Paulo Drinot

Histories of Disability in Latin America Reframing disability, power, and identity in Latin America's complex histories.Histories of Disability in Latin America offers a sweeping reexamination of disability's place in the region's past, brin...

Today is the publication day of this volume, with chapters by Bianca Premo, Adam Warren et moi on Peru. A terrific collection. Check it out. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Hernando de Soto, el breve

Undergraduate Choose either the History and Politics of the Americas BA or the History and Politics of the Americas with a year abroad BA.

An indomitable Gaullish village of a degree: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

New blog post: "Explaining Human Rights Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Exercise in Thoughtful Wishing – Part I" by Par Engstrom, written on a pale sage background with a photo of Par.

BLOG POST

In this post, the first of two, Par Engstrom, Associate Professor of Human Rights, reflects on human rights trends in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of his work advising the European Parliament.

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Might be of interest to @raioxford.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @historians.org

Pésimo y no sé pero ahí conversando vemos si nos levantamos el anímo

Declan - you numpty

Buen viaje Willie Colón. El único Colón que se merece una estatua.

Insert [by pursuing state capitalism], surely.

The Shitheads at the Royal Court. Disappointing. Good props, engaging actors, but didn’t make me care. If violence is your topic, perhaps politics rather than nature is the way to go? Theatre was boiling hot which didn’t help.

‘Is university still worth it?’ is the wrong question The graduate earnings premium isn’t really measuring what most people think

British universities are great; British capitalism is rubbish.

www.ft.com/content/649d... ‘Is university still worth it?’ is the wrong question

Volume 106 Issue 1 | Hispanic American Historical Review | Duke University Press

Hot off the digital press at @dukepress.bsky.social: the newest issue of HAHR. read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/issue/1...

New book - festschrift for Kevin Middlebrook

That’s on Arteta. Had the team playing for the 2-1 for the last 15 minutes.

Pathetic

“La prisión presidencial” es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_d...

We have one

Del vladivideo al chifagate: el Perú problema sin posibilidad

Peru changing presidents more frequently than Tottenham change managers.

New blog post: "Megaprojects and State Transformation in Mexico: Understanding the 4T through the Lens of Regional Inequality" by Jack Phillips, written on a pale sage background with an image of Mexico's natural resources infrastructure.

BLOG POST: Megaprojects and State Transformation in Mexico: Understanding the 4T through the Lens of Regional Inequality

Jack Phillips, former MSc International Development in the Americas student, provides an account of his dissertation

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What a pass from Eze!

Emerging El Dorado by Eduardo Elena - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

Delighted to have been asked to provide a blurb for Eduardo Elena’s terrific new book. Highly recommended!
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You’ve got to want to win it

An afternoon thinking about the hedgehog, the fox and the bad bunny

Only some mornings?

Dyche leaves Forest just in time to fight relegation at Spurs.

Latin American Studies: History, Politics and Society MA This multidisciplinary MA provides in-depth coverage of current debates in the field of Latin American Studies, developing knowledge of the region's diverse societies and forces that have shaped them.

Want to know more about sugar cane plantations, dominoes, bodegas, electricity blackouts, salsa, reggaeton, and the history and politics of América and its peoples, from Chile to Canadá? Apply to our MA in Latin American Studies: History, Politics & Society
#BadBunny

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The 2026 Peruvian general elections This panel on the 2026 Peruvian general elections, held after the first round on 12 April, brings together expert analysts to examine the electoral process, its central themes, the first round results

One for your diaries:
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