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Historias Podcast
The Historias podcast is a weekly program featuring scholars, journalists, and activists discussing cutting edge research and offering perceptive observations on current events associated with Latin American and Caribbean societies. If you are looking for smart and inviting conversation on a wide variety of issues and more, this show is for you. Historias is a digital media project from the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS).
Episodes
Historias PodcastHistorias 135 - Thea Riofrancos on Resource Extractivism
Dustin welcomed Dr. Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College, onto the podcast to talk about her book, Resource…
Historias PodcastHistorias 134 - Social Protests In Colombia
Dr. Lina Britto of Northwestern University and Dr. Steven Taylor of Troy University joined Steven to discuss the ongoing social mobilizations and street…
Historias PodcastHistorias 133 – Alfred B. Thomas Book Award Winner Juan José Ponce Vázquez
In 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…
Historias PodcastHistorias 132 - William Booth on Latin America's Cold War, and the Political Left
Dr. William Booth, the author of “Rethinking Latin America’s Cold War” published in The Historical Journal, joined Steven and Dustin to, well, rethink Latin…
Historias PodcastHistorias 131 - Jennifer Adair On Everyday Rights In Post - Dictatorship Argentina
Steven welcomes Dr. Jennifer Adair back to the program to talk about her book, In Search of the Lost Decade: Everyday Rights in Post-Dictatorship Argentina. In…
Historias PodcastHistorias 130 - Christy Thornton On A Revolution In Development
Dustin talked about some of his favorite subjects – including economic development, supranational institutions, and global governance – with one of the…
Historias PodcastHistorias 129 - Liliana Duica on the challenge of landmines in Colombia
Anthropologist Dr. Liliana Duica joined Steven to discuss her research on landmines and their removal in Colombia. In her studies, she developed the concept of…
Historias PodcastHistorias 128 - Las políticas de género en la Revolución cubana con Michelle Chase
La historiadora Dra. Michelle Chase habla de su libro *Revolution within the Revolution: Women and Gender Politics in Cuba, 1952-1962* con Carmen Soliz.
Historias PodcastHistorias 127 - Alyssa Bowen On The Chile Solidarity Movement In Europe
Steven welcomes Alyssa Bowen, a Ph.D. candidate in Global History at the University of North Carolina to the program to talk about her research into the Chile…
Historias PodcastHistorias 126 - State Of The Field of Tourism in Latin America
Our State of the Field series returns – this time focusing on tourism! Join Carlos as he chats with Drs. Anadelia Romo, Elizabeth Manley, and Andrew Grant Wood…
Historias PodcastHistorias 125 Los orígenes de la guerra civil en el Salvador con Joaquín Chávez
Dr. Joaquín Chávez habla de su libro *Poets and Prophets of the Resistance: Intellectuals and the Origins of El Salvador's Civil War* con Carmen. El libro…
Historias PodcastHistorias 124 – Chad Black on Gender, Sex, and the Law in Colonial Quito
Dr. Chad Black sat down with Steven for an enlightening conversation about his research. The two take us to colonial Quito with tales of neighbors denouncing…
Historias PodcastHistorias 123 - Molly Avery On Pinochet And El Salvador
Have a listen to Steven and Dustin’s conversation with Molly Avery, a doctoral candidate in International History at the London School of Economics. The group…
Historias PodcastHistorias 122 - Le elección presidencial de Ecuador con Pablo Ospina
Nuestra presentadora Carmen Soliz habla con Dr. Pablo Ospina de la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar de la elección presidencial ecuatoriana. Que disfruten…
Historias PodcastHistorias 121 - Marc Becker On Ecuador's Election
Ecuador’s presidential election took place on 7 February. Spoiler alert – it’s heading to a runoff. Dr. Marc Becker talked with Steven and Dustin about the…
Historias PodcastHistorias 120 - Ben Dangl sobre la descolonización de la historia boliviana
El historiador y periodista Ben Dangl habla de su libro *The Five Hundred Year Rebellion: Indigenous Movements and the Decolonization of History in Bolivia*.
Historias PodcastHistorias 119 - Ashley Kerr On Sex, Skulls, And Citizens
Carlos Dimas returns to the mic to talk with Dr. Ashley Kerr about her new book, Sex, Skulls, and Citizens: Gender and Racial Science in Argentina, 1860-1910…
Historias PodcastHistorias 118 - Bolivia Today
Dr. Carmen Soliz brought together an outstanding panel of scholars to discuss present day Bolivia. The panel explores such critical actors and elements as the…
Historias PodcastHistorias 117 - Rafael Ocasio
Steven sat down with Dr. Rafael Ocasio to talk about his new book, A Bristol Rhode Island and Matanzas Cuba, Slavery Connection: The Diary of George Howe. The…
Historias PodcastHistorias 116 - El legado cultural de las soldaderas y las mexicanas afrodescendientes
La dra. Christine Arce habla de su libro *Mexico's Nobodies: The Cultural Legacy of the Soldadera and Afro-Mexican Women* con Carmen Soliz.
Historias PodcastHistorias 115 - Assessing Alberto Fernández's First Year as Argentine President
Dr. Mark Healey of UConn and Dr. Ernesto Semán of the University of Bergen (Norway) joined Steven to assess the first year in office of Argentine president…
Historias PodcastHistorias 114 - El desempleo y la precaridad en Chile con Angela Vergara
Dra. Ángela Vergara habla de su nuevo libro *Fighting Unemployment in Twentieth-Century Chile* con Carmen y Giovanni.
Historias PodcastHistorias 113 - Javier Puente on the crisis in Peru
Dr. Javier Puente of Smith College joined Steven to discuss the current crisis in Peru and what it means for democracy, accountability, and the aspirations for…
Historias PodcastHistorias 112 - Ángela Vergara And Joshua Frens - String on the Chilean National Plebiscite
Drs. Ángela Vergara and Joshua Frens-String spoke with Dustin about Chile’s recent constitutional plebiscite. They talked about the nuts-and-bolts issues…
Historias PodcastHistorias 111 - Las cuatro vidas de Lurgio Gavilán
Esta semana hablamos con el antropólogo Lurgio Gavilan quien de niño fue miembro de Sendero Luminoso, reclutado, más tarde, por el ejército Peruano, sacerdote…
Historias PodcastHistorias 110 - Tanya Harmer and Tiffany Sippial on Revolutionary Women
Dustin spoke with Drs. Tanya Harmer and Tiffany Sippial about their new biographies on Beatriz Allende and Celia Sánchez Manduley. They discussed the…
Historias PodcastHistorias 109 - Bolivia's 2020 Elections with Thomas C. Field Jr.
On Sunday, October 18, 2020, Bolivians went to the polls for the first time since last year’s controversial election and subsequent deposing of longtime…
Historias PodcastHistorias 108 - Descubriendo el rol de los latinos en el hipismo norteamericano con Gabi Kuenzli
En esta entrevista hacemos un recorrido por la carrera de la historiadora Gabrielle Kuenzli quien nos habla de su libro Acting Inca: National Belonging in…
Historias PodcastHistorias 107 - State Consolidation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico with Sarah Osten
Dr. Sarah Osten joined Steven to discuss the complex story of state consolidation in Mexico following the cessation of revolutionary violence and nationwide…
Historias PodcastHistorias 106 - Fronteras de ciudadania brasileña con Yuko Miki
Dr. Yuko Miki de Fordham University habla de su libro "Frontiers of Citizenship: A Black and Indigenous History of Postcolonial Brazil" con Carmen Soliz y…
Historias PodcastHistorias 105 - Alejandro Velasco On Contemporary Venezuela
Join Steven and Dustin as they go on a deep dive into contemporary Venezuela with Dr. Alejandro Velasco. Alejandro talks about the country’s political crisis…
Historias PodcastHistorias 104 - Trump In Latin America
Dustin spoke with an outstanding panel about the Donald Trump administration’s policies toward Latin America. Settle in for a wide-ranging conversation with…
Historias PodcastHistorias 103 - El Destape en la Argentina de los años 80 con Natalia Milanesio
El destape fue un movimiento social y cultural vital para ampliar la definición de democracia y la creación de una sociedad pluralista después del periodo…
Historias PodcastHistorias 102 - Pablo Palomino on the invention of Latin American music
Dr. Pablo Palomino joined Steven to discuss his new book *The Invention of Latin American Music: A Transnational History*. Book link…
Historias PodcastHistorias 101 - Alma Rosa Alvarez on Chicanx Literature
Sarah spoke with Dr. Alma Rosa Alvarez, Professor of English at Southern Oregon University, about the development of Chicanx studies. They discussed the…
Historias PodcastHistorias 100 - Brazil's Itaipu Dam, Displacement, and Democracy with Jake Blanc
Dr. Jake Blanc spoke with Carlos about his new book *Before the Flood: the Itaipu Dam and the Visibility of Rural Brazil.*
Historias PodcastHistorias 99 - Nina Lakhani on the life, death, and afterlife of Berta Cáceres
Land 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…
Historias PodcastHistorias 98 - El embarazo no deseado y el aborto en Bolivia con Natalie Kimball
La 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…
Historias PodcastHistorias 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.* After the end of…
Historias PodcastHistorias 96 - La joven moderna de la Argentina de los años 20 y 30 con Cecilia Tossounian
Cecilia Tossounian reconstruye diferentes representaciones de la feminidad moderna de la Argentina de los años 20 y 30, un período complejo en el que el…
Historias PodcastHistorias 95 - African Spiritualism and Emancipation in Cuba with Matthew Pettway
Dr. Matthew Pettway joined Steven to discuss his new book *Cuban Literature in the Age of Black Insurrection: Manzano, Plácido, and Afro-Latino Religion*. By…
Historias PodcastHistorias 94 - Siguiendo las rutas de la migración peruana a Paterson, NJ con Gianncarlo Muschi
El historiador peruano Gianncarlo Muschi nos habla de su investigación de doctorado que analiza la historia de migración peruana a Paterson, New Jersey en…
Historias PodcastHistorias 93 - Mobility and Environmental Change in Eastern Bolivia with Ben Nobbs-Thiessen
One of the more consequential and least studied outcomes of Bolivia's 1952 national revolution was settling and transformation of the country's tropical…
Historias PodcastHistorias 92 - Precaridad, informalidad y el trabajo femenino en Potosí colonial
La 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…
Historias PodcastHistorias 91 - Mareas de revolución en la América latina colonial con Cristina Soriano
La historiadora venezolana Cristina Soriano autora del libro Tides of Revolution: Information, Insurgencies, and the Crisis of Colonial Rule in Venezuela nos…
Historias PodcastHistorias 90 - Going Inside The Latin Americanist
In 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…
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…
Historias PodcastHistorias 88 - Los agregados obreros peronistas con Ernesto Semán
Esta semana en Historias en español tuvimos el grato placer de tener en el programa al historiador argentino Ernesto Semán para dialogar sobre su libro…
Historias PodcastHistorias 87 - The Destape, Sex and Democracy in 1980s Argentina with Natalia Milanesio
Dr. Natalia Milanesio joined Steven to discuss her new book ¡Destape!: Sex, Democracy, and Freedom in Postdictatorial Argentina. For Milanesio, the Destape was…
Historias PodcastHistorias 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…
Historias PodcastHistorias 85 - Patrick Iber on Cultural Diplomacy
Renata 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…
Historias PodcastHistorias 84 - La guerrilla en América Latina en los años 60 “globales” con Aldo Marchesi
El historiador uruguayo Aldo Marchesi analiza los procesos guerrilleros de los años 60 en Sudamerica. Aunque cada uno de estos procesos ha recibido algún grado…
Historias PodcastHistorias 83 - Pandemics in Latin America: Then and Now
Three historians of epidemic disease - Nicole Pacino, Glen Kuecker, and Carlos Dimas - joined Steven to talk about the history of pandemics in Latin America…
Historias PodcastHistorias 82 - Jennifer Adair sobre la vida cotidiana en la Argentina de los 1980
En historias 82, la historiadora Jennifer Adair nos presenta su libro *In Search of the Lost Decade: Everyday Rights in Post-Dictatorship Argentina* publicado…
Historias PodcastHistorias 81 - Christoph Rosenmüller on Corruption in Colonial Mexico
Dustin 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…
Historias PodcastHistorias 80 - Alvis Dunn. Incoming SECOLAS President
Dr. Alvis Dunn, SECOLAS' incoming president, joined Steven to talk about his intellectual journey mixed with twenty-five years of bartending. They also…
Historias PodcastHistorias 79 - Brenda Elsey on Women in Sport
This 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…
Historias PodcastHistorias 78 - Erika Edwards on the disappearance of African-descent Argentines
Dr. 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…
Historias PodcastHistorias 77 – Amy Offner on the Evolution of Capitalism
Dr. 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…
Historias PodcastHistorias 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…