Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezMonica L. Mercado @monicalmercado.bsky.social · 18/05/2025It rained so much the graduation program disintegrated in our hands — congrats to the Colgate Class of 2025, may we all warm up soon ☔️ 182
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezVíctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Excited to share the CFP for this fantastic volume co-edited by my colleague @pavelandrade.bsky.social. More details in the link below, and please share widely and consider submitting your work! docs.proton.me/doc?type=doc... 1256
Juan Manuel Ramírez Velázquez @juanmaramive.bsky.social · 11/04/2025So looking forward to this tomorrow! 010
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezMonica D. Styles @monicadstyles.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Looking foward to presenting in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese and with the support of the @yalewhc.bsky.social at Yale University this April! 195
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez Velázquezbenitasampedro @benitasampedro.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Join us in Toronto, in January 2026, for one of these exciting panels at the MLA Conference. Please do send us your proposals before March 20th. 093
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezVanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · 11/02/2025The 19th-Century Latin American Forum at the MLA is organizing two panels and a workshop for the 2026 convention in Toronto. Send us your abstracts and share this call with your colleagues! 056
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezVíctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 10/02/2025My article on Sor Juana is now out and open access! Click here to uncover the truth: was she a sphinx or not?cambridge.orgWas Sor Juana a Sphinx? Monstrosity and the Poetics of Dedication in Her Transoceanic Enigmas | Latin American Research Review | Cambridge CoreWas Sor Juana a Sphinx? Monstrosity and the Poetics of Dedication in Her Transoceanic Enigmas 54210
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez Velázquezbrais lamela @braislamela.bsky.social · 06/02/2025In the latest issue of CLAR, I publish an article about the fuzzy word of colonial translation, early modern debates about slavery and the encomienda, and the story of a mestizo interpreter who allegedly caused a riot for mistranslating one word (!). doi.org/10.1080/1060...doi.orgInterpreting slavery: translation, bondage, and alienability in the early colonial AndesBetween 1561 and 1563, the mestizo interpreter Antón Ruiz was accused of inciting a series of protests that took hold of Cuzco in the context of ‘the perpetuity controversy’—a conflict over the per... 1144
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezMonica D. Styles @monicadstyles.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Speaking of the ongoing fight, healing and truth telling, don’t forget to RSVP! @bibliophilenick.bsky.social @sierramatute.bsky.social www.kjcc.org/event/to-cer... 196
Juan Manuel Ramírez Velázquez @juanmaramive.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Qué frío tenemos por aquí, pero siempre en buena compañía 🫶 040
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezBárbara Zepeda @mbzepedacortes.bsky.social · 15/01/2025I joined the editorial board of the journal Atlantic Studies: Global Currents. It is great to be part of such a fantastic scholarly team (I admire my Atlanticist colleagues so much!). If you write about the Atlantic world, send us your work! 😃👍🏾#Skystorians www.tandfonline.com/journals/rja...tandfonline.comLearn about Atlantic StudiesLearn about Atlantic Studies aims & scope, editorial board, journal metrics and more. 071
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezChloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Something is cooking: will soon be in conversation w/ magnificent & inspiring @bibliophilenick.bsky.social & Diana Berruezo-Sánchez, reading & discussing each other's new books & value of interdisciplinary convos. More details soon, but if you happen to be in Madrid on 25 Feb, save the date! 0183
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezVeneno Remedio @venenoremedio.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Out now with free-access review dossier "Asia-Latin America: a critical corpus" guest-edited by Laura Torres-Rodríguez. Check out: www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjla20/c... #LatinAmerica #Asia #culture #journalstandfonline.comJournal of Latin American Cultural StudiesVolume 33, Issue 3 of Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies 0166
Juan Manuel Ramírez Velázquez @juanmaramive.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Morning coffee with dearest Kathy McKnight in ABQ, catching up on life and the field of colonial Latin American literatures ❤️ 070
Juan Manuel Ramírez Velázquez @juanmaramive.bsky.social · 22/11/2024First “tweet” on this app: What a beautiful exhibition at the Museo Nacional del Prado 040
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezFaith S. Harden @faith-harden.bsky.social · 19/11/2024🚨Job alert! We're hiring a director of the Portuguese language program. I'm not on the committee but am happy to answer any general questions about the dept, uni, etc. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...arizona.csod.comAssistant Professor of Practice, Spanish & PortugueseAlumni Jacquelynn and Bennett Dorrance have made a gift commitment of $5.4 million to endow the deanship of the University of Arizona College of Human... 054
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezDaniela Gutiérrez Flores @danielagtzf.bsky.social · 19/11/2024New #food podcast alert 🚨Our very first episode of the Thinking Food show is live! Our amazing postdoc Elizabeth talks to Chef Martin Draluck about the history of slavery, African American cuisine, and speculative cooking. Give it some love! 😍🐔 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comEsculentFood Podcast · 1 Episodes · Updated Semiweekly 0169
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezVíctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 18/11/2024One month to go! Soundscapes of the Early Modern Hispanophone and Lusophone Worlds hits the shelves soon! www.routledge.com/Soundscapes-...routledge.comSoundscapes of the Early Modern Hispanophone and Lusophone WorldsThis book is an interdisciplinary edited collection that seeks to recognize the radical importance of sound, and centre it in discussions in the field of early modern studies. Bringing together a co... 6378
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezJorge Quintana Navarrete @jorgeqn.bsky.social · 16/11/2024“Biocosmism. Vitality and the Utopian Imagination in Postrevolutionary Mexico” is out with Vanderbilt UP! It explores a wide assortment of cultural interventions touching on the vitality of the universe and its utopian potential. www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650651...vanderbiltuniversitypress.comBiocosmism – Vanderbilt University PressMost scholars study postrevolutionary Mexico as a period in which cultural production significantly shaped national identity through murals, novels, essays, ... 12613
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezEl Instituto @uconnelinstituto.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Interested 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! 01712
Reposted by Juan Manuel Ramírez VelázquezCarlos Iglesias Crespo @iglesiascrespoc.bsky.social · 10/11/2024I’m putting together an Iberian & Latin American Studies (literature, film, and history) Starter Pack for those of us migrating from the other site. I’ll be updating the list as more join! go.bsky.app/FQXc4sg 5912149