Luciano Guzmán

Food, more than just a daily activity, is a reflection of a country's social, economic, and cultural organization. This is the view of Claudia Deichler, graduated from the Master's in History at FAHU, who has developed pioneering research in the area of food history, combining the rigor of her academic training with dissemination on social media, through spaces such as the Instagram account @historia_dela_alimentacion.

Hosting the tenth Annual Conference of the International Association for the Philosophy of Time (IAPT) from July 7-9, the University of Santiago, Chile, established itself as a global hub for the subject. The three-day event, which took place at the Center for Postgraduate Studies and Continuing Education (Cepec), gathered leading specialists to explore the nature, perception, and physics of time—an age-old enigma that has captivated human thought for centuries.

In a period marked by the 50th anniversary of the civil-military coup, memory becomes an urgent and active commitment for the feminist writers' collective AUCH+. Through its Reading Promotion Commission, the collective is spearheading "All Alive in Memory," a poetic and audiovisual tribute to women who were detained, disappeared, and executed for political reasons, including those who were pregnant at the time of their abduction.

Dr. Letelier asserts that teaching ethics requires more than a theoretical framework; it must be connected to professional practice and the genuine dilemmas future professionals encounter. He states, “Applied ethics is not merely about memorizing codes of conduct, but about comprehending how ethical principles inform decision-making in complex and evolving situations.”

Led by Carolina Jorquera and María José Rodríguez, the Dicyt 2025 Project from Usach’s Faculty of Humanities investigates the impact of higher education’s growing demands on university teachers. Titled “Experiences of university teachers associated with the demands of training and student characteristics: implications for personal and interpersonal care,” their study specifically examines effects on emotional well-being and interpersonal dynamics within the classroom.

A National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (Fondecyt) grant has been awarded to Dr. Adolfo García, a cognitive neuroscientist focused on language and interpersonal communication. His project, ‘Digital speech and language markers of extrasylvian dysfunction in neurodegeneration,’ seeks to identify specific digital indicators within speech and language that can reveal brain dysfunction associated with neurodegenerative diseases.

The secondary school student movement has been a key player in social mobilization processes in Latin America. However, its historical study has been marked by gaps, especially regarding the role of women. To help bridge this gap, the Dicyt 2025 project, led by academic and director of the History Department, Dr. Rolando Álvarez, in collaboration with historian Dr. Yanny Santa Cruz, proposes a comparative and gender-based look at the experiences of secondary school women’s participation in the Southern Cone between 1957 and 1976.

To address the persistent challenge of equitable access to justice, Dr. Marcela Contreras from the Faculty of Humanities is conducting a research project titled “Translation as a right: Perceptions and proposals on translation and language assistance in the Chilean legal system as a mechanism to facilitate communication and protect rights.” Her study examines how insufficient language resources in courts can impact non-Spanish speakers.

The secondary school student movement has been a key player in social mobilization processes in Latin America. However, its historical study has been marked by gaps, especially regarding the role of women. To help bridge this gap, the Dicyt 2025 project, led by academic and director of the History Department, Dr. Rolando Álvarez, in collaboration with historian Dr. Yanny Santa Cruz, proposes a comparative and gender-based look at the experiences of secondary school women’s participation in the Southern Cone between 1957 and 1976.