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Juan Sebastián Macías

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PhD Student in Latin American History UT Austin - Age of Revolutions- Indigenous History - Latin America https://cola.utexas.edu/history/gradstudents/jsm5335

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Come see us on Saturday!

08.01.2026 00:21 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Who else hates not having enough primary sources?!

07.09.2025 20:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“We Distrust the Whole Universe”: Long-Distance Communications, Emotions, and the Transformation of the Public Sphere in Chile, 1790–1812 | Hispanic American Historical Review | Duke University Press

In the newest HAHR, @mbowensilva.bsky.social examines the emergence of transparency as a communication ideal among Chilean elites during the crisis of the Spanish Empire by focusing on long-distance networks and manuscript correspondence. doi.org/10.1215/0018...

27.08.2025 13:30 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2

What is the best book on social history you have ever read?

26.05.2025 17:47 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Wandering books in the global Enlightenment: The life of an eighteenth-century library that crisscrossed the Atlantic This study examines the “life” of an eighteenth-century private library that migrated from Spain to New Spain in 1765 and returned, greatly reduced, back to Europe in 1772. The collection’s owner w...

My #AtlanticStudies article “Wandering books in the global Enlightenment: The life of an 18th-c library that crisscrossed the Atlantic” 📚 🌎 won the Williamson Award 🏆 for Best Social Research given by @lehighu.bsky.social (DM for a copy) #bookhistory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

23.05.2025 20:27 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 2
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Doing research at the Lilly Library has been an amazing experience! So glad I had the chance to be selected as a Mendel Visiting Fellow

23.05.2025 04:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy to share my forthcoming article in the Hispanic American Historical Review.
Into revolutions, emotions, and global connections? Have a look.
The advance version is available open access here: read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article...

01.05.2025 11:34 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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I had a great time at SECOLAS!

29.04.2025 18:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of The New Kingdom of Granada: The Making and Unmaking of Spain's Atlantic Empire by Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez. The cover features patterns from ancient Muisican (pre-Colombian) art, now displayed in the British Museum. The background is a dark red and black pattern featuring geometric shapes, circular motifs, and stylized figures. The title is displayed in large, bold, yellow capital letters, and the author's name appears in smaller white text at the bottom.

Cover of The New Kingdom of Granada: The Making and Unmaking of Spain's Atlantic Empire by Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez. The cover features patterns from ancient Muisican (pre-Colombian) art, now displayed in the British Museum. The background is a dark red and black pattern featuring geometric shapes, circular motifs, and stylized figures. The title is displayed in large, bold, yellow capital letters, and the author's name appears in smaller white text at the bottom.

"The New Kingdom of Granada," by Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez tells the history of the making and unmaking of empire in the diverse and decentralized Indigenous landscapes of the Northern Andes. Read the intro for free on our website! #LatinAmericanStudies #History
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24.03.2025 14:05 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
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My review of Mireya Salgados’ interesting book on indigenous politics andrebellion in Riobamba and Otavalo has just been published in Fronteras de la Historia

15.01.2025 02:22 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Interested in studying and researching the Latine/a/o, Caribbean, or Latin American world? Apply for an MA in  El Instituto: Institute of Latino/a, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies in the University of Connecticut.

Interested in studying and researching the Latine/a/o, Caribbean, or Latin American world? Apply for an MA in El Instituto: Institute of Latino/a, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies in the University of Connecticut.

Interested in studying and researching the Latine/a/o, Caribbean, or Latin American world? Apply for an MA in El Instituto: Institute of Latino/a, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies in the University of Connecticut!

16.11.2024 17:46 👍 17 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 1
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These are some of the books so far…

01.01.2025 22:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What readings would you include if you were to make a list for comprehensive exams on subaltern intellectual history? It could be any time period and region.

01.01.2025 22:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The Coming of the Kingdom Cambridge Core - Latin American Studies - The Coming of the Kingdom

I’m delighted to announce that my new book, The Coming of the Kingdom: the Muisca, Catholic Reform, and Spanish Colonialism in the New Kingdom of Granada has just come out in open access digital form (hardcover to follow shortly). It is free to download and read at the link below. 1/5

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