On Sunday, October 18, 2020, Bolivians went to the polls for the first time since last year’s controversial election and subsequent deposing of longtime president Evo Morales. Evo and many members of the government and political party MAS, the Movement towards Socialism, fled into exile as an interim government seized Read more…
Historias Podcast · Historias 108 – Descubriendo el rol de los latinos en el hipismo norteamericano con Gabi Kuenzli En esta entrevista hacemos un recorrido por la carrera de la historiadora Gabrielle Kuenzli quien nos habla de su libro Acting Inca: National Belonging in Early Twentieth-Century Bolivia en el analiza Read more…
Dr. Sarah Osten, associate professor of history at the University of Vermont, joined Steven to discuss the complex story of state consolidation in Mexico following the cessation of revolutionary violence and nationwide fighting. Historias Podcast · Historias 107 – State Consolidation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico with Sarah Osten “Out of the Read more…
Dr. Yuko Miki de Fordham University habla de su libro Frontiers of Citizenship: A Black and Indigenous History of Postcolonial Brazil con Carmen Soliz y Gionvanni Bello. Historias Podcast · Historias 106 – Fronteras de ciudadania brasileña con Yuko Miki podcast home: historiaspodcast.com/
Join Steven and Dustin as they go on a deep dive into contemporary Venezuela with Dr. Alejandro Velasco. Alejandro talks about the country’s political crisis, including the increasingly fractured state of the opposition. They also discuss U.S. and international efforts to isolate the Maduro government, the ways that COVID has Read more…
Dustin spoke with an outstanding panel about the Donald Trump administration’s policies toward Latin America. Settle in for a wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Margaret Commins, Dr. Mary Rose Kubal, Dr. Jeffrey Taffet, and Dr. Gregory Weeks covering Cuba, Venezuela, immigration, race, COVID, and much more. Images courtesy of the New Read more…
El destape fue un movimiento social y cultural vital para ampliar la definición de democracia y la creación de una sociedad pluralista después del periodo dictatorial de los años setenta. El destape que se constituyo en una explosión de imágenes sobre sexualidad en Argentina, marcó en palabras de la historiadora Read more…
Dr. Pablo Palomino joined Steven to discuss his new book The Invention of Latin American Music: A Transnational History. Historias Podcast · Historias 102 – Pablo Palomino on the invention of Latin American music Intro/Outro: El Manisero – youtu.be/sj7NfrrnaKEArgentinaBrazilMexicomusicLatin America musicMemoriaAbiertaculturalhistory
Sarah spoke with Dr. Alma Rosa Alvarez, Professor of English at Southern Oregon University, about the development of Chicanx studies. They discussed the evolution of Chicanx literature, the intersection of modernization and Liberation Theology, and issues surrounding homophobia and sexism in the canon. The two also probed the particular challenges Read more…
Dr. Jake Blanc spoke with Carlos about his new book Before the Flood: the Itaipu Dam and the Visibility of Rural Brazil. Historias Podcast · Historias 100 – Brazil’s Itaipu Dam, Displacement, and Democracy with Jake Blanc