Historias - the SECOLAS podcast

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...

  
• 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, university...

  
• 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 and...

  
• 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,...

  
• 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,...

  
• 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...

  
• 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...

  
• 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...

  
• 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...

  
• 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...

  
• 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 Outro: Los Hermanos Zuleta -...

  
• 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...

  
• 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 - Flor...

  
• 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...

  
• 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 - Edson Velandia...

  
• 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...

  
• 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...

  
• 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...

  
• 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...

  
• 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...

  
• 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...

  
• 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. Que...