Contra-archivos de la memoria colonial:
Me gustaría armar un panel para LASA Africa2026 (Dakar 4–7 nov.) sobre archivo, memoria y continuidades de la esclavitud (cine, cultura visual, literatura).
Si te interesa, mándame un mensaje. El deadline es el 7 de mayo.
africa.lasaweb.org/es/
The new teaching resource from @historians.org on the global history of authoritarianism features three modules crafted by historians of Latin America. www.historians.org/news-publica...
April 23,
Book cover shows an alleyway in a Rio favela, the black and white photo has been given a bluish tinge; my name is upper left, the title of the book "Poverty of the Imagination" is at lower left and at right, in reddish text is the subtitle "The Cold War and the Social Science of Development in Latin America"
Your humble servant has a written a book about the social science of poverty in Cold War Latin America and the contexts that shaped its creation, from international sources like the Ford Foundation to dictatorships across the region. The book is in production and will be ready at the end of 2026
Our new special section in the Journal of Urban History is now online—
Capital Cities of Latin America: New Approaches and Scales: journals.sagepub.com/toc/juha/52/...
Many thanks to editors Ernie Capello & Josh Savala & the authors for fascinating discussions about urban plans and imaginaries.
Image shows Cristero soldiers with a Mexican flag that has the Virgin of Guadalupe instead of the national crest.
1/ We are in the 100-year commemoration of the Cristero War (1926-29), the first in a series of regional religious wars in Mexico between the revolutionary state and Catholics. It matters for US history. Why? @skystorians of US Hist and others like @tlecaque.bsky.social who follow radical ...
The Suburban Crisis: White America and the War on Drugs by Matthew D. Lassiter
Now in #paperback, The Suburban Crisis by Matthew D. Lassiter reveals how the drug war transformed American political culture.
Find it here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#History
The Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan is marking its 90th anniversary! We are planning a year of celebration and reflection that highlights the history, vitality, and promise of American and ethnic studies at Michigan. lsa.umich.edu/ac/news-even...
The social and class violence of the United States in combination with failed #publichealth (plus a good dose of greed) drives the import of narcotics and export of weapons that harms #méxico. Killing El Mencho is meaningless if the US can't get its house in order.
Front page NYT book review today!
Hey colonial Latin Americanists, anyone putting together a panel proposal for AHA in NOLA next year? I would love to join!
Some more Latin Americanist fun. Great to see @mapicone.bsky.social 's fabulous work at the Exhibition Hall. And here with Kari Zimmerman, co-author-- with @sharikadcrawford.bsky.social--of Understanding and Teaching Latin America. Check it out at the U-Wisc booth! @clahistorians.bsky.social #AHA26
I’d love to be added as well! Thanks y saludos!
It's alive! My book now has a webpage on the University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social website: www.ucpress.edu/books/in-the... Will be available open access in April 2025!
This is amazing! Congratulations, James! Can’t wait to read it.
I'd like to be added! Thanks!
many thanks!
Hi! Can I get tagged too?
Yo también! 👋🏽
I’m putting together an Iberian & Latin American Studies (literature, film, and history) Starter Pack for those of us migrating from the other site. I’ll be updating the list as more join!
go.bsky.app/FQXc4sg
I have just set up a starter pack for Latin Americanists. Please share it widely so we can develop a larger community of researchers engaged in Latin American Studies from a broad interdisciplinary perspective. Thanks go.bsky.app/UjzLMBx
