The Association’s original executive board, from left to right: Marietta Messmer, Josef Raab, María Herrera-Sobek, Wilfried Raussert
Participants of the conference “Multiculturalism and Beyond”
Chicana author Ana Castillo reading from her work at the Association’s founding conference
Participants in the panel discussion on “Perspectives of Inter-American Studies”: from l. to r.: John A. Garcia, Gonzalo Portocarrero, Mabel Moraña, Alfred Hornung, Sebastian Thies, Sophia A. McClennen
Advisory board members Sophia A. McClennen und John A. Garcia
Advisory board members Sebastian Thies (left) and Olaf Kaltmeier
Advisory board members and co-editors of fiar Yolanda Minerva Campos García and Wilfried Raussert
Bandaculaa Playing at Inaugural Party
Fiar editor Wilfried Raussert and Association President Josef Raab
Ruth Hsu (University of Hawai’i), Annette Rukwied (Bielefeld University), and advisory board member José Carlos Lozano (Tecnológico de Monterrey)
María Herrera-Sobek (UC Santa Barbara) and Josef Raab (University of Duisburg-Essen)