Staff profile

Dr Ralph Newmark

Director - Institute of Latin American Studies, Lecturer

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Historical and European Studies Institute of Latin American Studies

DMBE 133, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BSc (Hons-Melbourne), BA Hons, GradDipHum, PhD (La Trobe).

Membership of professional associations

I am Co-Editor of the international refereed journal JILAS~Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies; Convenor of the ILAS Summer and Winter Schools; and Victorian Regional Representative of the A

Area of study

Latin American Studies
History

Brief profile

Director, Institute of Latin American Studies and Lecturer in History. Ralph Newmark has been the Director of ILAS since 2008 and was co-editor of the international refereed journal JILAS~Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies for over a decade. He is also the developer and convenor of the ILAS Summer and Winter Schools. He appears in the media on a regular basis discussing Latin American affairs and also conducts a fortnightly radio program discussing the relationship between history and music in Latin America and the Caribbean. Over the past decade he has developed the concept of Aural History which uses music and popular culture in innovative ways to teach history. He is a specialist in Brazilian history especially the Getulio Vargas era.

Research interests

Latin American History

- Latin American history

- United States foreign policy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Teaching units

HIS1DEV: Globalisation and the Rise of the Modern World HIS2/3AMZ: The Amazon: Exploration, Exploitation, and Environment HIS2/3CAM: Conquest of the Americas: Aztecs, Mayans and Incas HIS2/3TSS: Tango, Samba, Salsa and Society: Latin America through Music and Food HIS2/3SDS: Sex, Drugs, and Salsa: Politics, Tourism and Culture in Mexico and Cuba

Recent publications

“Grand Opera in the Jungle: A Brazilian Myth or Reality?”,Passim, July 2005.

 

"An Archive of Colombian Aural History", JILAS~Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, 7:2, December 2001, pp. 195-198.

 

“History and Music”, Fiesta,2001: Revista de la Hispanidad, pp. 21-23.

 

Peter Fryer, Rhythms of Resistance: African Musical Heritage in Brazil, London, Pluto Press, 2000, JILAS ~ Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, 6:2, December 2000, pp. 159-161.

 

“Music and History: Two Early Recordings of Cuban Music, 1907-1940s”, Fiesta, 2000: Revista de la Hispanidad, pp. 42-43.

 

"An Archive of Brazilian Aural History'" JILAS~Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, 5:1, (July 1999), pp. 120-127.

 

"Aural History: Four Early Recordings of Caribbean Music, 1907-1940s", JILAS~Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, vol 3, no 1 (July 1997), pp. 77-80.

Older publications

Sader, Emir and Ken Silverstein, Without Fear of Being Happy: Lula, The Workers Party, and Brazil, (London, Verso, 1991), Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 27, No 3, (November 1992), pp. 560-561.

Hartness, Ann, Brazil in Reference Books, 1965-1989: An Annotated Bibliography, (Metuchen NJ, Scarecrow Press, 1991), Australian Library Review, Vol. 10 No 3 (August 1993), pp. 288-289.

Research projects

Monograph

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“Samba, Diplomacy and Development: Carmen Miranda, Getulio Vargas and the Role of the United States in the Containment of Nationalism in Brazil, 1937-1956”

 

Article

 

"Aural History – Historical Research and Teaching Through Popular Music: The Case of the Americas” This article is designed to introduce Dr. Newmark’s innovative methodology, which employs popular music as a means of researching and teaching history.

 

Development of Commercial Multimedia Products:

 

(to be submitted as a project for an ARC Linkage grant) The development of DVDs, and/or INTERNET products dealing with Latin American popular culture (especially music) and history for the world market (especially North America).