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Historias 109 – Bolivia’s 2020 Elections with Thomas C. Field Jr.

On Sunday, October 18, 2020, Bolivians went to the polls for the first time since last year’s controversial election and subsequent deposing of longtime president Evo Morales. Evo and many members of the government and political party MAS, the Movement towards Socialism, fled into exile as an interim government seized the reigns of power and used the military and security services to violently put down resistance. Historias Podcast · Historias 109 – Bolivian 2020 Elections Read more…

Historias 108 – Descubriendo el rol de los latinos en el hipismo norteamericano con Gabi Kuenzli

Historias Podcast · Historias 108 – Descubriendo el rol de los latinos en el hipismo norteamericano con Gabi Kuenzli En esta entrevista hacemos un recorrido por la carrera de la historiadora Gabrielle Kuenzli quien nos habla de su libro Acting Inca: National Belonging in Early Twentieth-Century Bolivia en el analiza la re-construcción de la memoria Aymara y su representación en la imagen política nacional y, su próximo proyecto, centrado en el rol de los latinos Read more…

Historias 107- State Consolidation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico with Sarah Osten

Dr. Sarah Osten, associate professor of history at the University of Vermont, joined Steven to discuss the complex story of state consolidation in Mexico following the cessation of revolutionary violence and nationwide fighting. Historias Podcast · Historias 107 – State Consolidation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico with Sarah Osten “Out of the Shadows: Violence and State Consolidation in Postrevolutionary Mexico, 1927–1940“ The Mexican Revolution’s Wake: The Making of a Political System, 1920–1929 (2018)

Historias 105 – Alejandro Velasco On Contemporary Venezuela

Join Steven and Dustin as they go on a deep dive into contemporary Venezuela with Dr. Alejandro Velasco.  Alejandro talks about the country’s political crisis, including the increasingly fractured state of the opposition.  They also discuss U.S. and international efforts to isolate the Maduro government, the ways that COVID has affected Venezuela, and the state of the country’s oil industry.  Be sure to stick around for the episode’s postscript covering the recent United Nations report Read more…

Historias 104 – Trump in Latin America

Dustin spoke with an outstanding panel about the Donald Trump administration’s policies toward Latin America.  Settle in for a wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Margaret Commins, Dr. Mary Rose Kubal, Dr. Jeffrey Taffet, and Dr. Gregory Weeks covering Cuba, Venezuela, immigration, race, COVID, and much more.  Images courtesy of the New York Times and the Associated Press

Historias 103 – El Destape en la Argentina de los años 80 con Natalia Milanesio

El destape fue un movimiento social y cultural vital para ampliar la definición de democracia y la creación de una sociedad pluralista después del periodo dictatorial de los años setenta. El destape que se constituyo en una explosión de imágenes sobre sexualidad en Argentina, marcó en palabras de la historiadora Natalia Milanesio, “el mayor y más explosivo fenómeno sociocultural después de la caída de la dictadura militar”. Historias Podcast · Historias 103 – El Destape Read more…

Call For Papers – SECOLAS 2021 is on!

68th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies Cyberspace 15-18 April 2021  Proposal Submission Deadline: 1 November 2020 Submit your abstract at this link. SECOLAS is pleased to announce a call for paper and panel abstract submissions for its 68th Annual Meeting, held in cyberspace from Thursday, 15 April thru Sunday, 18 April 2020. SECOLAS invites faculty members, independent scholars, and students to submit panel and individual paper proposals for participation in Read more…