Join us today for a presentation by Manuel Silva-Ferrer & Luis Miguel Isava of the new volume "Paisajes del subsuelo" to learn more about petromodernity and how oil has shaped Venezuela's cultural imaginaries.
📍 andenbuch (Bergmannstr. 59, 10961 Berlin)
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📖[Book Review] in Tapuya Vol. 8
Isabella Jaimes Rodríguez commends how Lina Pinto-García’s ( @linapintogarcia.bsky.social) Maraña reframes leishmaniasis as more-than-human war violence in Colombia, [1/2]
Explore the architectural history of Mexico—with a focus on Central Mexico, especially Tenochtitlan/Mexico City—in advance of the @sah1365.bsky.social conference in Mexico City. www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/j...
🎧 [Editor’s Picks]
¿Por qué la CDMX es tan vulnerable a las inundaciones? El podcast Históricas (IIH, UNAM) explora siglos de conflicto entre la ciudad y el agua en su episodio “Ciudad seca, ciudad inundada”. ¡Imperdible!🛶
🔗tapuya.org/resources-2/editors-picks/
#Historia #CDMX #Podcast #Agua
We've reached the finish line of #ASEH2026! Last chance to drop by our table and check out our latest Environmental Studies books. Our ASEH website and your chance to save 40% will be up for a few weeks: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
Thanks to @aseh.bsky.social for another great conference!
Applications open for the Summer School on Space and Time at the John Bell Institute in Croatia.
easychair.org/cfp/JBI-2026
www.johnbellinstitute.org
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The recording of our #envhum Spotlight on "Multispecies Connections" is now available for viewing at www.asle.org/stay-informe...
Now available for preorder (publishes in June 2026):
Unsettling Extinction, edited by Roman Bartosch, Ursula Heise & Kate Rigby
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/unsettlin...
I have an article in this called "Extinction as Cultural Heritage"
“Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin’s graphic novel takes a highly entertaining and informative journey through a largely unknown slice of New Mexican and Jewish history. . . . El Iluminado reads a bit like a crypto-Jewish DaVinci Code. . . . A reminder of the human longing that often drives those who search for their true religious and cultural identities.”—Los Angeles Times
NEW! In their graphic novel El Iluminado, Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin present a secret history of religion in the Americas, showing how thousands of European refugees have left a trail of ghostly footprints—and troves of mysteries—across the American Southwest. #JewishHistory
In the season 4 premiere of Writing Latinos, @jazmineulloa.bsky.social talks with @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social about El Paso—her hometown and the subject of her new book.
Antonio Candido is known as Brazil's foremost literary critic of the 20th century. But he started his career as a sociologist. In this new article, I argue his sociological work, despite its progressive politics, relied on conservative social structures and reproduced to some extent their worldview.
I'll be talking at this event tomorrow at 11am CT. Excited to hear more from the other authors!
This #WomensHistoryMonth, we recommend "Contemporary Global Thinking from Latin American Women" by Aurea Mota, Laura Fólica & Diana Roig-Sanz on global feminist thought from Latin American & Caribbean women scholars. #DGBWomen @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
🔗 📖: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Interrogating the Future of Puerto Rican Studies edited by Aurora Santiago Ortiz and Jorell A. Meléndez-Badillo. The cover is a rainbow gradient with navy blue at the top and red at the bottom. The title is written in a bold sans serif white text in all caps with “Puerto Rican Studies” written larger. Centered on the text is a cut out in the shape of Puerto Rica revealing the background gradient. The editors' names are below in white.
"Interrogating the Future of Puerto Rican Studies," edited by Aurora Santiago Ortiz and @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social, examines the disciplinary and epistemic transformations that have given way to new understandings of the field of Puerto Rican studies. Read the intro fro free now: buff.ly/iInTccO
Book launch very soon! Join us🪴
PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN LATIN AMERICAN CULTURAL PRODUCTION VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH Thursday, February 26, 5:15-6:15 pm ET Initial Remarks and Moderator: Oscar A. Pérez (Skidmore College) Presenters: Mauricio Espinoza (U of Cincinnati) Brian T. Chandler (UNC Wilmington) Kate Ostrom (U of Michigan) Víctor Sierra Matute (Baruch College, CUNY) Response by Ilka Kressner (SUNY Albany) Register here: https://tinyurl.com/planlat Friday, March 13, 12-1 pm ET Initial Remarks and Moderator: Cristina E. Pardo Porto (Syracuse U) Presenters: Beatriz Rivera-Barnes (Penn State U) Pilar Consuelo Espitia Durán (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana) Thomaz Amancio (U of Chicago) Micah McKay (U of Alabama) Response by Carolyn Fornoff (Cornell U) Register here: https://tinyurl.com/planlat2
Join us on 02/26 or 03/13 for a virtual book launch of ‘Plants and Animals in Latin American Cultural Production.’ Learn about the project and its contribution to #LatinAmericanStudies, #AnimalStudies, #PlantStudies, and the #EnvironmentalHumanites from the authors, editors, and guest scholars.
📅 On Monday 9 February 5–6pm we are delighted to be hearing from
@drhick.bsky.social about 'Air, Weather and Multispecies Encounters in the British Tuberculosis Sanatoria'.
This is a free, online event. More info and book 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/intersecti...
what do we talk about when we talk about energy? my answer features (among many others) adorno, bogdanov, and the austrian communist wilhelm frank, who experimented with national exergy balances in the 1950s. out april 2026.
🐎¡Nueva entrada en [LAT-STS Library]!
"Repartir el agua de la Revolución" de Mikael Wolfe revela la historia ambiental de la reforma agraria en México y su impacto en las desigualdades rurales.💧
🔗Acceso abierto en tapuya.org/category/lat-sts-library/
#HistoriaAmbiental #México #ReformaAgraria
Image for a webinar titled "Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Real-World Importance of Open Access Today," scheduled for January 29, 10.30am Pacific Time | 1.30pm Eastern Time 6.30pm GMT | 7.30pm CET. Features headshots of four speakers. Hosted by OASPA, the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association.
Why does #openaccess matter and what’s at stake if scholarship isn’t publicly available? This Thursday, 1/29, ACLS President Joy Connolly will participate in an @oaspa.bsky.social webinar to discuss the importance of #OA beyond academia.
Register: bit.ly/4benLQe
Full info & bios: bit.ly/4aBRXnU
PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN LATIN AMERICAN CULTURAL PRODUCTION, edited by Cristina E. Pardo Porto and Oscar A. Pérez, explores the relationships between plants, animals, and humans across various countries and historical periods and through a wide range of cultural production. #UFPress
Roberto Mendoza-Farías (@rmf.bsky.social) maps spectral spaces in two works of Fernanda Melchor in “Una mirada al abismo: Espacio espectral y la producción social de violencia de género en la obra de Fernanda Melchor.”
Link below.
🎨 Detail from Hurricane Season published by New Directions
The book cover for the new book by Suzanne M. Litrel, The Battle for Brazil, Resistance, Renewal, and the War Against the Dutch, 1580–1654, and a review of the book: “In a refreshing new take on Portuguese Brazil, Suzanne Litrel shows how disadvantaged groups seized opportunities to assert themselves in the long war with the Dutch. Her book not only details the role of Indigenous and Black men but also reveals the impact of women of all backgrounds as strong-willed patriots and valiant combatants.” ~Wim Klooster, author of Revolutions in the Atlantic World: A Comparative History
NEW! The Battle for Brazil, by Susanne M. Litrel, is an examination of a crucial turning point in the colonial history of Brazil and especially the enduring consequences of local and trans-Atlantic resistance to Dutch colonialism.
www.unmpress.com/978082636904...
MLA is over, but you can still still visit our books online and take 30% off at z.umn.edu/mla26 #MLA26
Environment and History Vol. 32, no. 1 is out now! This issue includes new research articles, snapshots, book reviews, and the @eseh.bsky.social notepad. Subscribers can read here liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/32/1 🗃️ #envhist
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#MLA2026 ends today but our conference discount lasts through February 23! Save 40% on all books and journal issues when you use code MLA26 at checkout on our website or that of our UK partner, CAP. #Literature #LiteraryStudies buff.ly/fi06u5w
Cover: Title in capital letters in white and yellow arranged as a stacked set of descending stairs against a green background.
Don’t miss Eric A. Vázquez’s States of Defeat at MLA! Read about the cultural reverberations of Central America’s failed revolutions on US intellectual thought #MLA26
563 - Thinking with Plants and Animals through Latin American Texts Saturday, 10 January 2026 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM MTCC - 602B Description Panelists explore the intersection of critical plant studies and critical animal studies in Latin American cultural production, reconsidering the ethics, agency, and representation of nonhuman life by examining literature, film, and visual arts from the region. Discussion focuses on how plants and animals shape multispecies narratives, challenging human-centered frameworks in the humanities.
Plants and Animals in Latin American Cultural Production Edited by Cristina E. Pardo Porto and Oscar A. Pérez Published by: University of Florida Press
Join us Saturday, 01/10, to talk about plants and animals in Latin America. @vanesamiseres.bsky.social, Jonathan Mulki, Kate Ostrom, Niall Peach, Beatriz Rivera-Barnes, @sierramatute.bsky.social, and I will share perspectives from ‘Plants and Animals in Latin American Cultural Production.’ #MLA26
CONTESTING THE CLIMATE UNTHINKABLE, edited by Azucena Castro, Gianfranco Selgas, and Ken Benson, examines Latin American cultural works that rethink environmental change and natural catastrophes. #UFPress
