Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

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Arely M. Zimmerman, "Contentious Citizenship: Salvadoran Activism and Belonging Across Borders" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

May 3, 2026

Contentious Citizenship

Arely M. Zimmerman
Hosted by Mary Reynolds

Contentious Citizenship: Salvadoran Activism and Belonging Across Borders (U Arizona Press, 2026) reshapes how we understand belonging, identity, and …

Elena Foulis, "Embodied Encuentros: Oral History Archives of Latina/o/e Experiences" (Ohio State UP, 2026)

April 29, 2026

Embodied Encuentros

Elena Foulis
Hosted by Brad Wright

In Embodied Encuentros: Oral History Archives of Latina/o/e Experiences (Ohio State UP, 2026), Elena Foulis offers a practical guide for completing et…

Nathanial Gardner, "A Companion to Latin American Photography" (Tamesis, 2025)

April 26, 2026

A Companion to Latin American Photography

Nathanial Gardner
Hosted by Candela Marini

A Companion to Latin American Photography (Tamesis Books, 2025) introduces the reader to the role that photography plays in Latin America, offers ways…

How Bolsonaro was Convicted: The Role of the Judiciary During and After Autocratization

April 24, 2026

How Bolsonaro was Convicted

Luciano Da Ros and Manoel Gehrke
Hosted by Licia Cianetti

Former Brazilian president Bolsonaro was found to have attempted a coup after losing the 2022 presidential elections, and he was convicted to 27 years…

Decolonizing the Novum

April 13, 2026

Decolonizing the Novum

Zac Zimmer

In this episode of High Theory, Zac Zimmer talks to Kim about Decolonizing the Novum. The novum is a concept developed by Darko Suvin that names the n…

Alex Diamond, "Governing the Excluded: Rural Livelihoods Beyond Coca in Colombia's Peace Laboratory" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

April 6, 2026

Governing the Excluded

Alex Diamond
Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu

The Colombian village of Briceño might, at first glimpse, look like many communities in the rural Global South. Many of the people living there rely o…

Amelia Frank-Vitale, "Leave If You Can: Migration and Violence in Bordered Worlds" (U California Press, 2026)

April 2, 2026

Leave If You Can

Amelia Frank-Vitale
Hosted by Rachel Newman

The consequences of U.S. border policies through the experiences of Honduran migrants. Hondurans have been at the heart of some of the most visible mi…

Kristin Ciupa, "The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market" (Brill, 2026)

March 29, 2026

The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela

Kristin Ciupa

The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market (Brill, 2026) is the latest book from Dr. Kristin Ciupa, As…

Nick Juravich, "Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education" (U Illinois Press, 2024)

March 29, 2026

Para Power

Nick Juravich
Hosted by Thomas Discenna

Today, we're speaking with Nicholas Juravich, author of Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education (U Illinois Press, 2024). In this boo…

Ricardo Wilson, "Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba as Translated by Langston Hughes" (Princeton UP, 2026)

March 27, 2026

Troubled Lands

Ricardo Wilson
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Why Did Langston Hughes's "Troubled Lands" Go Unpublished for Nearly a Century?: A Conversation with Ricardo Wilson A landmark book—the first complet…

Gijs Kruijtzer, "Justifying Transgression:  Muslims, Christians, and the Law - 1200 to 1700" (de Gruyter, 2023)

March 25, 2026

Justifying Transgression

Gijs Kruijtzer
Hosted by Amanie Antar

How do people justify what others see as transgression? Taking that question to the Persian-Muslim and Latin-Christian worlds over the period 1200 to …

Lucia Motolinia, "Unity through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

March 24, 2026

Unity through Particularism

Lucia Motolinia
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Why do supposedly accountability-enhancing electoral reforms often fail in young democracies? How can legislators serve their constituents when partie…

Ken Chitwood, "Borícua Muslims: Everyday Cosmopolitanism Among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam" (U Texas Press, 2025)

March 23, 2026

Borícua Muslims

Ken Chitwood
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier

Ken Chitwood's Borícua Muslims: Everyday Cosmopolitanism among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam (University of Texas Press, 2025), uses rich ethnographi…

Katharine Gerbner, "Archival Irruptions: Constructing Religion and Criminalizing Obeah in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica" (Duke UP, 2025)

March 23, 2026

Archival Irruptions

Katharine Gerbner
Hosted by Adam McNeil

In 1760, following the largest slave revolt in the eighteenth-century British Empire, the Afro-Caribbean word Obeah first appeared in British colonial…

A Year of Autocratization: Steep Declines in Democracy Registered in 2025 V-Dem Report

March 22, 2026

A Year of Autocratization

Kenneth Roberts and Paul Friesen

This week on Democracy Dialogues, host Rachel Beatty Riedl speaks with Kenneth Roberts and Paul Friesen, democracy experts at Cornell University, to u…

Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez, "The New Kingdom of Granada: The Making and Unmaking of Spain's Atlantic Empire" (Duke UP, 2025)

March 21, 2026

The New Kingdom of Granada: The Making and Unmaking of Spain's Atlantic Empire

Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez

The New Kingdom of Granada: The Making and Unmaking of Spain's Atlantic Empire (Duke UP, 2025) tells the history of the making and unmaking of empire …

Gabrielle Oliveira, "Now We Are Here: Family Migration, Children’s Education, and Dreams for a Better Life" (Stanford UP, 2025)

March 20, 2026

Now We Are Here

Gabrielle Oliveira
Hosted by Laura Kelly

Who gets to live a life with dignity? Each day, families around the world make the difficult decision to leave their homes in search of safety, stabil…

Piergiorgio Di Giminiani et al. eds., "The Futures of Reparations in Latin America: Imagination, Translation, and Belonging" (Rutgers UP, 2026)

March 20, 2026

The Futures of Reparations in Latin America

Piergiorgio Di Giminiani, Helene Risør, and Karine Vanthuyne eds.
Hosted by Shodona Kettle

Over the last thirty years, Latin America has undergone an unprecedented wave of reparations targeting victims of political violence during military r…

Maria A. Sanchez, "Deference and Divergence in Regional Human Rights Courts" (Cornell UP, 2026)

March 20, 2026

Deference and Divergence in Regional Human Rights Courts

Maria A. Sanchez
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

In Deference and Divergence in Regional Human Rights Courts (Cornell UP, 2026), Dr. Maria A. Sanchez tackles a central tension in global governance: h…

Anne W. Johnson, "Mexico in Space: From La Raza Cósmica to the Space Race" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

March 12, 2026

Mexico in Space

Anne W. Johnson
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

From Aztec sun stones to satellite launches, from muralist visions to dark sky parks, Mexico's engagement with outer space is fundamental to its ident…