Category Archives: Tenochtitlan

A chapter in screenshots

Posted on November 15, 2019 by niamh

I recently tidied up the desktop of my computer. Whilst sifting through the numerous folders I gathered related to my project on curation and tastemaking in Mexico, I found a number of images that I had compiled in 2010 when … Continue reading →

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Coincidence and Curation Part II: The Liverpool Biennial, HUO and Agnès Varda

Posted on July 16, 2018 by niamh

On Friday 13th July, I had the privilege of seeing Agnès Varda being interviewed by Hans Ulrich Obrist (HUO). The interview is now available online. They are both seasoned interviewer/interviewees and this was evident in the interaction. She is delightful, … Continue reading →

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Revolution and Rebellion in Mexican Film

Posted on August 4, 2013 by niamh

I’m delighted to announce that my monograph, Revolution and Rebellion in Mexican Film is out. The final cover image is slightly altered from the alternatives posted here some months ago. Here it is: To find out more about the book, … Continue reading →

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Juana in a Million programme notes

Posted on June 7, 2013 by niamh

I posted about the performance Juana in a Million here.  On the back of that I was thrilled when Vicky Araico Casas got in touch and asked me to write some programme notes for her tour around the UK.  Here … Continue reading →

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WiSPS Write Day

Posted on October 2, 2012 by niamh

I put up an account of the WiSPS Write Day on Storify.  It can be read here.

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This World is My Place

Posted on August 22, 2012 by niamh

I am co-editing ‘This World is My Place’: International Perspectives on Chicana/o Studies with Catherine Leen, NUI, Maynooth. The introduction is completed and we are awaiting the final versions of the contributors’ chapters.  I have just finished reading Catherine’s chapter … Continue reading →

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Mexican home movies from the 1930s

Posted on August 20, 2012 by niamh

Here’s a link to rare Mexican home movies: http://blog.aaa.si.edu/2012/08/hirsch-rogo-home-movies.html. I came across the link on the Amateur Cinema Studies Network blog.

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Tenochtitlan

Posted on October 30, 2011 by niamh

Melvyn Bragg and guests talk about the siege of Tenochtitlan (site of modern day Mexico City): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016924x

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