Oscar A. Pérez

Lo de la colza: Mass poisoning, state neglect, and corruption after the Spanish Transition Culinary rapeseed oil – or canola oil – is a staple in many parts of the world. It has a neutral flavor, it is on the healthy side as far as cooking oils go, and it is cheaper than olive and sunflo…

Despite its worldwide popularity, you won’t find canola oil in a Spanish kitchen or a Spanish supermarket. Rebeca Herrero Sáenz explores how state neglect and corruption led to thousands of citizens contracting colza toxic syndrome #publichealth #histmed nursingclio.org/2025/07/31/l...

Slowing, Stillness and Sedentarism: Insights from a Cross-Disciplinary Moving Bodies Lab Workshop Members of the Institute for Medical Humanities’ Moving Bodies Lab reflect on a series of talks and workshops exploring what it means to be slow, still, and sedentary.

Members of the Institute for Medical Humanities' Moving Bodies Lab reflect on a series of talks and workshops exploring what it means to be slow, still, and sedentary.

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Cover of Latin America in Debate by Maristella Svampa, translated by Alejandro Reyes. The cover features a stylized map of Latin America filled with colorful, intricate textile patterns. The background is a textured orange hue. The title is displayed in bold white and blue letters.

Among our many #NewBooks coming out this month, be sure to check out "Latin America in Debate," by Maristella Svampa and translated by Alejandro Reyes.
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Apply now for a 2025 ACLS Fellowship, supporting scholars in the humanities & social sciences! Awards of $30-60K + additional funding for independent scholars, adjunct faculty and faculty in teaching-intensive roles. Deadline Sept. 25, 9PM ET: www.acls.org/competitions...

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Hope and Dystopia: Learning from Climate Fiction A new literary prize asks how storytelling can drive greater optimism – and action – in the face of climate change.

We're so excited to share our first book review, part of a new series here at EHN. Kate Prengel discusses #clifi and the new Climate Fiction Prize shortlist envhistnow.com/2025/07/22/h...

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The July 2025 issue of Environmental Humanities is now available to read online!
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A quick rundown of all the #envhum content:

Once upon a Time in Tenoxtitlan Two novels published in 2024 return to some of the best-known, canonical figures and episodes from Mexico’s past.

New at PB, Philip Luke Johnson (@phillegitimate.bsky.social) reviews Álvaro Enrigue’s “You Dreamed of Empires” and Yuri Herrera’s “Season of Swamp,” two novels that “return to some of the best-known, canonical figures and episodes from Mexico’s past.”

Cover of The Hispanic American Historical Review (HAHR), Volume 105, Issue 3, August 2025. The special issue is titled “Infrastructures of Spanish Empire.” The background features a vintage nautical map in red and blue tones, depicting ships, sea creatures, and Latin inscriptions. The journal title is prominently displayed at the top in bold white text against a red background.

"Infrastructures of Spanish Empire," a special issue of the Hispanic American Historical Review, is now online. View the full TOC and read "'We Distrust the Whole Universe'" by Martín Bowen, made freely available: buff.ly/G0qONWo

Hot off the press: Pavel Andrade's review of a new book about the Mexican intelligentsia’s obsession with labor and idleness in their attempts to create a wealthy, independent nation between 1821-1852. Romance Quarterly, vol. 72(3). doi.org/10.1080/0883...

En Aibonito, Puerto Rico, habrá vinito y poesía. Los esperamos el viernes, 1ero de agosto a las 6:30. Vengan!

“No Future” Lexicon: Darkness Darkness often appears as a solely obscure and secondary trait of modernity; but, in truth, darkness impregnates and bolsters so densely modernity’s creative powers.

Plants are a key index of nature’s destruction.

Given their massive presence (or growing absence) in human ecumene, and their participation in the regimes of air, rain, and energy—they are major players in the gloomy prospects of the Anthropocene.

🗺️[Volume 1] Internationalizing Science and Technology

👤Edited by Leandro Rodriguez Medina

This cluster of Tapuya interrogates the messy, contested, and uneven processes involved in internationalizing science and technology.

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I was so happy I got to review this book on oil poetry! Interesting poets and great, nuanced readings of their work. #petroculture #energyhumanities #envhum

📇[Editor’s Picks]

Nuestres editores recomiendan leer el análisis de Miranda Lida sobre los efectos culturales de las becas internacionales otorgadas por la Asociación Argentina para el Progreso de las Ciencias entre 1930 y 1945.

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Cover of Latin America in Debate by Maristella Svampa, translated by Alejandro Reyes. The cover features a stylized map of Latin America filled with colorful, intricate textile patterns. The background is a textured orange hue. The title is displayed in bold white and blue letters.

Save 30% on #NewBook "Latin America in Debate" by Maristella Svampa & translated by Alejandro Reyes. It provides a broad and accessible overview of the key political and intellectual debates in Latin America since the early 20th century. buff.ly/urAioov

Native Persistence at a California Mission Outpost This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to the generous support by the University of California Davis Library. Access the free digital version here. “An original and signific…

NATIVE PERSISTENCE AT A CALIFORNIA MISSION OUTPOST, edited by Jelmer W. Eerkens, Lee M. Panich, Christopher Canzonieri, and Christopher Zimmer, presents collaborative bioarchaeological research at the site of a historic Spanish mission outpost in the San Francisco Bay Area. #UFPress

📚Nuevo en [LAT-STS Library]

"Estudios sociales de ciencia, tecnología y sociedad en Ecuador" (FLACSO, 2024), coordinado por María B. Albornoz y Henry Chavez, explora historia, políticas y casos CTS en Ecuador.

¡Acceso abierto disponible! 🌎✨tapuya.org/category/lat-sts-library/

If you’re attending the virtual version of this year’s @asle-us.bsky.social conference, we look forward to seeing you at our table on Thursday at 3:30 EDT.

Book cover of Mismeasuring Impact: How Randomized Controlled Trials Threaten the Nonprofit Sector by Nicole P. Marwell; Jennifer E. Mosley

Mismeasuring Impact explores why randomized controlled trials are being embraced as the "gold standard" for nonprofit evaluation, despite the high cost and time investment required and the serious problems with using RCTs in a nonprofit context.

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We've published a new piece ahead of print in 'Plant Perspectives', being Ralph R. Acampora's article 'Towards a Philosophic Appraisal of Plants: Their Metaphysical and Moral Significance; #openaccess here: doi.org/10.3197/whpp... #plantstudies #philosophy @plantperspectives.bsky.social

25 experiencias culturales para el siglo XXI Es imposible confeccionar un canon de la cultura de nuestra época. La multiplicación de objetos y experiencias culturales es exponencial, inabarcable, imposible de

Me ha gustado buscar estos 25 objetos y experiencias culturales y organizarlos en forma de cronología de nuestra época: www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/cult...

¿Una IA puede escribir mejor que tú? — #Escritura2025 YouTube video by Alberto y Raquel

Este es nuestro programa de la semana. @raxxie.com y yo hablamos de #InteligenciaArtificial, criticamos algunos de los mitos a su alrededor y respondemos esta pregunta: ¿es necesario, o mejor, escribir usando esta nueva tecnología?
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Public Monuments and the Colonial Legacies of the ‘Tongue of Cervantes’ This article examines the ideological and colonial legacies embedded in the phrase ‘la lengua de Cervantes’ and its material manifestations through public monuments. It argues that the global monum...

My new article on "La lengua de Cervantes" is now out in Romance Studies!

Funded #envhist PhD position in France!

📖[Book Review] in Tapuya Vol. 8

Catalina Cortés’ review of Trazas, oficios y territorios highlights how it weaves Indigenous crafts, microscopic biology, and cave paintings into a methodological tapestry—where research-creation becomes (1/2)

Women at the centre: medical entrepreneurialism and ‘la grande médecine’ in eighteenth-century Lyon Abstract. We draw on Colin Jones’ framing of the Sisters of Charity as medical practitioners rather than charitable carers (1989) to centre the entrepreneu

We are so excited to announce the winners of NC Prize for Best Journal Article 🎉

And the winners are…

Cathy McClive and Lisa Smith for their article "Women at the Centre: Medical Entrepreneurialism and 'La Grande Médecine' in Eighteenth-Century Lyon." academic.oup.com/fh/article/3...

Book cover images are arranged in two slanted rows against a white background. Some of the books featured include “Forces of Nature” by Clay Henderson, “Florida Springs” by Christopher F. Meindl, “New Dawn for the Kissimmee River” by Doug Alderson, and “Tampa Bay” by Evan P. Bennett.

Are you looking for the perfect gift for the nature lover in your life? Look no further! We have a variety of nature-related titles currently on sale, including gardening books, hiking and trail guides, and cookbooks. Visit bit.ly/UPFNS25 and use code 31FWC25 for discount prices through July 31.

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"Pandemic & Narration", by Andrea Espinoza and Luis A. Medina, explores Latin America’s COVID-19 stories—beyond statistics—through media, politics & art. A humanizing lens on crisis & resilience.

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#COVID19 #NarrativeStudies

Volume 7 Issue 3 | Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture | University of California Press

The articles in the new July issue of "Latin American & Latinx Visual Culture" (online now) all address what it means to be a "problem" as a ciswoman, trans*, and/or nonbinary person across the Americas, & to be Indigenous, a sex worker, or an immigrant. online.ucpress.edu/lalvc/issue/...

Cover of The Kidney and the Cane: Planetary Health and Plantation Labor in Nicaragua by Alex M. Nading. The cover features an image of two people cutting sugarcane in a dusty field, set against a muted, cloudy sky. The autho's name is in the top right of the cover. The title and subtitle are prominently displayed in a white font.

The #WeeklyRead is "The Kidney and the Cane" by Alex M. Nading, which argues that the epidemic of chronic kidney disease among those living near and working in Nicaragua’s sugarcane plantations is not a result of climate change, it is climate change. Read it now for free!
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