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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I was extremely honored to receive two book prizes from the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association! Huge thanks to the committees of the Tonous and Warda Johns Family Book Award for an outstanding book on US foreign relations, military history, or immigration history... (1/2)

Plaque from the PCB-AHA for the Tonous and Warda Johns Book Award for The Fate of the Americas

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Many thanks to @lseblogs.bsky.social and @tanyaharmer.bsky.social for hosting me last night, and to all the lovely people who braved the rain and tube strike to come hear me hold forth about The Fate of the Americas!

Renata Keller lecturing about the Fate of the Americas

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This breaks my heart. What a sudden loss for his friends, his colleagues, his students, and especially his family. Raul was a passionate, brilliant, dedicated, generous scholar and friend. Que fuerte.

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Hey #LASA2026! Come join us tomorrow for this 🔥panel about inequality and social history in 1980s Latin America!

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

This one means a lot. @rmclas-conference.bsky.social was the first academic conference I ever attended and I have always considered it an intellectual home. Feeling very grateful and honored. @uncpress.bsky.social

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Exciting news! I'll be spending the 2026-2027 academic year in Finland and Mexico! My husband was named the Fulbright Finland Chair in North American Studies and will be teaching US history at the University of Helsinki, so we're moving the family to Helsinki for the year. Aaaannndd...

A guide to Finland and a Mexican flag that I found in my daughter's room

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

On Saturday afternoon, I'm chairing a panel on Latin America's Cold War, with papers by Mila Burns, Javier Calderon Abullarade (my PhD student), Max Paul Friedman, and Rodrigo Veliz, with comments from Eric Hershberg. Phew! Please attend and reply with your panels so I can come see you! (5/5)

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I have two panels on Saturday. The first is one I organized on Gender, Art, and Geopolitics in the Cuban Missile Crisis! I'll be joined by Lorraine Bayard de Volo and James Hershberg, with Vanni Pettiná chairing and Thomas C. Field commenting. Finally... (4/5)

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Thursday 5/28 and I will be debating US Intervention During the Cold War with James Lockhart, Thomas C. Field, Greg Grandin, and Christy Thornton! Should be a lively roundtable discussion of power and agency during the Cold War. Next... (3/5)

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The #LASA2026 program is out... and enormous. Can we start a thread here of our panels? There's no way I'm going to read 500 pages to find everyone I want to see. I'll start the thread with my panels. On Tuesday 5/26, I'll be chairing and commenting on a panel on Inequality and... (1/5)

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

So excited to see this review of The Fate of the Americas in Foreign Affairs that praises my "engaging prose" and "extensive research in Latin American archives"!! www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/fate... @foreignaffairs.com @uncpress.bsky.social @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #History 🗃️

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

So proud to share our two latest #InterConnections @uncpress.bsky.social books!! These are both important, exciting new looks at international and global history. Grounds for Exclusion, by Benjamin Bryce, sheds light on the timely topic of immigration policy... (1/x) #History🗃️

Cover of "Grounds for Exclusion: Race, Health, and Disability in Argentine Immigration Policy, 1876-1932" by Benjamin Bryce

Cover of "A Proxy Africa: Guyana, African Americans, and the Radical 1970s" by Russel Rickford

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I'm (sadly) not at #OAH2026... but my book is! Big thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social for featuring The Fate of the Americas... and the latest book in our InterConnections series, A Proxy Africa: Guyana, African Americans, and the Radical 1970s! .... (1/2) #History🗃️

UNC Press banner (photo stolen from Kevin Kruse, hopefully he won't mind)

The Fate of the Americas for sale at the OAH! (Photo kindly sent from my awesome former colleague Sarah Keyes)

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I'm so excited to return to my old stomping grounds next Monday to give a talk about The Fate of the Americas. If you're in the Boston area, it would be great to see you there! #History 🗃️

Poster for book talk at Boston University on April 13 at 2pm

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Book 6 of 2026! I LOVED this book so much— one my favorite ever. Haunting and beautiful and smart and funny. @alixeharrow.bsky.social is a genius and I want to be historian besties with her!

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Loved this episode of @draftingthepast.bsky.social! I totally identify with Sutton’s description of not feeling like the smartest person in the room in grad school and compensating by at least trying to write clearly. Excited to check out his book (tho his next book on the devil sounds more fun 😈)

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Yay, my preorder arrived while I was on Spring Break! So excited to read this, @mkn.bsky.social!

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Las Vegas friends, it would be great to see you at my book talk at UNLV this Thursday at 4pm! #History 🗃️

Ad for a book talk by Renata Keller at UNLV on March 26

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Had an amazing time at the Tucson Festival of Books! Thanks to all who came out to support authors, books, and reading, especially the volunteers and organizers (and my mom and dad ❤️). Great to present and hang out with @carriegibson.bsky.social @mkn.bsky.social and Daniel Zoughbie!

Megan Kate Nelson, Renata Keller, and Carrie Gibson rocking our silver hair

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Not my typical conference book haul 😂 Loving the Tucson Festival of Books and looking forward to my panel today at 11:30 on International Insecurity!

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Oooh, ohh, I have a new one for you! Laura did amazing ethnographic field work with drug traffickers in Central America. Her chapter on her methodology is fascinating (and I say that as a historian!)

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Getting so excited for the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend! I'll be presenting Saturday at 11:30 on a panel discussing History, Conflict, and the Americas with @carriegibson.bsky.social (yay for hemispheric histories of the Americas!) and ... (1/2)

Author ad for the Tucson Festival of Books

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Can’t wait to hear my colleague Laura Blume talk about her amazing book tomorrow (Tuesday) at UNR. Her research on drug trafficking is just mind-blowing!

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Huge thanks to Philip Crimes for his generous review of The Fate of the Americas in @iajournal.bsky.social! Love to see my book called "outstanding" and a "milestone" with "crystalline prose" ☺️

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

So cool to see The Fate of the Americas on sale at my favorite local bookstore! Reno friends, swing by anytime to get a copy for 20% off... or come to my signing event on April 1 with Mark Twain! 😜 @uncpress.bsky.social

Ad for local authors' month at Grassroots Books in Reno

The Fate of the Americas on sale at Grassroots books

The Fate of the Americas sale price $23.99!

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Hey LA area, I'm headed your way tomorrow! So excited to chat about The Fate of the Americas with students and colleagues including @mateojarquin.bsky.social at Chapman!

flyer for book talk at Chapman University

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Just opened up my mid-March lecture notes from my Cold War class, which I last taught in Spring 2020. I'll be over here taking some deep, calming breaths to get me through that bit about discussing moving class online...

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Tempted to steal my daughter’s sign for my office door…

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Book 5 of 2026! A fun, easy historical fiction read— perfect for travel and a cozy, snowy Sunday afternoon.

Cover of the Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Excited to head to Mexico next week to present The Fate of the Americas and talk connections between the Cold War and current events! ¡Estoy entusiasmada por viajar a la CDMX para presentar El destino de las Américas y hablar de las conexiones entra la Guerra Fría y los acontecimientos actuales!🗃️

Flyer for roundtable discussion at FLACSO

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Research/Technology question: Does anyone know of software I can use to create a digital version of this conspiracy chart? Ideally free or cheap software? #History 🗃️

Conspiracy theory chart from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

So excited/giddy to return to my hometown to share The Fate of the Americas at the Tucson Festival of Books! Can't believe I'll be at the same event as Salman Rushdie, TJ Klune, Yuyi Morales, @exlarson.bsky.social, @alixeharrow.bsky.social, + more! (1/2) tucsonfestivalofbooks.org?id=676&utm_s...

Ad for the Tucson Festival of Books featuring Renata Keller

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The first journal review of my book is out! I'm honored to have one of the top historians of Cuba, @mjbusta.bsky.social, write such a thoughtful and generous review. He did an amazing job capturing the main arguments and thrust of the story. #History 🗃️

Screenshot of a book review of The Fate of the Americas in the journal The Americas

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Book 4 of 2026! This book was incredibly helpful and actually fun to read! Between devouring this (and re-watching all of "Younger" 😍), I now feel a lot closer to understanding the world of trade publishing. Thanks, @katemckean.bsky.social!

Photo of the cover of the book Write Through It

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

My post-AHA @uncpress.bsky.social book order came in! Can’t wait to read these!! (Photo on my office carpet because my desk is too full of random stuff 🤪) #History

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

@draftingthepast.bsky.social has the best swag!! Thanks again to @katecarp.bsky.social for the great conversation and beautiful mug. And for those of you who may have missed our convo, you can check it out here: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Today is the official opening day of the photography exhibit that I participated in at the Lilley Museum of Art at UNR! Stephanie Gibson and her team did an amazing job printing, mounting, and exhibiting some of the beautiful photos that Prensa Latina provided me for my book. (1/2) 🗃️

Photo of a museum exhibit on photographs from Prensa Latina

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Book 3 of 3026! Can’t wait to discuss this beautiful, touching book with students in my Cold War class. Also very excited that its brilliant author, Alexis Peri, who will be joining us virtually! 🗃️ #History

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Finished reading book 2 of 2026 on the plane home from #AHA26 yesterday. Great collection of cutting-edge research on drugs in Mexico by top historians that will be super helpful as I begin my new book project!

Book cover of Histories of Drug Trafficking in Twentieth Century Mexico

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

It’s been great to see and celebrate The Fate of the Americas at #AHA26! Stop by the @uncpress.bsky.social booth to check it out (and maybe catch me there making more funny faces 😂)

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

And for fans of Inter-American History, I gathered a group of some of the smartest people I know to talk about the state of the field! Join us Saturday 3:30-5 in Palmer House Salon 3! #AHA26 @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @elinevanommen.bsky.social @llchristyll.bsky.social @carmensoliz.bsky.social

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Just finished reading the papers for this panel, and they are 💯. You won't want to miss this conversation! #AHA26 Panel 141: A New World Order? Latin America in the Post-Cold War Era, Friday 3:30-5pm in the Palmer House Hilton Price Room @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @elinevanommen.bsky.social

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Just finished my first book of 2026– When the Wolf Comes Home by @natcassidy.bsky.social! Wow. I’m supposed to be reading for work right now 🫣 but I couldn’t put it down. Definitely recommend this one!

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Also, this one! Thanks to @robrakove.bsky.social for the reminder. 6. Stephen Rabe, "The Road to OPEC: US Relations with Venezuela, 1919-1976"

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

5. Peter H. Smith's "Talons of the Eagle: Latin America, the United States, and the World"

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

4. Lars Schoultz's "Beneath the United States: A History of US Policy toward Latin America"

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

3. Brian Loveman's "No Higher Law: American Foreign Policy and the Western Hemisphere Since 1776" from @uncpress.bsky.social

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