AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & PRIZES: ACADEMY OF AMERICAN FRANCISCAN HISTORY FELLOWSHIPS

This was followed by a panel discussion in which all participants had the opportunity to discuss other relevant aspects and interpretations of Paraguayan history; topics formally covered in the panel included me war writings of Juan Bautista Alberdi, me publication of a Spanish translation of me articles of the late Paraguayanist Harris Gaylord Warren, the impact of the war on the Paraguayan yerba mate trade, the recent decision of Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to rename an Argentine army battalion in honor of Francisco Solano López, and, in a particularly well-received presentation by Bridget Chesterton (Buffalo State University), the development of a non-elite nationalist discourse in Paraguay during me 1932-35 Chaco War. The Universidad de Montevideo plans to publish the various conference presentations as part of a special number of its Humanidades magazine or as a separate book. Work has already started on a second conference on Paraguayan history to be held in Montevideo in 2010.