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Historias 146 – Alan Shane Dillingham on Indigeneity, Development, and Inequality in Twentieth-Century Mexico

Dustin welcomed Dr. Alan Shane Dillingham onto the podcast to talk about his new book, Oaxaca Resurgent: Indigeneity, Development, and Inequality in Twentieth-Century Mexico.  He was treated to a wide-ranging conversation touching on numerous themes in indigenous, Mexican, and modern Latin American history.  Enjoy!  Follow Dr. Dillingham on Twitter

Call for Submissions – 2022 Thomas Book Award competition

The Alfred B. Thomas Award is awarded annually for the best book on a Latin American subject published by a SECOLAS member in the previous year. Co-authored works may be considered, but not anthologies or edited works. Books may be in any language. Authors must have been members of SECOLAS for the two calendar years preceding the year in which the prize will be awarded and the year the award is given. Selection of the Read more…

SECOLAS 2022 – CFP – Deadline 1 December

Come join us in Charlotte! In conjunction with the North Carolina Conference on Latin American Studies (NC/CLAS), the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) is pleased to announce a call for paper and panel abstract submissions for SECOLAS’s 69th Annual Meeting, to be held from Wednesday, 9 March thru Saturday, 12 March 2022. SECOLAS invites faculty members, independent scholars, and students to submit panel and individual paper proposals for participation in the conference. The Read more…

Historias 144 – Bill Cohoon on Communications and the Environment in Peru

In today’s episode, Steven welcomes Dr. Bill Cohoon to the podcast to talk about his article, “Los caminos borbónicos y el esfuerzo por mejorar la infraestructura de comunicaciones en el Perú, 1718-1809.”  Along the way, they discuss the opportunities that come with teaching at the secondary level in a preparatory school with a Ph.D., and maintaining an active research agenda.  Enjoy! 

Historias 139 – Mauro Caraccioli on faith, nature, and empire in Colonial Spanish America

Dr. Mauro Caraccioli of Virginia Tech joined Steven to discuss his book entitled Writing the New World: The Politics of Natural History in the Early Spanish Empire, which examines the interplay of faith, nature, and empire in Colonial Spanish America and the natural histories produced by early modern Spanish missionaries to the New World. In so doing, Dr. Caraccioli documents how philosophical wonder was used to broaden empirical knowledge of the New World as well Read more…