{"id":4802,"date":"2026-08-25T16:45:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/international-studies\/?p=4802"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:17:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:17:26","slug":"the-hidden-history-connecting-hungary-and-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/international-studies\/2026\/08\/25\/the-hidden-history-connecting-hungary-and-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"The hidden history connecting Hungary and Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hero-image hero-medium text-center\">\n<div class=\"hero-medium-text\">\n<p class=\"subhead\" style=\"text-align: left\">Fulbright Scholar Damaris Pu\u00f1ales-Alp\u00edzar will examine the cultural networks, literary exchanges and diplomacy that connected the two regions during the Cold War.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page-sections\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-groups field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items\">\n<div class=\"field--item\">\n<div class=\"paragraph-content\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">What can the travels of Latin American writers to Hungary during the Cold War reveal about culture, politics and the power of human connection?\u00a0 That&#8217;s the question Damaris Pu\u00f1ales-Alp\u00edzar, PhD, professor of Hispanic studies at Case Western Reserve University, hopes to explore during a five-month Fulbright research appointment at University of Szeged in Hungary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Beginning in January, Pu\u00f1ales-Alp\u00edzar will work with colleagues at University of Szeged while conducting archival research in both Szeged and Budapest. She will examine the literary, cultural and political networks that connected Latin America and Hungary during the Cold War\u2014relationships that, despite producing lasting cultural exchanges, remain relatively understudied.\u00a0 Read more of the story <a href=\"https:\/\/case.edu\/news\/hidden-history-connecting-hungary-and-latin-america?utm_source=sfmc&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=umc_cas_artscinews_August2026\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"page-title\">The hidden history connecting Hungary and Latin America<\/h1>\n<p>Damaris Pu\u00f1ales-Alp\u00edzar, International Studies Director (currently on sabbatical) and Fulbright Scholar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":550,"featured_media":4818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/08\/26191634\/Damaris-Pun%CC%83ales-Alpizar.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4802"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/550"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4802"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4807,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4802\/revisions\/4807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}