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In the newest HAHR, @mbowensilva.bsky.social examines the emergence of transparency as a communication ideal among Chilean elites during the crisis of the Spanish Empire by focusing on long-distance networks and manuscript correspondence. doi.org/10.1215/0018...

What is the best book on social history you have ever read?

Wandering books in the global Enlightenment: The life of an eighteenth-century library that crisscrossed the Atlantic This study examines the “life” of an eighteenth-century private library that migrated from Spain to New Spain in 1765 and returned, greatly reduced, back to Europe in 1772. The collection’s owner w...

My #AtlanticStudies article “Wandering books in the global Enlightenment: The life of an 18th-c library that crisscrossed the Atlantic” 📚 🌎 won the Williamson Award 🏆 for Best Social Research given by @lehighu.bsky.social (DM for a copy) #bookhistory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Doing research at the Lilly Library has been an amazing experience! So glad I had the chance to be selected as a Mendel Visiting Fellow

Happy to share my forthcoming article in the Hispanic American Historical Review.
Into revolutions, emotions, and global connections? Have a look.
The advance version is available open access here: read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article...

I had a great time at SECOLAS!

Cover of The New Kingdom of Granada: The Making and Unmaking of Spain's Atlantic Empire by Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez. The cover features patterns from ancient Muisican (pre-Colombian) art, now displayed in the British Museum. The background is a dark red and black pattern featuring geometric shapes, circular motifs, and stylized figures. The title is displayed in large, bold, yellow capital letters, and the author's name appears in smaller white text at the bottom.

"The New Kingdom of Granada," by Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez tells the history of the making and unmaking of empire in the diverse and decentralized Indigenous landscapes of the Northern Andes. Read the intro for free on our website! #LatinAmericanStudies #History
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My review of Mireya Salgados’ interesting book on indigenous politics andrebellion in Riobamba and Otavalo has just been published in Fronteras de la Historia

Interested in studying and researching the Latine/a/o, Caribbean, or Latin American world? Apply for an MA in El Instituto: Institute of Latino/a, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies in the University of Connecticut.

Interested in studying and researching the Latine/a/o, Caribbean, or Latin American world? Apply for an MA in El Instituto: Institute of Latino/a, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies in the University of Connecticut!

These are some of the books so far…

What readings would you include if you were to make a list for comprehensive exams on subaltern intellectual history? It could be any time period and region.

The Coming of the Kingdom Cambridge Core - Latin American Studies - The Coming of the Kingdom

I’m delighted to announce that my new book, The Coming of the Kingdom: the Muisca, Catholic Reform, and Spanish Colonialism in the New Kingdom of Granada has just come out in open access digital form (hardcover to follow shortly). It is free to download and read at the link below. 1/5