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Historias 116 – El legado cultural de las soldaderas y las mexicanas afrodescendientes con Christina Arce
La Dra. Christine Arce habla de su libro Mexico’s Nobodies: The Cultural Legacy of the Soldadera and Afro-Mexican Women con Carmen Soliz.
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Historias 107- State Consolidation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico with Sarah Osten
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…
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Historias 102 – The invention of Latin American music with Pablo Palomino
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
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Historias 97 – Technology and the Body in Postrevolutionary Mexico with David Dalton
Dr. David Dalton joined Steven to discuss his book entitled Mestizo Modernity: Race, Technology, and the Body in Postrevolutionary Mexico. Historias Podcast · Historias 97 – Technology and the Body in Postrevolutionary Mexico with David Dalton After the end of the Mexican Revolution in 1917, postrevolutionary leaders hoped to assimilate Read more…
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Historias 86 – El poeta de la vida social tzotzil en México con Xun Betan
Xun Betan poeta y activista Tzotzil nos habla de su carrera como miembro y estudioso de las comunidades tzotziles en la frontera México-Guatemala. www.galeriamuy.org/esp/xun-betan-2/ Camino a San Cristobal (Intro) – youtu.be/wDk05gNL1CI La Maruchita (Outro) – youtu.be/OfUAkpia7Wk www.gob.mx/inpi/es/articulos/e…winik-atel?idiom=es www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachm…12595/tzotziles.pdf
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Historias 83 – Pandemics in Latin America. Then and Now.
Carlos Dimas, Nicole Pacino, and Glen Kuecker joined Steven Hyland to discuss epidemic diseases in historical context and how the past can help us understand living in the moment of pandemic. They also explore what it means to live in a moment of transition; in a world that no longer Read more…
Awards
Rosenmüller wins the Thomas Award
Dr. Christoph Rosenmüller has won the 2020 Alfred B. Thomas Book Award for his book Corruption and Justice in Colonial Mexico, 1650–1755. The Alfred B. Thomas Award is awarded annually for the best book on a Latin American subject published by a SECOLAS member in the previous year. Congratulations Christoph.
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Historias 73 – David McKenzie on U.S. Citizens in Nineteenth Century Mexico
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…
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Historias 69 – Amelia Frank-Vitale and John Doering-White on Central American Migration
Amelia Frank-Vitale and John Doering-White joined Lily Pearl Balloffet to discuss their research and public engagement on Central American migration. Check out the following writings from Amelia and John: Amelia Frank-Vitale, “The Caravan is Honduras: Hope and Death at the Border” (2019) Amelia Frank-Vitale, “You want to see a real Read more…
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Historias 65 – Khristin Landry Montes and Paula Karger on the Maya
Dr. Khristin Landry Montes, assistant professor of Art History at Cornell College, and Paula Karger, doctoral candidate in comparative literature at the University of Toronto, join Steven Hyland for the first of two deep dives on the Maya. The discussion centers on Mayan cultural forms, including cosmology and origin stories, and Read more…