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Former SECOLAS president publishes his latest book
Congratulations to former SECOLAS president Stephen Morris on the publication of his new book The Corruption Debates: Left vs. Right—and Does It Matter—in the Americas
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Historias 140 – Food security and politics in Chile with Joshua Frens-String
Dr. Joshua Frens-String discusses with Dustin his new book Hungry for Revolution: The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile.
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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 Read more…
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Historias 138 – Michele McArdle Stephens on Huichols in Mexico
Dr. Michele McArdle Stephens joined Steven to discuss her book *In the Lands of Fire and Sun: Resistance and Accommodation in the Huichol Sierra, 1723–1930*. Link to her book: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9780803288584/ Link to Intro / Outro: Read more…
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Latest issue of The Latin Americanist is out!
Volume 65, Issue 2 is hot off the presses! Check it out: Issue hyperlink: https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/44820 Published by the University of North Carolina Press for the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies. Articles: Greg Weeks, Note from the Outgoing Editor João Read more…
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Historias 137 – Javier Puente On Peru’s Presidential Runoff
Smith College’s Dr. Javier Puente joined Steven to discuss the Peru’s presidential runoff election between Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori this past Sunday. Check out Javier’s article on Pedro Castillo from April – nacla.org/peru-elections-pedro-castillo Intro and Read more…
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Historias 136 – State of the Field – Argentina from Dictatorship to Democracy
Historias Podcast · Historias 136 – State of the Field – Argentina from Dictatorship to Democracy 24 March 2021 marked the 45th anniversary of the coup that launched Argentina’s most violent period of military rule. Read more…
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Historias 135 – Thea Riofrancos on Resource Extractivism
Dustin welcomed Dr. Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College, onto the podcast to talk about her book, Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador. The two discuss social movements and Read more…