Jeffrey Shumway and Steven sat down and talked about Argentine history – especially the early nineteenth century. Shumway discussed his passion for histories of love, the family, and gender, and how that led to his first book, The Case of the Ugly Suitor and Other Histories of Love, Gender, & Read more…
Dr. Oscar de la Torre of the University of North Carolina, Charlotte talked with Steven about the Amazon’s Black peasantry. Their engaging conversation takes us into Amazonian archives that include childcare, and ultimately to Cuba. Check out Professor de la Torre’s book, The People of the River: Nature and Identity Read more…
In a Historias episode featuring two Texans, David McKenzie joined Steven for a wide-ranging conversation about working in public history, his research on U.S. citizens in Mexico during the mid-nineteenth century, commercial power, and balancing the demands of writing a doctoral dissertation with those of a day job. Follow David Read more…
Award-winning educator, novelist, and historian Suzanne Litrel (scroll down) joined Steven to discuss her research on Dutch Brazil and its place in the Portuguese Atlantic and World History. They also discuss her high school teaching career, her decision to write historical fiction, and the challenges of returning to graduate school as a Read more…
In the third installment in our occasional series on the Maya, Steven Hyland talked with Dr. Sarah West and Sarah Williams. In their wide-ranging conversation, our guests highlighted the importance of the local, and of socio-cultural constructions, when analyzing anything related to the Maya. From the politics of birthing to Read more…
The recent social unrest in Chile, the estallido social, has provided a reckoning for the political order that the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship brought into being. Dr. Marian Schlotterbeck joined Lily Balloffet to talk about the current crisis and her own work on everyday social revolutionaries in Chile. Check out her Read more…
Drs. Thomas Field and Carmen Soliz walk Steven Hyland and Dustin Walcher through the unfolding political crisis in Bolivia. The Center for Economic and Policy Research
Dr. Javier Pabón of Methodist University joined Steven to talk about his scholarship and about filmmaking. They also chatted about membership in national communities for diverse groups of people. As an added bonus, Dr. Pabón read us some poetry.
Dr. Corinna Zeltsman of Georgia Southern University talked with Jackie Sumner about print culture in nineteenth century Mexico, the joys of teaching, paths for graduate students, and paper.
Dr. Alan McPherson of Temple University sat down with Dustin Walcher to discuss his career working in U.S.-Latin American relations, and his new book, Ghosts of Sheridan Circle: How a Washington Assassination Brought Pinochet’s Terror State to Justice. They chatted about anti-Americanism, nationalism, archives, and historical detective work.