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Sharing historical sound recordings from Latin America globally

20.10.2025, News

To mark the 125th anniversary of the Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv, the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut and the Ethnologisches Museum presented wax cylinder recordings (1905-1934) from Latin America. These…
IAI research on Latin America/the Caribbean from a transregional perspective

16.10.2025, News

From 2025 to 2030, research activities at the IAI will focus on the research line "Knowledge – Cultures – Medialities. Latin America and the Caribbean in a Transregional Perspective". It draws on the…
IAI sends German Director in Presence to Mecila in São Paulo

09.10.2025, News

The research network "Mecila - Maria Sibylla Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America" (BMFTR) aims to contribute…
SPKMAGAZIN: Learning from Latin America (external link, opens in a new window)

24.09.2025, News

The third SPK Summer Interview with Barbara Göbel, Director of the IAI and member of the SPK Interim Board, took place under the tropical-looking trumpet tree in the courtyard of the…