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Historias - the SECOLAS podcast
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Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 72 – Suzanne Litrel on Dutch Brazil
Award-winning educator, novelist, and historian Suzanne Litrel joined Steven to discuss her research on Dutch Brazil and its place in the Portuguese Atlantic…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 71 – Marysol Quevedo and Elizabeth Schwall on Revolutionary Cuba’s Cultural Projects
Dr. Marysol Quevedo and Dr. Elizabeth Schwall joined Steven to discuss the cultural projects of the Cuban Revolution, arguably its most successful initiative…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 70 – Jenny Lambe and Mike Bustamante on the enduring importance of the Cuban Revolution
Dr. Jennifer Lambe and Dr. Michael Bustamante joined Renata Keller to discuss the Cuban Revolution, an increasing appreciation for the plural experiences of…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 69 – Amelia Frank-Vitale and John Doering-White on Central American Migration
Amelia Frank-Vitale and John Doering-White joined Lily Pearl Balloffet to discuss their research and public engagement on Central American migration…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 68 – Sarah West and Sarah Williams on the Maya
In 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 67 – Marian Schlotterbeck on the Estallido Social and Everyday Revolutionaries
The recent social unrest in Chile, the estallido social, has provided a reckoning for the political order that the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship brought into…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 66 – Thomas Field and Carmen Soliz on the Political Crisis in Bolivia
Drs. Thomas Field and Carmen Soliz walk Steven Hyland and Dustin Walcher through the unfolding political crisis in Bolivia. Originally aired November 13, 2019
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 65 – Khristin Landry Montes and Paula Karger on the Maya
Dr. Khristin Landry Montes, assistant professor of Art History at Cornell College, and Paula Karger, doctoral candidate in comparative literature at the…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 64 – Mark Healey and Ernesto Semán on Argentina’s presidential election
Drs. Mark Healey and Ernesto Semán joined Steven to discuss this past Sunday’s presidential and gubernatorial elections in Argentina. The discussion features a…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 63 – Thomas Field on the Bolivian presidential election
Dr. Thomas Field Jr., an associate professor of Global Security and Intelligence at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, joined Renata to discuss this past…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 62 – Javier Pabón on Ecuadorian literature
Dr. Javier Pabón of Methodist University joined Steven to talk about his scholarship and about filmmaking. They also chatted about membership in national…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 61 – Casey Lurtz on building a coffee export economy in Chiapas
Dr. 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 60 – Corinna Zeltsman on print culture in nineteenth century Mexico
Dr. Corinna Zeltsman of Georgia Southern University talked with Jackie Sumner about print culture in nineteenth century Mexico, the joys of teaching, paths for…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 59 – Alan McPherson on The Ghosts of Sheridan Circle
Dr. 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 58 – Elena Schneider on the occupation of Havana
Dr. Elena Schneider, an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Berkeley, spoke with Steven about her award-winning…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 57 – Jayson Porter on ecology, agricultural sciences, and maps in Revolutionary Mexico
Jayson Porter joins Carlos to discuss his research on the intersection of political economy and agricultural sciences that led to the Green Revolution in…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 56 – Francesca Lessa on Operation Condor, accountability, and justice
Dr. Francesca Lessa, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Latin American Centre at the University of Oxford, joined Steven to talk about Operation Condor…
Historias - the SECOLAS 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 54 – Erin Beck on the Guatemalan elections
Dr. 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 53 – Rita Palacios and Paul Worley on Mayan cultural production
Drs. Rita Palacios and Paul Worley joined Steven to discuss their new book entitled Unwriting Maya Literature: Ts’íib as Recorded Knowledge. This episode is…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 52 – Stephen Neufeld on the Porfirian Military and Mexican Modernity
Dr. Stephen Neufeld joined Renata and Steven to discuss his award-winning book The Blood Contingent: The Military and the Making of Modern Mexico. Originally…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 51 – Marixa Lasso on erased histories and the Panama Canal
Dr. 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 49 - Slavery in Latin America
In 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 48 – Orlando Perez on elections in Panama
Dr. Orlando Perez of Millersville University joined Steven to discuss the results and consequences of Sunday’s legislative and presidential elections in…
Historias - the SECOLAS 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 46 – Alison Bruey. 2019 Thomas Book Award winner
Dr. 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…
Historias - 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 44 – Renata Keller on an inter-American history of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Dr. 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
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Historias 43 – Reginald Bess, SECOLAS’ incoming president
Dr. Reginald Bess, the incoming President of SECOLAS, spoke with Steven about his lifelong love for languages and the humanities and his dedication to teaching…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 42 – Mark Healey. Environmental Series: Water Politics in Western Argentina
Dr. Mark Healey, associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Connecticut, spoke with Carlos about his research on the environment and…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 41 – Jane Mangan on 3-D printing and material culture in colonial Peru
Dr. Jane Mangan, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor of History and Latin American Studies at Davidson College, spoke with Steven about her research on…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 40 – Aaron Coy Moulton on Right-Wing Caribbean Dictators
Dr. 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 39 – Michelle Chase and Devyn Spence Benson on the Cuban Revolution
In 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 38 – Luis Herrán Ávila and Randal Sheppard on AMLO
Steven spoke with historians Luis Herrán Ávila and Randal Sheppard about the history of revolutionary nationalism in Mexico, its enduring place in political…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 37 – James Mestaz. Environmental Series: Water in Revolutionary Mexico
James Mestaz, a post-doctoral fellow at Claremont-McKenna College, joined Carlos to discuss his research on water, the indigenous Mayo communities in…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 36 – Mike Allison on the elections in El Salvador
In this episode, professor of political science Michael Allison discusses the February 3, 2019 presidential election in El Salvador. With Nayib Bukele from the…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 35 – Bianca Premo
Carlos spoke with Dr. Bianca Premo, Professor in the Department of History at Florida International University, to discuss her past and current research and…
Historias - the SECOLAS 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 32 – Micah Oelze on cultural politics in 1930s Brazil
Dr. 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 31 – Christina Bueno on the politics of archaeology in Mexico
Dr. Christina Bueno, an associate professor in the department of history at Northeastern Illinois University, joined Steven to discuss her award-winning book…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 30 – Raul Pacheco-Vega. Environmental Series: Water
Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega joined Carlos and Dustin to discuss his research on water, waste, resource management, and the importance of research having a positive…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 29 – Eunice Rojas on Argentine insane asylums and protest music in Chile
Dr. Eunice Rojas, an associate professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Furman University, joined Steven to discuss her work on…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 28 – Tanya Harmer and Renata Keller on Latin America’s Cold War
In 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 27 – Colin Snider, Courtney Campbell & Gray Kidd on Brazilian democracy
Colin Snider, Courtney Campbell, and Gray Kidd joined Steven to discuss yesterday’s runoff presidential election in Brazil. They discuss the evolution of…
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Historias 26 – Javier Puente. Environmental Series: Climate
Dr. Javier Puente sits down to chat with Carlos for the first episode of The Environmental Series. They discuss Environmental History and Historical…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 25 – Abbey Steele on democracy and displacement in Colombia’s civil war
Dr. 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 24 – Amy Erica Smith on Brazil’s presidential and congressional elections
Yesterday, Sunday, October 7, 2018, well over 100 million Brazilians cast their votes in presidential and congressional elections, with a sizable number voting…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 23 – Miguel Tinker Salas on the crisis in Venezuela
Dr. Miguel Tinker Salas of Pomona College joined Dustin and Steven to discuss the various problems afflicting Venezuela today. Tinker Salas reminds us that to…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 22 – Martin Nesvig on the daily making and unmaking of empire in the Americas
Card sharks. Bigamists. Kidnappers. Brawlers. Drunks. Imposters. Assassins for hire. These are the people that played critical roles in the establishment of…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 21 – Lisa Munro on pernicious stereotypes in Guatemala and life #withaPhD
Dr. Lisa Munro spoke with Carlos about her research on the emergence of negative stereotypes of indigenous populations in Guatemala in the 1930s. They also…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 20 – Charly St-Georges on the cultural lens of horror films in Latin America and Spain
Dr. Charles St-Georges of Denison University sat down with Dave McLaughlin to discuss his recent book Haunted Families and Temporal Normativity in Hispanic…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 19 – Juan José Ponce-Vázquez on smuggling in the 17th century Spanish Caribbean
Dr. Juan José Ponce-Vázquez joined Carlos and Steven to discuss his research on smuggling in the 17th century Spanish Caribbean. They also discuss writing…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 18 – Erika Edwards, Jackie Sumner and Dave McLaughlin on work-life balance
Historias is back! In this episode, Drs. Erika Edwards, Jackie Sumner, and Dave McLaughlin join Steven to discuss such challenges of academia for junior…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 17 – Jürgen Buchenau on AMLO and the Mexican Presidential Election
Dr. Jürgen Buchenau joined Steven at the Cervecería Untertürkheim in Buenos Aires to discuss the convincing victory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Sunday’s…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 16 – Tim Rogers and Steven Bunker on turmoil in Nicaragua
Since mid-April, Nicaragua has been in the midst of a severe and sustained political crisis that also features intense political violence. Various sectors of…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 15 – Steven Taylor on Colombia’s runoff presidential election
HOT 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…
Historias - the SECOLAS 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…
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Historias 13 – Abbey Steele on Colombia’s presidential elections
What do the results of yesterday’s presidential elections in Colombia reveal about this country attempting to exit decades of civil war? Dr. Abbey Steele, an…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 12 – Lily Balloffet on migration, networks, and public outreach
Migration is a signature feature of the contemporary world that preoccupies still the attention of scholars and the concern of policymakers and the broader…
Historias - the SECOLAS podcastHistorias 11 – Lisa Covert on San Miguel de Allende, historical memory, and economic development
What does the development of the tourist industry in San Miguel de Allende teach us about the history of Mexico and the contemporary world? Dr. Lisa Covert…