Jayson Porter joins Carlos to discuss his research on the intersection of political economy and agricultural sciences that led to the Green Revolution in Mexico. They also discuss the utility and opportunities of social media and the wide variety of maps and the information they communicate. “Growing Pains: Pest Control Read more
CALL FOR PAPERS 67th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies Austin, Texas March 3-8, 2020 Proposal Submission Deadline: October 15, 2019 Submit your abstract at this link. SECOLAS is pleased to announce a call for paper and panel abstract submissions for its 67th Annual Meeting, held Read more
Historias is back in two weeks with new conversations with Alan McPherson, Casey Lurtz, Sarah West, Sarah Williams, Javier Pabon, Suzanne Litrel, and many more. In the meantime, enjoy this state of the field summer repeat episode on the Cuban Revolution with Michelle Chase and Devin Spence Benson.
In our inaugural state of the field episode, Drs. Tanya Harmer and Renata Keller talk with Dustin about Latin America’s Cold War. They discuss the meaning of the Cold War in Latin America, questions of chronology and areas of scholarly emphasis, and their own work highlighting voices long overlooked in the historiography. Tanya Harmer, Allende’s Read more
Carlos spoke with Dr. Bianca Premo, Professor in the Department of History at Florida International University, to discuss her past and current research and time in the archives. Dr. Premo is scholar with a wide range of research interests in Latin American history, including childhood and youth, the law, intellectual history, gender, Read more
The Historias squad is on summer holiday. Yet never you fear, we are pulling some classics from the archive. We hope you enjoy this conversation with one of the finest in the business – Dr. Michael Goebel. How do nationalist ideas emerge, evolve, and spread? How do urban spaces and Read more
Bonds of Suffering, Bonds of Hope:The Story of a Priest Committed to the Poor In this week’s selection, Elba Noemí Gómez Gómez and Bradley Wright explore the theme of suffering in relation to the capacity for agency by examining the experiences of a parish priest who played a key role Read more
Secolistas, save the dates! SECOLAS 2020 annual meeting will be in Austin, Texas from March 3 to March 8, 2020. Panels will be held on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (March 5, 6, 7). Information regarding the annual meeting, including conference hotel, local partners, and additional activities will be posted on Read more
“There are no colonial legacies in Spanish America. Yet, this book is about them.” And so begins Dr. Lina Del Castillo‘s fascinating book Crafting a Republic for the World: Scientific, Geographic, and Historiographical Inventions of Colombia that traces the efforts to build a republican nation in a hostile world of Read more
In this week’s TLA article of the week, political scientist Mark Setzler analyzes survey data from 17 Latin American countries to investigate the extent to which citizens’ preferences for leaders of a specific gender vary in response to economic hardship, corruption, and crime. Adversity, Gender Stereotyping, and Appraisals of Female Read more