Thanks to all who organized and attended our 50th anniversary conference in Barcelona, especially local organizer Stephen Jacobson and program organizers Vanessa de Cruz Medina and Pol Damau.  It was a great success!  The 2020 conference will be held in Toronto, Canada, April 22-25.

The video commemorating ASPHS’s 50th anniversary, produced by Carla and Wim Phillips, is now posted on YouTube – take a look at it here.

We’re also pleased to announce that ASPHS is now formally registered as a 501c3 non-profit organizations, and all donations are tax-deductible. An online donation option will be available soon.

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Take a look at the latest issue of the Bulletin (43:1, 2018), featuring recent work in the Digital Humanities and lots of excellent reviews!  Thanks to co-editors Andrea R. Davis and Andrew H. Lee.  The Bulletin’s editors are also inviting submissions for a Special Issue on Iberia in Entangled and Transnational Contexts; see the Bulletin page for more information.

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The 2018 issue of the Newsletter is here, with thanks to editor Clinton Young.

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ASPHS provides members with small subventions for regional and local gatherings for activities related to our mission to promote the scholarly study of Spain and Portugal through History and related disciplines.  Proposals are evaluated twice each year, in March and October. Go to our Prizes & Subventions page for more information.

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The Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, the official journal of the ASPHS, has published its latest issue, 42:2 (2017) here: http://digitalcommons.asphs.net/bsphs/.

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The ASPHS site now has an online member directory, under “Membership” at the top of the page.  If you have joined since spring 2016, you will have established a username and password to log in.  If you were a current member in spring 2016, you are probably already in the directory; go to the Membership Directory page and click on the “Lost your password?” link to set up a new password.