Rachel Grace Newman

I would love to read more about this! What are you working on, Jason?

Congrats Renata! I'm not surprised by this praise--it was a great read, and having just listened to your @draftingthepast.bsky.social episode, I know how that you put so much care into your craft as a historian & writer! Enjoy the well-deserved glow!

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Excited to share my review of Elena Jackson Albarrán's Good Neighbor Empires, out today in /The Americas/

I enjoyed reading & reviewing this book, & as I say in the review, this book will be excellent in the classroom! Elena's a great writer 💙

I also cite this in a new article under review 😎

Thanks Anne--this sounds like a fun social media project in the lead up to publication day!

Well that's a lovely reading room!

From the AskHistorians community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the AskHistorians community

For today's AMA on AskHistorians, we have Stephen Neufeld discussing Mexican necropolitics, animal death, and blood sports! Come check out some bull fighting history! @unmpress.bsky.social

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Downloaded already & can't wait to read!

#skystorians but really everyone who writes & reads academic books:

➡️What makes a good virtual book launch?

Tell me about formats that you really enjoyed, whether as an author or an attendee!

I'm new to @draftingthepast.bsky.social & can't wait to catch up with past episodes! Thank you Kate for this great podcast!

While washing dishes & hanging laundry this weekend, I listened to this convo on book publicity btw @draftingthepast.bsky.social & @sonyabonczek.bsky.social. Great Qs & great As!

#skystorians, if your book's coming out in the near future, take a listen!

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From the AskHistorians community on Reddit: AMA: Housing, Education, and the Suburban Dream in America Explore this post and more from the AskHistorians community

Today on @askhistorians.bsky.social we have @m-r-glass.bsky.social joining us to talk about his new book Cracked Foundations: Debt and Inequality in Suburban America @pennpress.bsky.social

Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

This is so exciting! Can't wait to check this out.

My book has a cover! IN LATIN AMERICA YOU COULD BE FREE: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY tells the story of the place and promise of Latin America in the political imagination of African Americans and of their movements to the region in the antebellum period.

Out on Basic Books, November 11, 2026! 🥳

Cover of "In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico" by Samuel Holley-Kline

Samuel Holley-Kline joins @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to discuss his new book IN THE SHADOW OF EL TAJÍN which draws on the insights of the Indigenous Totonac peoples who have lived and worked there to analyze historical processes fundamental to the archaeological site. bit.ly/4aUsUex

Inaugural Lecture: Regina Grafe, Professor of Economic History, University of Cambridge YouTube video by Cambridge History Faculty

Missed Professor Regina Grafe's Inaugural Lecture?

'Precocious Financialisation and the Making of the Moral Economy of Colonial Spanish America, 1600-1820' is now available on YouTube.

A glimpse into the economic life of the early modern Spanish Americas ⬇️

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Writing a book without AI in the age of AI feels like slowly cutting away in a little carpentry workshop—and I love it.

An interview with Joan Flores-Villalobos, whose article “‘Our Country’: Extractive Colonialism and Labor in the Essequibo Borderland” appeared in the November issue of HAHR via Duke University Press. hahr-online.com/an-interview...

crowdsourcing for my MA students: do you have a scanning app you like for archives? I used turboscan and save documents as pdfs within box/folder folder system in dropbox that mirrors the archive's system--but is there something newer/better that you do and that works?

Mount Cristo Rey border wall blocks wildlife movement - El Paso Matters Environmentalists raised concerns that wall construction near El Paso would further fragment the wildlife corridor between the U.S. and Mexico.

Border wall construction begins at Mount Cristo Rey, impacting wildlife corridor

@elpasomatters.bsky.social

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Volver envuelto en una caja de cartón a Guatemala tras una vida migrante en EE UU Cada día llegan al aeropuerto internacional de Ciudad de Guatemala más de siete personas fallecidas en territorio estadounidense, en un último periplo migratorio rodeado de estafas, injusticias, burocracia y la inquebrantable voluntad de sus familias

Cada día llegan al aeropuerto internacional de Ciudad de Guatemala más de siete personas fallecidas en EE UU, en un último periplo migratorio rodeado de estafas, injusticias, burocracia y la inquebrantable voluntad de sus familias

The Politics of Living and Dying Rachel Grace Newman Lupe Gómez migrated to California from a small town in Zacatecas, Mexico when he was very young. It might seem that he chose to make his life north of the border, where he went …

If you want a quick review of Félix's book, here's my take: boomcalifornia.org/2020/01/27/t...

Specters of Belonging: The Political Life Cycle of Mexican Migrants Abstract. In the context of research on the “thickening” of borders, Specters of Belonging raises the related question: How does transnational citizenship

Also thinking about the fantastic work of Adrián Félix

academic.oup.com/book/6079

I keep thinking abt this sentence: "In the morgue, the hospital, or the funeral home, the undocumented migrant becomes visible. The death certificate is often their first valid document in the U.S."

Returning to Guatemala in a cardboard box after a migrant life in the United States Every day, people who have died in the US arrive at La Aurora Airport in a final migratory journey surrounded by scams, injustices, bureaucracy, and the unwavering will of their families

Amidst so many kinds of violence against migrants, there is also the slow extraction of fees & violence of bureaucracy, which surviving families are left to bear when their loved one dies.

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The Tame and the Wild — Harvard University Press A dramatic new interpretation of the encounter between Europe and the Americas that reveals the crucial role of animals in the shaping of the modern world.When the men and women of the island of Guana...

Learned about the depressing trend of describing books as TL;DR (Too Long, Didn't Read) at a conference last weekend.

Instead, I propose LR;WI (Long Read and Worth It). What are some long books that you read recently and enjoyed? I'll start: 🗃️

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Postdoc Opportunity!

The History Department at Binghamton University (SUNY) seeks a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Latin American History who considers spatial dimensions in their work.

2-year contract, $60k

binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...

Mil gracias Sam!!! 🥰

🎉have so much fun!

In the Shadow of El Tajín - Nebraska Press Located in the Papantla municipality of the Mexican state of Veracruz, El Tajín is a UNESCO World Heritage site but a lesser-known tourist destination and n...

Also, buy the book! I really enjoyed this read.

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