Carlos Dimas returns to the mic to talk with Dr. Ashley Kerr about her new book, Sex, Skulls, and Citizens: Gender and Racial Science in Argentina, 1860-1910. Sit back and listen to disturbing but significant stories about displays of indigenous peoples in late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century Argentina. Dr. Kerr also Read more…
Historias Podcast · Historias 118 – Bolivia Today Dr. Carmen Soliz brought together an outstanding panel of scholars to discuss present day Bolivia. The panel explores such critical actors and elements as the military, miners, cruceño elites, and public health contemporary Bolivia by placing them in broader historical arcs to Read more…
Steven sat down with Dr. Rafael Ocasio to talk about his new book, A Bristol Rhode Island and Matanzas Cuba, Slavery Connection: The Diary of George Howe. The conversation takes us from Rhode Island to Matanzas – from the U.S. Capital to plantation fields. Using George Howe as a window Read more…
La Dra. Christine Arce habla de su libro Mexico’s Nobodies: The Cultural Legacy of the Soldadera and Afro-Mexican Women con Carmen Soliz.
Historias Podcast · Historias 115 – Assessing Alberto Fernández's First Year as Argentine President Dr. Mark Healey of UConn and Dr. Ernesto Semán of the University of Bergen (Norway) joined Steven to assess the first year in office of Argentine president Alberto Fernández.
La historiadora Ángela Vergara (@vergara_angela) habla de su nuevo libro sobre el desempleo y la precaridad en Chile hacia el siglo veinte con Carmen Soliz (@carmensurrutia) y Giovanni Bello. Historias Podcast · Historias 114 Angela Vergara
Dr. Javier Puente of Smith College joined Steven to discuss the current crisis in Peru and what it means for democracy, accountability, and the aspirations for a participatory and dynamic democracy. Historias Podcast · Historias 113 – Javier Puente on the crisis in Peru Intro: Narcosis, Sucio Policia Outro: Contigo Read more…
Drs. Ángela Vergara and Joshua Frens-String spoke with Dustin about Chile’s recent constitutional plebiscite. They talked about the nuts-and-bolts issues involved, and put the movement for constitutional change in a broader historical perspective. Enjoy! Joshua Frens-String, “Burying Pinochet” Follow Ángela Vergara on Twitter Follow Joshua Frens-String on Twitter
Esta semana hablamos con el antropólogo Lurgio Gavilan quien de niño fue miembro de Sendero Luminoso, reclutado, más tarde, por el ejército Peruano, sacerdote en la iglesia católica, y ahora docente universitario en la universidad de Huamanga. Lurgio nos habla de su libro Memorias de un soldado desconocido: autobiografía y antropología de Read more…
Dustin spoke with Drs. Tanya Harmer and Tiffany Sippial about their new biographies on Beatriz Allende and Celia Sánchez Manduley. They discussed the significance of gender and the ways in which their subjects’ stories add to our collective understanding of politics and revolution during the mid-twentieth century. They also consider Read more…