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Historias PodcastEl nuevo equipo de SECOLAS, Edward Brudney y Carmen Soliz entrevistan a la historiadora Margarita FajardoEdward Brudney y Carmen Soliz entrevistan a la historiadora Margarita Fajardo para hablar sobre su innovador libro The World That Latin America Created: The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America in the Development Era. En su obra, Fajardo revela cómo un grupo de intelectuales transformaron la economía del desarrollo y redefinieron el papel de América Latina en el escenario global.
2025-01-1138 minHistorias - the SECOLAS podcastEl nuevo equipo de SECOLAS, Edward Brudney y Carmen Soliz entrevistan a la historiadora Margarita FajardoEdward Brudney y Carmen Soliz entrevistan a la historiadora Margarita Fajardo para hablar sobre su innovador libro The World That Latin America Created: The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America in the Development Era. En su obra, Fajardo revela cómo un grupo de intelectuales transformaron la economía del desarrollo y redefinieron el papel de América Latina en el escenario global.
2025-01-1138 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 133 – Alfred B. Thomas Book Award Winner Juan José Ponce VázquezIn this week’s episode, Steven welcomes back to the program Dr. Juan José Ponce Vázquez, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Alabama and the winner of the 2021 Alfred B. Thomas Book Award from SECOLAS. The duo talk about the book, Islanders and Empire: Smuggling and Political Defiance in Hispaniola, 1580-1690, and the challenges and opportunities of studying Hispaniola during the long seventeenth century. Enjoy!
2021-05-0635 minHistorias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 133 – Alfred B. Thomas Book Award Winner Juan José Ponce VázquezIn this week’s episode, Steven welcomes back to the program Dr. Juan José Ponce Vázquez, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Alabama and the winner of the 2021 Alfred B. Thomas Book Award from SECOLAS. The duo talk about the book, Islanders and Empire: Smuggling and Political Defiance in Hispaniola, 1580-1690, and the challenges and opportunities of studying Hispaniola during the long seventeenth century. Enjoy!
2021-05-0635 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 102 - Pablo Palomino on the invention of Latin American musicDr. Pablo Palomino joined Steven to discuss his new book *The Invention of Latin American Music: A Transnational History*.
Book link: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-invention-of-latin-american-music-9780190687403?cc=us&lang=en&
El Manisero - https://youtu.be/sj7NfrrnaKE
2020-09-0857 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 101 - Alma Rosa Alvarez on Chicanx LiteratureSarah 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 surrounding teaching Chicanx literature at a relatively small school in rural Oregon. Have a listen!
2020-06-2435 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 100 - Brazil's Itaipu Dam, Displacement, and Democracy with Jake BlancDr. Jake Blanc spoke with Carlos about his new book *Before the Flood: the Itaipu Dam and the Visibility of Rural Brazil.*
2020-06-1731 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 99 - Nina Lakhani on the life, death, and afterlife of Berta CáceresLand and the control of it lay at the core of Latin American economic inequality, social unrest, and political violence. It animates the scholarship on the region.
In such countries with large indigenous communities as Bolivia, Mexico, and Honduras, the systematic dispossession of land remains an unresolved and contentious issue as these communities seek restitution while simultaneously defending current holdings.
In Honduras, the acclaimed indigenous activist Berta Cáceres was a central figure in the defense of land from so-called economic development and infrastructure projects, in particular the successful campaign to stop the building of the Agua Zarca Dam on t...
2020-06-0253 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 98 - El embarazo no deseado y el aborto en Bolivia con Natalie KimballLa historiadora Natalie Kimball discute son nosotros su trabajo Un secreto a voces: La historia del embarazo no deseado y el aborto en Bolivia. El libro acaba de salir impreso por la universidad de Rutgers. Kimball investiga las experiencias personales e íntimas que las mujeres bolivianas han tenido con la sexualidad y la reproducción. Estas experiencias revelan las actitudes contradictorias y ambivalentes que los sectores dominantes han tenido sobre la mujer y el sujeto indígena.
https://www.csi.cuny.edu/campus-directory/natalie-l-kimball
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/an-open-secret/9780813590738
Intro / Outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwvYxSMHsW8
2020-05-291h 01
Historias PodcastHistorias 97 - Technology and the Body in Postrevolutionary Mexico with David DaltonDr. David Dalton joined Steven to discuss his book entitled *Mestizo Modernity: Race, Technology, and the Body in Postrevolutionary Mexico.*
After the end of the Mexican Revolution in 1917, postrevolutionary leaders hoped to assimilate the country’s racially diverse population into one official mixed-race identity—the mestizo. This book shows that as part of this vision, the Mexican government believed it could modernize “primitive” indigenous peoples through technology in the form of education, modern medicine, industrial agriculture, and factory work. David Dalton takes a close look at how authors, artists, and thinkers—some state-funded, some independent—engaged with official views of Mexican raci...
2020-05-2751 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 96 - La joven moderna de la Argentina de los años 20 y 30 con Cecilia TossounianCecilia Tossounian reconstruye diferentes representaciones de la feminidad moderna de la Argentina de los años 20 y 30, un período complejo en el que el Argentina vio la prosperidad y la crisis económica, una población cosmopolita creciente, el surgimiento de la cultura de consumo y el desarrollo del nacionalismo. Tossounian analiza cómo estas imágenes populares de la chica moderna ayudaron a dar forma a la identidad nacional de Argentina.
https://conicet.academia.edu/CeciliaTossounian
https://upf.com/book.asp?id=9781683401162
2020-05-2235 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 95 - African Spiritualism and Emancipation in Cuba with Matthew PettwayDr. Matthew Pettway joined Steven to discuss his new book *Cuban Literature in the Age of Black Insurrection: Manzano, Plácido, and Afro-Latino Religion*. By focusing on the Afro-Cuban poets Juan Francisco Manzano and Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés, known as Plácido, Pettway explores how they intertwined Spanish and African bodies of knowledge to create a narrative of emancipation in nineteenth-century Cuba.
http://www.matthewpettway.com/
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Cuban-Literature-in-the-Age-of-Black-Insurrection
Intro/Outro: https://youtu.be/2NqzePPhp7E
2020-05-1937 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 94 - Siguiendo las rutas de la migración peruana a Paterson, NJ con Gianncarlo MuschiEl historiador peruano Gianncarlo Muschi nos habla de su investigación de doctorado que analiza la historia de migración peruana a Paterson, New Jersey en Estados Unidos. Su trabajo de muestra cómo las estrategias peruanas para sobrevivir a la economía informal en el Perú como el “recurseo,” fueron también instrumentos que ayudaron a los migrantes peruanos a consolidar redes económicas exitosas en Estados Unidos.
2020-05-1531 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 93 - Mobility and Environmental Change in Eastern Bolivia with Ben Nobbs-ThiessenOne of the more consequential and least studied outcomes of Bolivia's 1952 national revolution was settling and transformation of the country's tropical eastern frontier. Ben Nobbs-Thiessen explains how Mennonites from Mexico, Okinawans, and highland Bolivian indigenous moved into the region, forever transforming the environment and the trajectory of the city of Santa Cruz.
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469656106/landscape-of-migration/
https://history.wsu.edu/rci/ben-nobbs-theissen/
2020-05-1243 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 92 - Precaridad, informalidad y el trabajo femenino en Potosí colonialLa historiadora Rossana Barragan discute con nosotros su mas reciente trabajo sobre el rol de las mujeres en las minas de Potosi en el periodo colonial como trabajadoras pero tambien como dueñas de trapiches. Una charla fascinante que nos ayuda a entender cómo ha cambiado la investigación sobre la historia colonial Andina de las ultimas tres décadas
Rossana Barragán Romano, "Women in the Silver Mines of Potosí: Rethinking the History of 'Informality' and 'Precarity' (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)," International Review of Social History (24 October 2019), pp.1-26
Rossana Barragán Romano & Leda Papastefanaki, “Women and Gender in the Mi...
2020-05-0459 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 91 - Mareas de revolución en la América latina colonial con Cristina SorianoLa historiadora venezolana Cristina Soriano autora del libro Tides of Revolution: Information, Insurgencies, and the Crisis of Colonial Rule in Venezuela nos habla de los medios formales e informales de circulación de información, y en particular de ideas revolucionarias, durante el periodo de la independencia. Una fascinante y exhaustiva exploración de fuentes escritas: libros, panfletos, pasquines y fuentes orales: denuncias, y rumores en el medio de la crisis régimen colonial.
https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/culturalstudies/faculty/biodetail.html?mail=cristina.soriano@villanova.edu&xsl=bio_long
https://unmpress.com/books/tides-revolution/9780826359865
2020-04-2440 min
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 90 - Going Inside The Latin AmericanistIn this episode we report on the state of the SECOLAS journal, The Latin Americanist. Steven chatted with editor Greg Weeks, and annals issue co-editors Gregory Crider and Jürgen Buchenau. Together they explored the world of journal publishing, endorsed good citizenship to the academe, and tried their best to convince us that the Mexican Revolution explains absolutely everything! Take a listen.
2020-04-2327 minHistorias PodcastHistorias 90 - Going Inside The Latin AmericanistIn this episode we report on the state of the SECOLAS journal, The Latin Americanist. Steven chatted with editor Greg Weeks, and annals issue co-editors Gregory Crider and Jürgen Buchenau. Together they explored the world of journal publishing, endorsed good citizenship to the academe, and tried their best to convince us that the Mexican Revolution explains absolutely everything! Take a listen.
2020-04-2327 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 89 - Fernanda Bretones Lane. 2020 Sturgis Leavitt winner.Dr. Fernanda Bretones Lane spoke with Steven about her article “The Congress of Vienna and the Making of Second Slavery,” which won the 2020 Sturgis Leavitt Award for Best Article.
Bretones Lane, who co-authored the article with Guilherme de Paula Costa Santos and Alain El Youssef, also discussed her current book project examining Spanish religious sanctuary laws that enslaved Africans in the Atlantic World utilized to achieve emancipation from the late 17th century to the early 19th century.
https://brill.com/view/journals/jgs/4/2/article-p162_3.xml?language=en
https://history.ufl.edu/directory/current-faculty/fernanda-bretones-lane/
https://twitter.com/f_bretones
2020-04-1437 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 88 - Los agregados obreros peronistas con Ernesto SemánEsta semana en Historias en español tuvimos el grato placer de tener en el programa al historiador argentino Ernesto Semán para dialogar sobre su libro Ambassadors of the Working Class. Este libro, concentrado en la historia de los agregados obreros durante el gobierno de Perón, constituye un invaluable aporte a la historial social, política, y trasnacional.
https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Martin.Ernesto.Sem%C3%A1n
https://twitter.com/ErnestoSeman
https://www.dukeupress.edu/ambassadors-of-the-working-class
2020-04-1253 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 87 - The Destape, Sex and Democracy in 1980s Argentina with Natalia MilanesioDr. Natalia Milanesio joined Steven to discuss her new book ¡Destape!: Sex, Democracy, and Freedom in Postdictatorial Argentina. For Milanesio, the Destape was "the biggest and most explosive sociocultural phenomenon after the fall of the military dictatorship... that made sexual culture into a powerful metaphor for democracy and the reconstruction of Argentine society.”
¡Destape! earned Honorable Mention in the 2020 Alfred B. Thomas Award competition from the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies.
Happy listening.
https://upittpress.org/books/9780822945840/
https://www.uh.edu/class/history/faculty-and-staff/milanesio_n/
2020-04-0743 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 86 - El poeta de la vida social tzotzil en México con Xun BetanXun Betan poeta y activista Tzotzil nos habla de su carrera como miembro y estudioso de las comunidades tzotziles en la frontera México-Guatemala.
https://www.galeriamuy.org/esp/xun-betan-2/
Camino a San Cristobal (Intro) - https://youtu.be/wDk05gNL1CI
La Maruchita (Outro) - https://youtu.be/OfUAkpia7Wk
https://www.gob.mx/inpi/es/articulos/etnografia-de-los-pueblos-tzotzil-batsil-winik-otik-y-tzeltal-winik-atel?idiom=es
https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/12595/tzotziles.pdf
2020-04-0356 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 85 - Patrick Iber on Cultural DiplomacyRenata and Dustin spoke with Dr. Patrick Iber about his academic roots, and the origins of his book, Neither Peace Nor Freedom: The Cultural Cold War in Latin America. But our hosts were especially interested in Iber’s extensive record of publishing for popular audiences. They explore the question: what is a public intellectual, anyway?
2020-03-3135 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 84 - La guerrilla en América Latina en los años 60 “globales” con Aldo MarchesiEl historiador uruguayo Aldo Marchesi analiza los procesos guerrilleros de los años 60 en Sudamerica. Aunque cada uno de estos procesos ha recibido algún grado de atención por parte de los historiadores en sus respectivos países, Marchesi rescata el carácter trasnacional de estos movimientos y la emergencia de una identidad colectiva que se fue forjando no solo a partir de la circulación de ideas que viajaban de un país a otro, sino también a partir también de los numerosos exilios de los que fueron objeto estos guerrilleros en las décadas de los sesent...
2020-03-2746 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 83 - Pandemics in Latin America: Then and NowThree historians of epidemic disease - Nicole Pacino, Glen Kuecker, and Carlos Dimas - joined Steven to talk about the history of pandemics in Latin America and the Caribbean and how it can help us understand this particular moment we are living in.
For further information:
Carlos - https://www.unlv.edu/people/carlos-dimas
Glen - https://www.depauw.edu/academics/college-of-liberal-arts/history/faculty-staff/detail/1112592582468/
Nicole - https://www.uah.edu/ahs/departments/history/faculty-staff/nicole-pacino
2020-03-2458 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 82 - Jennifer Adair sobre la vida cotidiana en la Argentina de los 1980En historias 82, la historiadora Jennifer Adair nos presenta su libro *In Search of the Lost Decade: Everyday Rights in Post-Dictatorship Argentina* publicado en enero del 2020. El libro retrata las luchas cotidianas de los ciudadanos argentinos en el periodo de la postdictadura. Adair subraya que las demandas por democracia, además de una dimensión política, albergaban una profunda demanda económica y social.
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520305182/in-search-of-the-lost-decade
2020-03-1330 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 81 - Christoph Rosenmüller on Corruption in Colonial MexicoDustin chatted with Dr. Christoph Rosenmüller about his book, Corruption and Justice in Colonial Mexico, winner of this year's Alfred B. Thomas Book Prize. In addition to diving into colonial Mexican jurisprudence, the two talked about the insights that book offers for the classroom.
2020-03-1033 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 80 - Alvis Dunn. Incoming SECOLAS PresidentDr. Alvis Dunn, SECOLAS' incoming president, joined Steven to talk about his intellectual journey mixed with twenty-five years of bartending. They also discussed his road trip to Guatemala in the 1980s and his vision for the organization.
2020-03-0434 minHistorias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 80 - Alvis Dunn. Incoming SECOLAS PresidentDr. Alvis Dunn, SECOLAS' incoming president, joined Steven to talk about his intellectual journey mixed with twenty-five years of bartending. They also discussed his road trip to Guatemala in the 1980s and his vision for the organization.
2020-03-0434 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 79 - Brenda Elsey on Women in SportThis week we are pleased to welcome Dr. Brenda Elsey onto the program. Dr. Elsey is Associate Professor of History at Hofstra University, and most recently the author of Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019), with Joshua Nadel. Steven spoke with Dr. Elsey about the importance of the history of sport, and especially its intersection with women’s history. The two also talk public scholarship and podcasting. Speaking of which, check out Dr. Elsey’s podcast, Burn it all Down!
2020-02-2729 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 78 - Erika Edwards on the disappearance of African-descent ArgentinesDr. Erika Edwards joined Steven to discuss her new book *Hiding in Plain Sight: Black Women, the Law, and the Making of a White Argentine Republic.* They also discussed the challenges of "life happens" and Dr. Edwards' role as Executive Secretary of the Conference on Latin American History.
2020-02-1935 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 77 – Amy Offner on the Evolution of CapitalismDr. Amy Offner sat down with Lily for an insightful conversation centering on her book, Sorting Out the Mixed Economy: The Rise and Fall of Welfare and Developmental States in the Americas. The two discussed Colombia’s importance as a site of mid-twentieth century capitalist development, and the impact that varieties of capitalism had on a wide range of people – from public and private elites to campesinos. Offner offers a refreshing analysis of the evolution of capitalism over the course of the second half of the twentieth century, contextualizing the ascent of neoliberalism.
2020-02-1539 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 73 – David McKenzie on U.S. Citizens in Nineteenth Century MexicoIn 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.
Originally aired January 22, 2020
2020-02-1533 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 72 – Suzanne Litrel on Dutch BrazilAward-winning educator, novelist, and historian Suzanne Litrel joined Steven to discuss her research on Dutch Brazil and its place in the Portuguese Atlantic and World History. They also discuss her high school teaching career, her decision to write historical fiction, and the challenges of returning to graduate school as a non-traditional student.
Happy listening.
Check out Suzanne’s historical novel series Jackie Tempo.
Originally aired January 16, 2020
2020-02-1547 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 71 – Marysol Quevedo and Elizabeth Schwall on Revolutionary Cuba’s Cultural ProjectsDr. Marysol Quevedo and Dr. Elizabeth Schwall joined Steven to discuss the cultural projects of the Cuban Revolution, arguably its most successful initiative.
In this wide ranging discussion, Marysol and Elizabeth detail the evolution of these art forms from the 1930s through first decades of revolutionary Cuba, highlighting the efforts of Alicia Alonso, Fernando Alonso, Juan Blanco, Leo Bouwer, and Harold Gramatges.
This episode is the last in a series marking the 60th anniversary of the revolution’s triumph.
Originally aired December 19, 2019
2020-02-151h 00
Historias PodcastHistorias 70 – Jenny Lambe and Mike Bustamante on the enduring importance of the Cuban RevolutionDr. Jennifer Lambe and Dr. Michael Bustamante joined Renata Keller to discuss the Cuban Revolution, an increasing appreciation for the plural experiences of revolution, and the continued politicization of writing on it. In this lively conversation, Jenny and Mike also talk about archives and methods and why the Cuban Revolution and its continued study still matter.
2020-02-1556 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 69 – Amelia Frank-Vitale and John Doering-White on Central American MigrationAmelia Frank-Vitale and John Doering-White joined Lily Pearl Balloffet to discuss their research and public engagement on Central American migration.
Originally aired December 4, 2019
2020-02-1554 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 68 – Sarah West and Sarah Williams on the MayaIn the third installment in our occasional series on the Maya, Steven Hyland talked with Dr. Sarah West and Sarah Williams. In their wide-ranging conversation, our guests highlighted the importance of the local, and of socio-cultural constructions, when analyzing anything related to the Maya. From the politics of birthing to Apocalypto, this episode has it all!
Originally aired November 29, 2019
2020-02-151h 11
Historias PodcastHistorias 67 – Marian Schlotterbeck on the Estallido Social and Everyday RevolutionariesThe recent social unrest in Chile, the estallido social, has provided a reckoning for the political order that the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship brought into being. Dr. Marian Schlotterbeck joined Lily Balloffet to talk about the current crisis and her own work on everyday social revolutionaries in Chile. Check out her book, Beyond the Vanguard: Everyday Revolutionaries in Allende’s Chile (University of California Press, 2018).
Originally aired November 20, 2019
2020-02-1533 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 66 – Thomas Field and Carmen Soliz on the Political Crisis in BoliviaDrs. Thomas Field and Carmen Soliz walk Steven Hyland and Dustin Walcher through the unfolding political crisis in Bolivia.
Originally aired November 13, 2019
2020-02-1550 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 65 – Khristin Landry Montes and Paula Karger on the MayaDr. 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 sociopolitical organization and trade prior to the arrival of the Spanish and into the colonial era.
Originally aired November 7, 2019
2020-02-151h 05
Historias PodcastHistorias 64 – Mark Healey and Ernesto Semán on Argentina’s presidential electionDrs. Mark Healey and Ernesto Semán joined Steven to discuss this past Sunday’s presidential and gubernatorial elections in Argentina. The discussion features a deep dive on the evolution of political culture over the past four decades and the emergence of a consolidated, radicalized center-right political movement.
Originally aired October 31, 2019
2020-02-151h 01
Historias PodcastHistorias 63 – Thomas Field on the Bolivian presidential electionDr. Thomas Field Jr., an associate professor of Global Security and Intelligence at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, joined Renata to discuss this past Sunday’s presidential election.
Originally aired October 23, 2019
2020-02-1538 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 62 – Javier Pabón on Ecuadorian literatureDr. Javier Pabón of Methodist University joined Steven to talk about his scholarship and about filmmaking. They also chatted about membership in national communities for diverse groups of people. As an added bonus, Dr. Pabón read us some poetry.
2020-02-1540 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 61 – Casey Lurtz on building a coffee export economy in ChiapasDr. Casey Lurtz of Johns Hopkins University joined Jackie and Carlos to talk about her book From the Grounds Up: Building an Export Economy in Southern Mexico.
Originally aired October 9, 2019
2020-02-151h 01
Historias PodcastHistorias 60 – Corinna Zeltsman on print culture in nineteenth century MexicoDr. Corinna Zeltsman of Georgia Southern University talked with Jackie Sumner about print culture in nineteenth century Mexico, the joys of teaching, paths for graduate students, and paper.
Originally aired October 2, 2019
2020-02-1541 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 59 – Alan McPherson on The Ghosts of Sheridan CircleDr. Alan McPherson of Temple University sat down with Dustin Walcher to discuss his career working in U.S.-Latin American relations, and his new book, Ghosts of Sheridan Circle: How a Washington Assassination Brought Pinochet’s Terror State to Justice. They chatted about anti-Americanism, nationalism, archives, and historical detective work.
Originally aired September 25, 2019
2020-02-1527 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 58 – Elena Schneider on the occupation of HavanaDr. 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 Murdo J. Macleod Book Prize from the Latin American & Caribbean Section (LACS) of the Southern Historical Association.
Originally aired September 11, 2019
2020-02-1547 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 57 – Jayson Porter on ecology, agricultural sciences, and maps in Revolutionary MexicoJayson 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.
Originally aired September 4, 2019
2020-02-1535 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 56 – Francesca Lessa on Operation Condor, accountability, and justiceDr. Francesca Lessa, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Latin American Centre at the University of Oxford, joined Steven to talk about Operation Condor and the pursuit of justice and accountability for the states and actors responsible for transnational human rights crimes in the 1970s.
See Francesca’s recent article in the Journal of Latin American Studies – “Operation Condor on Trial: Justice for Transnational Human Rights Crimes in South America“
See also her 2011 monograph Memory and Transitional Justice in Argentina and Uruguay: Against Impunity
2020-02-151h 01
Historias PodcastHistorias 55 – Lina Del Castillo on inventing colonial legacies in republican Colombia“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 monarchies and empires.
Renata caught up with Lina to explore it further.
Originally aired June 26, 2019
2020-02-1544 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 54 – Erin Beck on the Guatemalan electionsDr. Erin Beck, an associate professor of political science at the University of Oregon and an award-winning author, spoke with Steven about the recent general election in Guatemala.
She is the author of How Development Projects Persist: Everyday Negotiations with Guatemalan NGOs (Duke University Press, 2017)
Originally aired June 19, 2019
2020-02-1547 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 53 – Rita Palacios and Paul Worley on Mayan cultural productionDrs. Rita Palacios and Paul Worley joined Steven to discuss their new book entitled Unwriting Maya Literature: Ts’íib as Recorded Knowledge.
This episode is the first in an occasional series on the Maya.
Originally aired June 13, 2019
2020-02-1559 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 52 – Stephen Neufeld on the Porfirian Military and Mexican ModernityDr. Stephen Neufeld joined Renata and Steven to discuss his award-winning book The Blood Contingent: The Military and the Making of Modern Mexico.
Originally aired June 5, 2019
2020-02-1539 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 51 – Marixa Lasso on erased histories and the Panama CanalDr. Marixa Lasso of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia joined Steven to discuss her new book Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal.
Originally aired May 29, 2019
2020-02-1536 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 49 - Slavery in Latin AmericaIn this state of the field episode, Matt Childs, Elena Schneider, and Alex Wisnoski joined Steven to discuss the history of slavery in Latin American and Caribbean societies.
2020-02-151h 09
Historias PodcastHistorias 48 – Orlando Perez on elections in PanamaDr. Orlando Perez of Millersville University joined Steven to discuss the results and consequences of Sunday’s legislative and presidential elections in Panama.
Originally aired May 7, 2019
2020-02-1558 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 47 – Donna Guy. Luminaries series.In the latest installment of our Luminaries series, Dr. Donna Guy, Professor Emeritus from both the Ohio State University and the University of Arizona, joined Steven and Dustin for a wide-ranging conversation. They discussed her career, her scholarship, the challenges that women have faced in academia, and the importance of mentorship and peer connections in the profession.
Originally aired April 30, 2019
2020-02-151h 12
Historias PodcastHistorias 46 – Alison Bruey. 2019 Thomas Book Award winnerDr. Alison Bruey, an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of North Florida, joined Steven to discuss her book Bread, Justice, and Liberty: Grassroots Activism and Human Rights in Pinochet’s Chile, published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 2018, which won the 2019 Alfred B. Thomas Book Award.
The Thomas Book Award is given annually for the best book on a Latin American subject published by a SECOLAS member.
Originally aired April 23, 2019
2020-02-1543 minHistorias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 46 – Alison Bruey. 2019 Thomas Book Award winnerDr. Alison Bruey, an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of North Florida, joined Steven to discuss her book Bread, Justice, and Liberty: Grassroots Activism and Human Rights in Pinochet’s Chile, published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 2018, which won the 2019 Alfred B. Thomas Book Award.
The Thomas Book Award is given annually for the best book on a Latin American subject published by a SECOLAS member.
Originally aired April 23, 2019
2020-02-1543 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 45 – Lily Balloffet. 2019 Sturgis Leavitt winner.Dr. Lily Balloffet joined Steven to discuss her article entitled “Argentine and Egyptian History Entangled: From Perón to Nasser,” which won the 2019 Sturgis Leavitt Award for Best Article from SECOLAS.
Originally aired April 15, 2019
2020-02-1527 minHistorias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 45 – Lily Balloffet. 2019 Sturgis Leavitt winner.Dr. Lily Balloffet joined Steven to discuss her article entitled “Argentine and Egyptian History Entangled: From Perón to Nasser,” which won the 2019 Sturgis Leavitt Award for Best Article from SECOLAS.
Originally aired April 15, 2019
2020-02-1527 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 44 – Renata Keller on an inter-American history of the Cuban Missile CrisisDr. Renata Keller joined Dustin and Steven to discuss her research on the Latin American response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Originally aired April 8, 2019
2020-02-1534 minHistorias PodcastHistorias 43 – Reginald Bess, SECOLAS’ incoming presidentDr. Reginald Bess, the incoming President of SECOLAS, spoke with Steven about his lifelong love for languages and the humanities and his dedication to teaching at HBCUs. They also discuss the enduring importance of language study for young Americans and what universities can do to innovate language programs.
Originally aired March 26, 2019
2020-02-1526 minHistorias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 43 – Reginald Bess, SECOLAS’ incoming presidentDr. Reginald Bess, the incoming President of SECOLAS, spoke with Steven about his lifelong love for languages and the humanities and his dedication to teaching at HBCUs. They also discuss the enduring importance of language study for young Americans and what universities can do to innovate language programs.
Originally aired March 26, 2019
2020-02-1526 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 42 – Mark Healey. Environmental Series: Water Politics in Western ArgentinaDr. Mark Healey, associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Connecticut, spoke with Carlos about his research on the environment and governance in the Argentine Andes. They also talk wine, earthquakes, drum machines, concrete and a host of other things.
Originally aired March 18, 2019
2020-02-1547 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 41 – Jane Mangan on 3-D printing and material culture in colonial PeruDr. Jane Mangan, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor of History and Latin American Studies at Davidson College, spoke with Steven about her research on non-elite women in Potosí and her work on how ideas of familial obligations crisscrossed the Atlantic in the colonial era. They also discuss her use of 3-D printing to bring to life material culture for her students.
Originally aired March 11, 2019
2020-02-1537 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 40 – Aaron Coy Moulton on Right-Wing Caribbean DictatorsDr. Aaron Coy Moulton of Stephen F. Austin State University sat down with Steven and Dustin to talk about the activities of right-wing dictators in the Caribbean basin during the 1950s and 1960s. They also chatted about archives and the importance of serendipity in academic careers.
2020-02-1544 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 39 – Michelle Chase and Devyn Spence Benson on the Cuban RevolutionIn this ‘State of the Field’ edition, Dr. Michelle Chase and Dr. Devyn Spence Benson spoke with Dustin and Steven about the historiography and current status of scholarship on the Cuban Revolution.
The conversation explores the evolution of the scholarship of Cuban Revolution 60 years on and how many scholars today are less interested in the leadership. Instead, researchers are increasingly interested in how the revolutionary period has been experienced by ordinary Cubans.
Originally aired February 25, 2019
2020-02-1557 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 38 – Luis Herrán Ávila and Randal Sheppard on AMLOSteven spoke with historians Luis Herrán Ávila and Randal Sheppard about the history of revolutionary nationalism in Mexico, its enduring place in political life, and its importance to AMLO. Luis and Randal also discuss the immediate challenges facing the Mexican president, including huachicoleo, insecurity, impunity, and Mexico’s relationship with the United States.
Originally aired February 18, 2019
2020-02-151h 09
Historias PodcastHistorias 37 – James Mestaz. Environmental Series: Water in Revolutionary MexicoJames Mestaz, a post-doctoral fellow at Claremont-McKenna College, joined Carlos to discuss his research on water, the indigenous Mayo communities in northwestern Mexico, and revolutionary state between the 1920s and 1970s.
Originally aired February 11, 2019
2020-02-1530 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 36 – Mike Allison on the elections in El SalvadorIn this episode, professor of political science Michael Allison discusses the February 3, 2019 presidential election in El Salvador. With Nayib Bukele from the GANA party emerging as the victor, Bukele is the first candidate since the end of the Civil War not from the two dominant political parties. Allison offers what this election means for not only El Salvador and Latin America, but the Americas as a whole.
Originally aired February 6, 2019
2020-02-1529 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 35 – Bianca PremoCarlos 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, slavery and ethnohistory.
Her original regional expertise was in the colonial Andes and Lima, Peru, but in recent years Dr. Premo has explored the history of Mexico City, Oaxaca, and the rural region around the city of Toledo.
Current research projects are bringing her back to Lima and...
2020-02-1541 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 33 – Lyman Johnson. Luminaries series.In the inaugural episode of our Luminaries series, Steven spoke with Dr. Lyman Johnson, professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Lyman’s impact on Latin American history is broad and deep. Along with Mark Burkholder, he is author of Colonial Latin America and is the founding editor of the Diálogos series from the University of New Mexico Press.
Lyman’s research agenda has earned him three NEH awards and three Fulbrights. His Workshop of Revolution: Plebeian Buenos Aires and the Atlantic World, 1776–1810 is the culmination of decades of research on the lives of non-eli...
2020-02-1551 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 32 – Micah Oelze on cultural politics in 1930s BrazilDr. Micah Oelze joined Steven to discuss his research on the politics of urban planning in 1940s Colombia, his current book project on cultural politics in 1930s Brazil, and how his embrace of technology has influenced his pedagogy.
Originally aired December 4, 2018
2020-02-1542 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 31 – Christina Bueno on the politics of archaeology in MexicoDr. Christina Bueno, an associate professor in the department of history at Northeastern Illinois University, joined Steven to discuss her award-winning book, The Pursuit of Ruins: Archaeology, History, and the Making of Modern Mexico, which was published by University of New Mexico Press in 2016.
Originally aired November 26, 2018
2020-02-1524 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 30 – Raul Pacheco-Vega. Environmental Series: WaterDr. Raul Pacheco-Vega joined Carlos and Dustin to discuss his research on water, waste, resource management, and the importance of research having a positive impact on communities, especially its most marginal members. They also discuss his use of social media to offer mentorship and guidance for graduate students and early career academics.
2020-02-1434 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 29 – Eunice Rojas on Argentine insane asylums and protest music in ChileDr. Eunice Rojas, an associate professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Furman University, joined Steven to discuss her work on Argentine authors’ use of madness and the insane asylum. She also talks about her current project on protest music in Chile and the opportunities and tough choices in making a mid-career move.
Originally aired November 13, 2018
2020-02-1437 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 28 – Tanya Harmer and Renata Keller on Latin America’s Cold WarIn 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.
Originally aired November 5, 2018
2020-02-1440 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 27 – Colin Snider, Courtney Campbell & Gray Kidd on Brazilian democracyColin Snider, Courtney Campbell, and Gray Kidd joined Steven to discuss yesterday’s runoff presidential election in Brazil. They discuss the evolution of democracy, the importance of regional history, and what may lay ahead.
Originally aired October 29, 2018
2020-02-141h 05Historias PodcastHistorias 26 – Javier Puente. Environmental Series: ClimateDr. Javier Puente sits down to chat with Carlos for the first episode of The Environmental Series. They discuss Environmental History and Historical Climatology, the importance of being interdisciplinary, future work, and current events in Peru.
Originally aired October 22, 2018
2020-02-1442 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 25 – Abbey Steele on democracy and displacement in Colombia’s civil warDr. Abbey Steele joined Dave and Steven to discuss her book Democracy and Displacement in Colombia’s Civil War, published in 2017 by Cornell University Press. In this important work, Abbey explores the idea of collective violence, in which a particular group of people – not based on race or ethnicity – are targeted in an attempt to cleanse them from an area. The Colombian example is a cautionary tale of the unintended consequences of an earnest attempt to transition to democracy after the end of violent civil conflict.
Be sure to check out the extra time conversation with Abbey as she talks social...
2020-02-1449 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 24 – Amy Erica Smith on Brazil’s presidential and congressional electionsYesterday, Sunday, October 7, 2018, well over 100 million Brazilians cast their votes in presidential and congressional elections, with a sizable number voting en blanco or destroying their ballots. Of the presidential aspirants, the top two vote-getters were Congressman Jair Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal Party and former education minister and Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad of the Workers Party. Bolsonaro’s rise also led to an impressive display for his party in the congressional elections, earning a projected 51 seats in the lower Chamber of Deputies. Previously, his party had fewer than 10 seats.
Dr. Amy Erica Smith, an associate professor of political science at...
2020-02-1442 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 23 – Miguel Tinker Salas on the crisis in VenezuelaDr. Miguel Tinker Salas of Pomona College joined Dustin and Steven to discuss the various problems afflicting Venezuela today. Tinker Salas reminds us that to fully understand the economic, political, and humanitarian crises, one must understand the historical evolution of the oil industry, the myth of the país privilegiado, and such state institutions as the military.
Notum bonum: There’s a special treat for this episode’s intro and outro music, which features the song Tierra sin culpa by Ali Primera (source: archive.org). Our thanks to Miguel for the suggestion.
2020-02-1432 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 22 – Martin Nesvig on the daily making and unmaking of empire in the AmericasCard sharks. Bigamists. Kidnappers. Brawlers. Drunks. Imposters. Assassins for hire. These are the people that played critical roles in the establishment of imperial Spanish rule in the 16th century Americas.
Dr. Martin Nesvig of the University of Miami spoke with Steven about his new book Promiscuous Power: An Unorthodox History of New Spain and the everyday practices of making and unmaking of empire.
Be sure to check out the extra time conversation with Martin.
2020-02-1433 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 21 – Lisa Munro on pernicious stereotypes in Guatemala and life #withaPhDDr. Lisa Munro spoke with Carlos about her research on the emergence of negative stereotypes of indigenous populations in Guatemala in the 1930s. They also discuss life #withaPhD, building community through social media, and her work leading writing workshops aimed at helping scholars and authors achieve their writing and publishing goals.
2020-02-1436 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 20 – Charly St-Georges on the cultural lens of horror films in Latin America and SpainDr. Charles St-Georges of Denison University sat down with Dave McLaughlin to discuss his recent book Haunted Families and Temporal Normativity in Hispanic Horror Films – Troubling Timelines and its exploration of “three recent horror films from the Spanish-speaking world that, rather than explicitly referencing recent political violence, speak to the societal conditions and everyday normative violence that serve as preconditions for political violence.” They also discuss writing strategies, audience, and what’s next on Charly’s research agenda.
Originally aired September 10, 2018
2020-02-1328 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 19 – Juan José Ponce-Vázquez on smuggling in the 17th century Spanish CaribbeanDr. Juan José Ponce-Vázquez joined Carlos and Steven to discuss his research on smuggling in the 17th century Spanish Caribbean. They also discuss writing strategies for finishing the first book, the value of social media, work-life balance, and what lay on Juanjo’s research horizon.
Originally September 4, 2018
2020-02-1345 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 18 – Erika Edwards, Jackie Sumner and Dave McLaughlin on work-life balanceHistorias is back!
In this episode, Drs. Erika Edwards, Jackie Sumner, and Dave McLaughlin join Steven to discuss such challenges of academia for junior faculty as experiencing the pressures of insecure employment, navigating tenure requirements, and building lives off campus.
Originally aired August 27, 2018
2020-02-1337 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 17 – Jürgen Buchenau on AMLO and the Mexican Presidential ElectionDr. Jürgen Buchenau joined Steven at the Cervecería Untertürkheim in Buenos Aires to discuss the convincing victory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Sunday’s Mexican presidential election. Jürgen also talks AMLO’s roots, his course as a politician over the past quarter century, and what his presidency may mean for Mexico and its future.
Originally aired July 6, 2018
2020-02-1329 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 16 – Tim Rogers and Steven Bunker on turmoil in NicaraguaSince mid-April, Nicaragua has been in the midst of a severe and sustained political crisis that also features intense political violence. Various sectors of civil society are now in dialogue with the government of Daniel Ortega in search of a path to diminish the violence and return to democratic rule.
Tim Rogers, Latin America editor for Fusion, speaks with Steven Hyland to unpack what is going on and why.
In an extra time conversation, Steven also talks to Steven Bunker, associate professor of history at the University of Alabama and SECOLAS member who is currently in Nicaragua, about what he...
2020-02-1352 minHistorias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 16 – Tim Rogers and Steven Bunker on turmoil in NicaraguaSince mid-April, Nicaragua has been in the midst of a severe and sustained political crisis that also features intense political violence. Various sectors of civil society are now in dialogue with the government of Daniel Ortega in search of a path to diminish the violence and return to democratic rule.
Tim Rogers, Latin America editor for Fusion, speaks with Steven Hyland to unpack what is going on and why.
In an extra time conversation, Steven also talks to Steven Bunker, associate professor of history at the University of Alabama and SECOLAS member who is currently in Nicaragua, about what he...
2020-02-1352 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 15 – Steven Taylor on Colombia’s runoff presidential electionHOT TAKE!
In this hot take edition of Historias, Dr. Steven Taylor of Troy University talks with Steven to unpack Ivan Duque’s win in Colombia’s presidential runoff election this past Sunday. They also talk about its impact on the peace process and the challenge of the humanitarian crisis and political instability in Venezuela.
Originally aired June 19, 2018.
2020-02-1325 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 14 – Mauricio Espinoza on superheroes and Latinx social realities in the U.S.What do heroes and superheroes tell us about Latino and Latina social reality, identity, and belonging in the United States?
Dr. Mauricio Espinoza joined Dave McLaughlin to discuss how the figures of the Latino and Latina hero and superhero are used within multiple genres (film, graphic novel, Netflix, etc) to trouble notions of legality and illegality within the U.S. imaginary. Mauricio’s current book project discusses the process and offers vignettes from his research that illuminate how Latina and Latino identities have often been erased or downplayed at the expense of highlighting other characteristics that perpetuate certain myths about wh...
2020-02-1337 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 8 - Gregory Weeks on Soft Power in Latin AmericaWhat might the rise of Miguel Díaz-Canel to the Cuban presidency mean for Cuban-U.S. relations and for Cuba itself?
In this Historias hot take edition complete with a B side, Dr. Gregory Weeks speaks with Carlos and Steven about the uses of soft and hard power, the transition in Cuba, and how none of us should try to predict the future.
On the B-side, Greg discusses SECOLAS’ peer-reviewed journal The Latin Americanist and Steven learns about Peruvian ants.
Originally published on April 23, 2018
2020-02-1337 minHistorias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 8 - Gregory Weeks on Soft Power in Latin AmericaWhat might the rise of Miguel Díaz-Canel to the Cuban presidency mean for Cuban-U.S. relations and for Cuba itself?
In this Historias hot take edition complete with a B side, Dr. Gregory Weeks speaks with Carlos and Steven about the uses of soft and hard power, the transition in Cuba, and how none of us should try to predict the future.
On the B-side, Greg discusses SECOLAS’ peer-reviewed journal The Latin Americanist and Steven learns about Peruvian ants.
Originally published on April 23, 2018
2020-02-1337 min
Historias PodcastHistorias 7 - Jaclyn Sumner on the lone indigenous governor in Mexico's PorfiriatoWhat explains the endurance of Porfirio Díaz’s rule from 1876 to 1910 in Mexico?
Dr. Jaclyn Sumner joins Carlos and Steven to discuss her research on the Porfiriato and how Tlaxcala’s indigenous governor Próspero Cahuantzi (r. 1885-1911) provides important clues to its longevity. As SECOLAS’ current president, she also describes her goals for the organization and why Latin Americanists of all stripes should join us in Oaxaca next March.
Originally published on April 16, 2018.
2020-02-1335 minHistorias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 7 - Jaclyn Sumner on the lone indigenous governor in Mexico's PorfiriatoWhat explains the endurance of Porfirio Díaz’s rule from 1876 to 1910 in Mexico?
Dr. Jaclyn Sumner joins Carlos and Steven to discuss her research on the Porfiriato and how Tlaxcala’s indigenous governor Próspero Cahuantzi (r. 1885-1911) provides important clues to its longevity. As SECOLAS’ current president, she also describes her goals for the organization and why Latin Americanists of all stripes should join us in Oaxaca next March.
Originally published on April 16, 2018.
2020-02-1335 minHistorias PodcastHistorias 1 - Jürgen Buchenau and Gregory CriderIn the inaugural edition of Historias – the SECOLAS podcast, Steven Hyland sits down with Jürgen Buchenau and Gregory Crider, co-editors of the Annals edition of The Latin Americanist, to discuss their experiences with Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies and the organization’s importance for graduate students and professionals.
Originally published on March 6, 2018
2018-03-0624 minHistorias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 1 - Jürgen Buchenau and Gregory CriderIn the inaugural edition of Historias – the SECOLAS podcast, Steven Hyland sits down with Jürgen Buchenau and Gregory Crider, co-editors of the Annals edition of The Latin Americanist, to discuss their experiences with Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies and the organization’s importance for graduate students and professionals.
Originally published on March 6, 2018
2018-03-0624 min