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CLACS is proud to have supported this scholarly travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"alignright uwm-c-img--right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/latin-american-caribbean-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/329\/2026\/05\/Nelson-UPAEP-2026-v2.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Jessica Nelson in a selfie outside of a sleek, modern university building\" class=\"wp-image-13040\" \/><figcaption>Professor Jessica Nelson outside of the state university in Puebla, Mexico.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the RMCLAS conference, Nelson presented the paper &#8220;Indigenous Nuns in the New Nation: The lives of women in the Convento de la Nueva Ense\u00f1anza, 1791-1830.&#8221; The paper discussed documents from Mexico&#8217;s Archivo General de la Naci\u00f3n (AGN) that offer new information on the nuns living in the Nueva Ense\u00f1anza convent, both their lives and concepts of freedom and religious commitment during Mexico&#8217;s transition to independence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Nelson shared this reflection about her time in Puebla: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The conference &amp; research trip were very productive. It was great to be in Puebla with other scholars of Latin America, and we also had high attendance rates from the university students [at UPAEP, Universidad Popular Aut\u00f3noma del Estado de Puebla] where the conference was hosted. I challenged myself to present in Spanish, which turned out to be a good idea because the entire audience at my panel were native Spanish-speakers. Another fun part of the conference was the opportunity to partake in some history-themed games. I\u2019ve enjoyed using role-playing games in a lot of my CLACS courses and now I\u2019ve learned about some new ones. 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