosthetic Memory and the Graphic Adaptation of Milton Hatoum’s Dois Irmãos Geoffroy de Laforcade, Norfolk State University,USA Daniel Stein, University of Siegen, Germany: Beyond Scarcity and Hardship: Historical and Contemporary Reflections on Cuban Comics Astrid Haas, Universidad de Bergen, Noruega: Migración indocumentada y activismo migrante: El artivismo de la narrativa gráfica mexicano-estadounidense Rafael García Roncalla, Bielefeld University, Germany: Old perils, old fears: The (still) vulnerable creole body in Selva Misteriosa Birte Wege, Freie Universität Berlin,…

Journal’s Archive

2024 Vol. 17 No. 1 (Jun. 2024): Visual Narratives: Approaches to Graphic Novels in the Americas 2023 Vol. 16 No. 2 (Dec. 2023): Walls and Bridges Vol. 16 No. 1 (Jun. 2023): Dancing with the World, Magicking Life 2022 Vol. 15 No. 2 (Dec. 2022): Struggles over Mining and Territory in Latin America Vol. 15 No. 1 (Sep. 2022): Entanglements and Interdependencies in the Americas: Perspectives form the Carib – Kalinago – Garifuna People 2021 Vol. 14 No. 2 (Nov. 2021): Imaginaries of Home in the Caribbean Diaspora and the Americas Vol. 14 No. 1 (Feb. 2021): Technologies and Social Change in the Americas 2020 Vol. 13 No. 3 (Dec.…

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 Fieldwork of Zora Neale Hurston Sandra Becker, Paul Franke & Florian Reschke, Universität Bielefeld Chicana Futurism Michelle Habell-Pallán, Washington, Seattle The Urban Southwest: The New American Gateway Alan H. Lessoff, Illinois State University La justicia indígena en el Ecuador. Entrevista a Nina Pacari (Quito) Christian Büschges, Universität Bern A Whiter Shade of Transnationalism: Diaspora and…