Historias 157 – Rural Folktales and Empire in Puerto Rico with Rafa Ocasio
Dr. Rafael Ocasio, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Spanish at Agnes Scott University, joined Steven to discuss his new anthology Folk Stories from the Hills of Puerto Rico.
Dr. Rafael Ocasio, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Spanish at Agnes Scott University, joined Steven to discuss his new anthology Folk Stories from the Hills of Puerto Rico.
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 empire in Colonial Spanish America and the natural histories produced by early modern Spanish missionaries Read more
Dr. Elena Schneider, an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Berkeley, spoke with Steven about her award-winning book The Occupation of Havana: War, Trade, and Slavery in the Atlantic World. And our heartiest congratulations to Elena for just learning that The Occupation of Havana won the Read more