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Rafael Archondo on Hernan S...

01.16.2023

Rafael Archondo and Isabel Siles’ Sobre un barril de pólvora, is a comprehensive review of the former president’s life, Hernan Siles Zuazo (1913-1996). He was one of the founding members of the nationalist revolutionary party (MNR) in 1942. He was ...

Historias - the SECOLAS podcast episodes:

01.16.2023 Rafael Archondo on Hernan Siles Zuazo Rafael Archondo and Isabel Siles’ Sobre un barril de pólvora, is a comprehensive review of the former president’s life, Hernan Siles Zuazo (1913-1996). He was one of the founding members of the nationalist revolutionary party (MNR) in 1942. He was ...
01.16.2023 Sarah Hines on water, citizenship, and revolution Dr. Sarah Hines explores residents of Cochabamba struggle for access to water that is linked to broader historical processes such as the dispossession and dismantling of indigenous communities in the 19th century, the Bolivian revolution of 1952, and the dictatorships ...
01.16.2023 Nicole Pacino on revolutionary public health Dr. Nicole Pacino is an associate professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Nicole has studied the effects of the policies of the 1952 Revolution on rural health, particularly on indigenous women. Her work shows how maternity was a ...
01.15.2023 Elizabeth Shesko on conscription in Bolivia Elizabeth Shesko argues that conscription evolved into a pact between the state and society. It was not only imposed from above but also embraced from below because it provided a space for Bolivians across divides of education, ethnicity, and social ...
01.15.2023 Kevin Young on resource nationalism in Bolivia Kevin Young traces the history of Bolivian struggles over mineral and hydrocarbon resources, highlighting the complex legacies of Bolivia’s 1952 revolution. His work also revolves around the various economic projects that party officials, political party leaders, activists, urban factory workers, ...
01.15.2023 Natalie Kimball on politics and reproductive rights Dr. Natalie Kimball analyzes the politics of abortion and reproductive rights in Bolivia from the mid-twentieth century to the present. They focus on the cities of La Paz and El Alto, exploring this open secret that brings to light the ...
01.15.2023 Elena McGrath on everyday forms of revolution Elena McGrath explores how culture and material conditions create revolutionary conditions. In this interview, Elena helps us understand how the lives of mine workers and their families changed after the revolution. Elena demonstrates that the revolution brought the mine workers ...
01.15.2023 Thomas Field on development and dictatorship Dr. Thomas Field, author of From Development to Dictatorship: Bolivia and the Alliance for Progress in the Kennedy Era, discusses the fall of the Revolution in 1964 and the accession to power of General René Barrientos. He argues that, unlike ...
01.15.2023 José Gordillo on peasant wars in Bolivia Dr. José Gordillo studies the role of the peasants in the 1952 Bolivian Revolution. His book is an ethnography of local political struggle, adding to an increasingly rich literature on the revolution that seeks to understand revolutionary political dynamics from ...
09.02.2022 Rafael Britto habla de la elección de Gustavo Petro en Colombia En este episodio escuchamos al politólogo Rafael Britto quien fue además parte de la campaña del ahora presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro. Britto nos habla de las condiciones, de las oportunidades, y de los desafíos que enfrentará este nuevo gobierno ...
04.27.2022 Historias 164 - La lucha social por el acceso al agua en Bolivia con Sarah Hines La Dra. Sarah T. Hines habla con Carmen de la lucha social por el acceso al agua y la ingeniería hidráulica en Bolivia desde finales del siglo XIX hasta principios del XXI. book - https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520381643/water-for-all website - https://www.ou.edu/cas/history/people/faculty/sarah-hines
04.20.2022 Historias 163 - Michael Bustamante on Cuba's memory wars Dr. Michael Bustamante joined Steven to discuss his book Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile. Michael J. Bustamante is Associate Professor of History and the Emilio Bacardí Moreau Chair in Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. https://people.miami.edu/profile/[email protected] https://uncpress.org/book/9781469662039/cuban-memory-wars/
04.06.2022 Historias 162 - Mujeres solteras, plebeyas, y jefas de hogar en el Mexico Colonial con Amos Megged En este episodio tenemos el placer de escuchar al etnohistoriador Amos Megged quien nos habla desde la Universidad de Haifa (Israel) para hablar sobre su ultimo libro Rituals and Sisterhoods que explora las historias de mujeres solteras, plebeyas, y jefas ...
03.27.2022 Historias 161 - Elizabeth Schwall on Dance and Revolution in Cuba Today Dustin welcomes Dr. Elizabeth Schwall to the podcast to talk about the relationship between dance and politics in Cuba. An interdisciplinary scholar of Latin American history and dance, Schwall is the author of Dancing with the Revolution: Power, Politics, ...
03.17.2022 Historias 160 - Lina Britto on Colombia's marijuana boom Dr. Lina Britto joins Steven to discuss her book Marijuana Boom: The Rise and Fall of Colombia's First Drug Paradise.
03.09.2022 Historias 159 - Campos de Revolución en Bolivia con Carmen Soliz En un episodio especial, la Dra. Lina Britto recibe a la Dra. Carmen Soliz de Historias. Hablan del nuevo libro de Carmen Fields of Revolution: Agrarian Reform and Rural State Formation in Bolivia, 1935-1964. Que disfruten. Book: https://upittpress.org/books/9780822946656/ Carmen: https://history.charlotte.edu/people/dr-carmen-soliz
02.24.2022 Historias 158 - La economía moral del privilegio en América Latina con Ana Ramos-Zayas La antropologa Ana Ramos-Zayas habla de su nuevo libro Parenting Empires: Whiteness, Class, and the Moral Economy of Privilege in Latin America con Carmen. https://americanstudies.yale.edu/people/ana-ramos-zayas https://www.dukeupress.edu/parenting-empires
02.12.2022 Historias 157 - Rural Folktales and Empire in Puerto Rico with Rafa Ocasio Dr. Rafael Ocasio, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Spanish at Agnes Scott University, joined Steven to discuss his new anthology Folk Stories from the Hills of Puerto Rico. https://www.agnesscott.edu/directory/faculty/ocasio-rafael.html https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/folk-stories-from-the-hills-of-puerto-rico-cuentos-folkloricos-de-las-montanas-de-puerto-rico/9781978822986
02.06.2022 Historias 156 - The Caribbean's Last Turtlemen with Sharika Crawford Dr. Sharika Crawford of the US Naval Academy joins Steven to discuss her book The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean: Waterscapes of Labor, Conservation, and Boundary Making. https://www.usna.edu/History/Faculty/Crawford.php https://uncpress.org/book/9781469660219/the-last-turtlemen-of-the-caribbean/ Intro: https://youtu.be/fDrJPM9m_Ss
01.26.2022 Historias 155 - La seguridad alimentaria en Chile con Joshua Frens-String Dr. Joshua Frens-String habla de su libro Hungry for Revolution: The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile con Carmen. https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520343375/hungry-for-revolution
12.24.2021 Historias 154 – The Chilean Election with Jenny Pribble Our Fall season finale has arrived! Today, Steven and Dustin welcome Dr. Jenny Pribble to the program to explain Chile’s presidential election. Dr. Pribble is Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Studies at the University of Richmond, and the ...
12.22.2021 Historias 153 - Christine Wade on the Honduran Election The end of 2021 brings with us a busy season of elections in Latin America. In today’s episode, Dr. Christine Wade walks Dustin through November’s presidential election in Honduras, which saw the triumph of Xiomara Castro. Join us for a ...
12.20.2021 Historias 152 - Ben Smith on the Dope Today’s episode features an entertaining and illuminating conversation about Mexico, the United States, and drugs, between Steven and Dr. Benjamin T. Smith of the University of Warwick. Smith is the author of the new book, The Dope: The Real History ...
12.17.2021 Historias 151 - Gabriel Thoumi on sustainability, collaboration, and capital markets Gabriel Thoumi CFA, FRM, Director of Financial Markets and Head of the Plastics Programme at Planet Tracker, joined Steven to discuss his work in aligning capital markets with planetary boundaries. They discuss the urgency of tackling climate change, the environmental ...
12.15.2021 Historias 150 - Eline Van Ommen on the Nicaraguan presidential election On November 7, 2021, Daniel Ortega won his fourth consecutive term as president of Nicaragua in an election roundly assailed as both unfree and unfair. Prior to election day, the Nicaraguan state incarcerated presidential candidates from opposition parties and leaders ...
12.13.2021 Historias 149 - James Lockhart on the CIA and Chile Our ongoing series on Latin America’s Cold War continues, returning to Chile. Dustin sat down with Dr. James Lockhart, Assistant Professor of History at Zayed University, to talk about his book, Chile, the CIA and the Cold War: A Transatlantic ...
12.06.2021 Historias 148 - John French on Lula and Brazil Steven welcomed Dr. John French to the program to talk about his new book, Lula and His Politics of Cunning: From Metalworker to President of Brazil. Their highly engaging conversation touched on themes of labor, gender, social movements, and politics. ...
11.24.2021 Historias 147 - Combatting feminicide in Argentina with Irina Popescu Dr. Irina Popescu joins Steven to discuss her latest article entitled "Memorialization and Escraches: Ni una Menos and the documentation of Feminicidio in Argentina," published recently in The Latin Americanist. More about Irina - https://www.bowdoin.edu/profiles/faculty/ipopescu/index.html Her article - https://muse.jhu.edu/article/805479
11.17.2021 Historias 146 – Alan Shane Dillingham Dustin welcomed Dr. Alan Shane Dillingham onto the podcast to talk about his new book, Oaxaca Resurgent: Indigeneity, Development, and Inequality in Twentieth-Century Mexico. He was treated to a wide-ranging conversation touching on numerous themes in indigenous, Mexican, and modern ...
11.13.2021 Historias 145 - El boom marihuanero en Colombia con Lina Britto La historiadora Dra. Lina Britto habla de su libro nuevo que se llama Marijuana Boom The Rise and Fall of Colombia's First Drug Paradise con Carmen Soliz. Que disfruten. https://history.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core-faculty/lina-britto.html https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520325470/marijuana-boom Intro: Diomedes Díaz - Lluvia De Verano - https://youtu.be/BiM3c2Dh78k ...
11.09.2021 Historias 144 - Bill Cohoon on Communications and the Environment in Peru In today’s episode, Steven welcomed Dr. Bill Cohoon to the podcast to talk about his article, “Los caminos borbónicos y el esfuerzo por mejorar la infraestructura de comunicaciones en el Perú, 1718-1809.” Along the way, they discuss the opportunities that ...
11.03.2021 Historias 143 - Nature and national borders with Frederico Freitas Dr. Frederico Freitas joined Carlos to discuss his book Nationalizing Nature: Iguazu Falls and National Parks at the Brazil-Argentina Border.
10.21.2021 Historias 142 - AMLO WTF? Dr. Sarah Osten and Dr. Jurgen Buchenau joined Steven to discuss the first three years of Mexico's Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's presidency and the recent midterm elections.
09.25.2021 Historias 141 - Carmen Soliz y Anna Cant hablan de reforma agraria en Bolivia y Peru Las historiadoras Carmen Soliz y Anna Cant comparan los procesos agrarios que tuvieron lugar en Bolivia y Perú en la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Un diálogo que nos ayuda a entender el rol de los campesinos así como de ...
09.20.2021 Historias 140 - Food security and politics in Chile with Joshua Frens-String Dr. Joshua Frens-String discusses with Dustin his new book Hungry for Revolution: The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile. Book link: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520343375/hungry-for-revolution
09.11.2021 Historias 139 - Mauro Caraccioli on faith, nature, and empire in Colonial Spanish America Dr. Mauro Caraccioli of Virginia Tech joined Steven to discuss his book entitled Writing the New World: The Politics of Natural History in the Early Spanish Empire, which examines the interplay of faith, nature, and empire in Colonial Spanish America ...
09.03.2021 Historias 138 - Michele McArdle Stephens on Huichols in Mexico Dr. Michele McArdle Stephens joined Steven to discuss her book In the Lands of Fire and Sun: Resistance and Accommodation in the Huichol Sierra, 1723–1930. Link to her book: https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9780803288584/ Link to Intro / Outro: Huichol Musical - https://youtu.be/ABL1xc_oEtE
06.09.2021 Historias 137 - Javier Puente On Peru's Presidential Runoff Smith College's Dr. Javier Puente joined Steven to discuss the Peru's presidential runoff election between Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori this past Sunday. Check out Javier's article on Pedro Castillo from April - https://nacla.org/peru-elections-pedro-castillo Intro and Outro - Martina Portocarrero ...
06.01.2021 Historias 136 - State of the Field - Argentina from Dictatorship to Democracy 24 March 2021 marked the 45th anniversary of the coup that launched Argentina’s most violent period of military rule. From 1976-1983, the armed forces and their civilian allies ruled through terror. The dictatorship became notorious for its gross violations of ...
05.18.2021 Historias 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 Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador. The two discuss social movements and the politics of resource extraction, ...
05.12.2021 Historias 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 protests across Colombia. Intro - Métricas Frías & Deejohend - Su Propia Medicina - https://youtu.be/xC7Sj06Ha6E Outro - ...
05.06.2021 Historias 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 winner of the 2021 Alfred B. Thomas Book Award from SECOLAS. The duo talk ...
04.23.2021 Historias 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 America’s Cold War. They examine the historiography of the Cold War in Latin America before discussing ...
04.09.2021 Historias 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 addition to considering the experience of transitioning from an era of state terror to ...
03.30.2021 Historias 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 sharpest minds in the field, Dr. Christy Thornton. Thornton takes us through the key arguments in her new ...
03.24.2021 Historias 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 the 'regularization of irregularity' to explore how these artifacts were and are understood. They also ...
03.20.2021 Historias 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.
03.16.2021 Historias 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 transnational solidarity movements of the 1970s and 1980s. The two chat about Bowen’s ...
03.10.2021 Historias 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 about their recent anthology, The Business of Leisure: Tourism History in Latin ...
03.06.2021 Historias 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 analiza la movilización urbana y rural previa a la guerra civil en el Salvador. ...

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Historias - the SECOLAS podcast episodes:

Rafael Archondo on Hernan Siles Zuazo

Sarah Hines on water, citizenship, and revolution

Nicole Pacino on revolutionary public health

Elizabeth Shesko on conscription in Bolivia

Kevin Young on resource nationalism in Bolivia

Natalie Kimball on politics and reproductive rights

Elena McGrath on everyday forms of revolution

Thomas Field on development and dictatorship

José Gordillo on peasant wars in Bolivia

Rafael Britto habla de la elección de Gustavo Petro en Colombia

Historias 164 - La lucha social por el acceso al agua en Bolivia con Sarah Hines

Historias 163 - Michael Bustamante on Cuba's memory wars

Historias 162 - Mujeres solteras, plebeyas, y jefas de hogar en el Mexico Colonial con Amos Megged

Historias 161 - Elizabeth Schwall on Dance and Revolution in Cuba

Historias 160 - Lina Britto on Colombia's marijuana boom

Historias 159 - Campos de Revolución en Bolivia con Carmen Soliz

Historias 158 - La economía moral del privilegio en América Latina con Ana Ramos-Zayas

Historias 157 - Rural Folktales and Empire in Puerto Rico with Rafa Ocasio

Historias 156 - The Caribbean's Last Turtlemen with Sharika Crawford

Historias 155 - La seguridad alimentaria en Chile con Joshua Frens-String

Historias 154 – The Chilean Election with Jenny Pribble

Historias 153 - Christine Wade on the Honduran Election

Historias 152 - Ben Smith on the Dope

Historias 151 - Gabriel Thoumi on sustainability, collaboration, and capital markets

Historias 150 - Eline Van Ommen on the Nicaraguan presidential election

Historias 149 - James Lockhart on the CIA and Chile

Historias 148 - John French on Lula and Brazil

Historias 147 - Combatting feminicide in Argentina with Irina Popescu

Historias 146 – Alan Shane Dillingham

Historias 145 - El boom marihuanero en Colombia con Lina Britto

Historias 144 - Bill Cohoon on Communications and the Environment in Peru

Historias 143 - Nature and national borders with Frederico Freitas

Historias 142 - AMLO WTF?

Historias 141 - Carmen Soliz y Anna Cant hablan de reforma agraria en Bolivia y Peru

Historias 140 - Food security and politics in Chile with Joshua Frens-String

Historias 139 - Mauro Caraccioli on faith, nature, and empire in Colonial Spanish America

Historias 138 - Michele McArdle Stephens on Huichols in Mexico

Historias 137 - Javier Puente On Peru's Presidential Runoff

Historias 136 - State of the Field - Argentina from Dictatorship to Democracy

Historias 135 - Thea Riofrancos on Resource Extractivism

Historias 134 - Social Protests In Colombia

Historias 133 – Alfred B. Thomas Book Award Winner Juan José Ponce Vázquez

Historias 132 - William Booth on Latin America's Cold War, and the Political Left

Historias 131 - Jennifer Adair On Everyday Rights In Post - Dictatorship Argentina

Historias 130 - Christy Thornton On A Revolution In Development

Historias 129 - Liliana Duica on the challenge of landmines in Colombia

Historias 128 - Las políticas de género en la Revolución cubana con Michelle Chase

Historias 127 - Alyssa Bowen On The Chile Solidarity Movement In Europe

Historias 126 - State Of The Field of Tourism in Latin America

Historias 125 Los orígenes de la guerra civil en el Salvador con Joaquín Chávez