Presentation of CRLA-ARCHIVOS
Team of the Institut des textes et manuscrits modernes
[Institute of Modern Texts and Manuscripts]
(ITEM – UMR8132)
Located at the University of Poitiers, the CRLA-Archivos (Centre de recherches latino-Américaines-Archivos) [Centre for Latin American Research-Archivos] is a team of the Institut des textes et manuscrits modernes [Institute of Modern Texts and Manuscripts] (ITEM – UMR8132 – CNRS, École normale supérieure et University of Poitiers).
the CRLA-Archivos was formed in 1995 from the merger of the Centre de recherches latino-américaines de l'université de Poitiers [Latin American Research Centre, University of Poitiers] (1964-1995) and the GDR 1190 ‘Archives de la littérature latino-américaine et des Caraïbes du XXe siècle’ [Archives of 20th century Latin American and Caribbean literature] (CNRS, University of Paris X-Nanterre).
The researchers in this team are mainly specialists in Latin America, both Hispanists and Lusists, who devote themselves to:
- genetic studies; studies of creative processes;
- the constitution, conservation and exploitation of writers' collections and manuscripts;
- scientific and editorial coordination of the critical and genetic editions of the Archivos collection;
- critical analysis of literary works;
- critical analysis of historical documents.
Internationally recognised, the CRLA-Archivos is a very dynamic team: its international symposium, held every two years, is a regular meeting place for leading specialists in Latin American studies. Its ‘Archivos’ collection is a world-renowned reference collection.
Throughout the year, the team welcomes researchers from all over the world to develop their scientific projects.
For more information: http://crla-archivos.univ-poitiers.fr et www.item.ens.fr/archivos/