Border Studies Archive at UTRGV

11/24/2025

Our panel highlighted how colonias along the U.S.–Mexico border navigate fragmented systems of care, from infrastructure gaps to immigration enforcement. We are grateful to have presented alongside colleagues who live and work in the RGV and remain committed to community-rooted research. Special thanks to Dr. K Jill Fleuriet for serving as our panel’s discussant.

10/30/2025

From the Border Life Project to our most recent community health research, our story spans nearly five decades of research, preservation, and community collaboration across the Rio Grande Valley. Each chapter reflects our ongoing mission to document, celebrate, and understand life along the U.S.–Mexico border.

08/10/2022

BSA’s Traditional Mexican American Folklore Collection also celebrates regional cuisine. Browse folk food recipes, culinary memories, photos and more online!

08/04/2022

Curanderismo, or folk healing, involves a trained healer, or curandero(a), who treats a person experiencing physical or spiritual illness. Link in bio to learn more about our online collections (Artist: Philip S. Fields).

08/03/2022

The Border Music Collection is comprised of interviews with artists and commercial music recorded locally. Collection materials range from norteña, orquesta regional, conjunto, and banda music to electronic and techno hybrid genres like nor-tech (norteño-techno) – each reflecting borderlands cultural formations. (Artist: Phillip S. Fields)

12/08/2021

Call for artists deadline for submissions: 21 January 2022.
(Repost from on behalf of .utrgv)

12/08/2021

Sharing as a reminder from our friends UTRGV Center for Latin American Arts

12/01/2021

UTRGV Center for Latin American Arts - Call for Artists:

UTRGV Center for Latin American Arts - call for Artists:

11/02/2021

Don's miss it - today at noon!

11/01/2021

Don't forget - happening TODAY!

10/28/2021

Special Collections & Archives invites you to participate in our 34th Annual Día de los Mu***os Celebration! Luncho Libre: Lotería Thurs., Nov. 4th, 12:00 - 12:45PM Lotería (or Mexican bingo) dates back to 15th Century Italy before arriving in Mexico three centuries later! Our lotería will be hosted online and participants will log into a live session where our host draws and announces the cards (no actual tablas or frijoles required!). Join us for a few rounds and for your chance win a special prize! Advance registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/6tydm5j2 Questions? [email protected]