Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

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The Democracy Exchange: Asia Asks, Latin America Responds

October 12, 2026

The Democracy Exchange

Jennifer Cyr

What can democracies in different parts of the Global South learn from one another - and what can democracies in the Global North learn from them? The…

Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World: Natural Capital and Climate Disaster in Belize with Patrick M. Gallagher (Columbia UP, 2026)

October 7, 2026

Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World

Patrick M. Gallagher
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Belize is often described as a “pristine” ecotourism destination with a landscape that is “naturally” valuable. Yet for much of the twentieth century,…

Tsunami: Women’s Voices From Mexico

September 24, 2026

Tsunami

Heather Cleary and Gabriela Jauregui eds.

Featuring personal essay, manifesto, creative nonfiction, and poetry, Tsunami: Women’s Voices From Mexico (Feminist Press, 2025) gathers the multiplic…

Sandra Rozental, "The Absent Stone: Mexican Patrimony and the Aftershocks of State Theft" (Duke UP, 2026)

September 17, 2026

The Absent Stone

Sandra Rozental
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Where and to whom do ancient things belong? What happens when they are stolen—not by a colonial power, but by a national museum claiming them as state…

Ulices Piña, "Rebellious Citizens: Social Upheaval and Democracy in Revolutionary Mexico (U Nebraska Press, 2026)

September 13, 2026

Rebellious Citizens

Ulices Piña
Hosted by Rachel Newman

In Rebellious Citizens: Social Upheaval and Democracy in Revolutionary Mexico (University of Nebraska Press, 2026), Ulices Piña shows that democracy i…

Leda M Perez, "Searching for Democracy: Women, Domestic Work, and Social Reproduction in Latin America" (Temple UP, 2026)

September 13, 2026

Searching for Democracy

Leda M Perez
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

How can we achieve lasting social and political equality for women? Dr. Leda Pérez tackles this thorny question in Searching for Democracy: Women, Dom…

Francesca Lessa and Sebastián Santana, "Operation Condor: The Pact That Terrorized a Continent" (Storia, 2025)

September 11, 2026

Operation Condor

Francesca Lessa and Sebastián Santana, Translated by Alejandro Reyes
Hosted by Pamela Fuentes

In Operation Condor: The Pact That Terrorized a Continent (Storia, 2025), Francesca Lessa uncovers the shadowy machinery behind one of the most chilli…

Patrick Griffin, "The Age of Atlantic Revolution: The Fall and Rise of a Connected World" (Yale UP, 2023)

September 10, 2026

The Age of Atlantic Revolution

Patrick Griffin
Hosted by David Gellman

David Gellman interviews Patrick Griffin on The Age of Atlantic Revolution: The Fall and Rise of a Connected World The Age of Atlantic Revolution was …

The Next Issue: Fall 2026 (26.3)

September 4, 2026

57 The Next Issue

Melissa Fuster and Rosi Song
Hosted by Gastronomica

In this episode, Melissa Fuster and Rosi Song of Gastronomica’s Editorial Collective introduce the journal’s latest issue, Fall 2026 (volume 26, issue…

Piergiorgio Di Giminiani, "Alterhumanism: Becoming Human on a Conservation Frontier" (U Arizona Press, 2025)

September 4, 2026

Alterhumanism

Piergiorgio Di Giminiani
Hosted by Yadong Li

In the Anthropocene, a question has become increasingly urgent: What does it mean to be human? Set against the backdrop of southern Chile’s conservati…

Valeria Vázquez Guevara, "Truth Commissions and International Law: Jurisdiction, Representation, Authority" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

September 4, 2026

Truth Commissions and International Law

Valeria Vázquez Guevara
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Truth Commissions and International Law: Jurisdiction, Representation, Authority (Cambridge University Press, 2026) examines how truth commissions con…

Chika Watanabe, "Play to Survive: Disaster Preparedness Along the Ring of Fire" (Stanford UP, 2026)

September 4, 2026

Play to Survive

Chika Watanabe
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

We live in a fragile world. This much is evident as stories abound of natural disasters that wipe out communities in an instant. How can we survive th…

Catherine Reyes-Housholder, "How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America" (Temple UP, 2026)

August 28, 2026

How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America

Catherine Reyes-Housholder
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Between 1990 and 2020, women candidates won only 6% of the world’s presidential races. How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America (Temple U…

Arturo Chang, "A New World of Revolutions: Popular Imaginations and Movements Across the Americas" (Princeton UP, 2026)

August 20, 2026

A New World of Revolutions

Arturo Chang
Hosted by Matthew Mason

In A New World of Revolutions: Popular Imaginations and Movements Across the Americas (Princeton UP, 2026), Arturo Chang reconstructs the histories, p…

Michelle Bigenho and Henry Stobart, "Heritage Fever: Law and Cultural Politics in a Decolonizing State" (Oxford UP, 2025)

July 26, 2026

Heritage Fever

Michelle Bigenho and Henry Stobart
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

The early twenty-first century ushered in a period of change in Bolivia. The country welcomed its first Indigenous president, a new constitution, …

Brendan Greeley, "The Almighty Dollar: 500 Years of the World's Most Powerful Money" (Crown, 2026)

July 20, 2026

The Almighty Dollar

Brendan Greeley
Hosted by Rachel Newman

America’s money is global money—nearly every nation in the world writes international contracts in dollars, and in 2023, central banks around the worl…

Gabriella Soto, "Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

July 19, 2026

Border Afterlives

Gabriella Soto

Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting (University of Arizona Press, 2026) begins with the undocumen…

Yiddish Tangos and Klezmer Mambos

July 10, 2026

Yiddish Tangos and Klezmer Mambos

Ronald Robboy, Sonia Gollance, Josh Kun
Hosted by YIVO Institute

This panel discussion will explore the remarkable influence of Latin American music and dance on the culture of Yiddish speaking communities in the Un…

Shawn William Miller, "Dream Road to Pan America: A Century in Pursuit of the World's Longest Highway" (U California Press, 2026)

June 29, 2026

Dream Road to Pan America

Shawn William Miller
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

A century after the Pan-American Highway was first conceived, its story remains largely unknown—even to the hundreds of motorists who annually attempt…

Michelle Chase and Isabella Cosse eds., "The Cuban Revolution and the New Left: Transnational Histories of Gender, Sexuality, and Family" (U Florida Press, 2026)

June 25, 2026

The Cuban Revolution and the New Left

Michelle Chase and Isabella Cosse
Hosted by Katie Coldiron

Understanding overlooked dimensions of the Cuban Revolution and its impact on the global left in the 1960s and beyond. This volume, The Cuban Revolut…