Paulo Drinot

@paulodrinot.bsky.social

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Historiador. Profesor de historia latinoamericana. Marxista-Lennonista.

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · Nov 7

My article “Global Mariátegui” was published online back in April, but happy to see it that it has now been published as part of the May issue of the Journal of Latin American Studies. Open access too!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Global Mariátegui | Journal of Latin American Studies | Cambridge Core

Global Mariátegui - Volume 56 Issue 2

www.cambridge.org

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 3d

Unpopular take but the Trump/Kennedy Centre not so weird if you consider both obsessed with overthrowing a regime in the Caribbean.

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 4d

BLOG POST: Jacob Bright, a student on our MA Latin American Studies programme, writes about the research for his dissertation.

Jacob's dissertation was awarded the Elsa Goveia prize for the best dissertation on the Caribbean.

Read the post: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 5d

Another agonising win for Arsenal. Kierkegaard and Unamuno must have been gunners.

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 8d

Vamos a ver…

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 8d

Why Chile Voted for Kast: Insights from Experts
José Antonio Kast marks the biggest rightward shift since 1990. Join our expert roundtable:
✅ What drove this dramatic turn?
✅ The issues that shaped the campaign
✅ Impact on Latin America
📅 21 Jan | 13:00 | In-person
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 11d

BLOG POST: UG student Tom Hindley writes about his takeaways from our recent event reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the official founding meeting of Operation Condor.

blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 13d

Manufacturing coercion?

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Latin American Review of Books @latamrob.bsky.social · 14d

Peruvian nation-building has been characterised by unending frustration. Books in brief review: Modern Peru: A New History, Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara (eds) @paulodrinot @DukePress #Peru #politics #nationalism #history #LatinAmericanStudies latamrob.substack.com/p/andean-sis...

Andean Sisyphus

Peruvian nation-building has been characterised by unending frustration. Books in brief: Modern Peru: A New History, Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara (eds), by Gavin O'Toole

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 16d

Madness. A government of dunces.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 17d

Tighter visa rules will cost UK up to £10.8bn on.ft.com/4a1qjR6

Tighter visa rules will cost UK up to £10.8bn

Home Office assessment shows impact of latest changes to immigration regime over next five years

on.ft.com

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 17d

Tighter visa rules will cost UK up to £10.8bn on.ft.com/4a1qjR6

Tighter visa rules will cost UK up to £10.8bn

Home Office assessment shows impact of latest changes to immigration regime over next five years

on.ft.com

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 17d

NEW BLOG POST

In this post, Steve Cushion, Honorary Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of the Americas, and a former PhD student of the department, reflects on his most recent book.

Read the post: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blog/

New blog post: "Slavery in the British Empire and Its Legacy in the Modern World" by Steve Cushion, written on a pale sage background with an image of the cover of the book with the same title in the centre of the image

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 20d

Eze playing like he’s still in the prayer room. Wake up man!

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 21d

Have you read our first blog post yet?

"Save for a total change of heart in Donald Trump, it is hard to see a reversal of the US military buildup off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast...."

Read the full post: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...

New blog post: US aggression against Venezuela: a war foretold" written on a pale sage background with a photo of Pablo Uchoa in the centre of the image

Reposted by Melissa Terras, Helen King, Lesley A. Hall , and 9 more Melissa Terras, Helen King, Lesley A. Hall, Andrew Jacobs, Paulo Drinot, Pauline Stafford, Katrina Navickas, Kathleen Kennedy, Catriona Seth, Morwenna Ludlow, Constance Bantman, Renaud Morieux

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23d

Graduate of the American Studies programme that the University of Nottingham wishes to close wins 2025 Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade.

History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.

The Wolfson History Prize - Celebrating Outstanding History

The Wolfson History Prize is awarded annually to promote and recognise outstanding history written for a general audience.

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 27d

“No ticket!”

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 27d

Pretty sure that if I run that Newcastle goal through Turnitin it comes out as plagiarised from an Arsenal goal.

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 27d

Vamos a ver…

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · Nov 25

JOB: South American history at Trinity College Dublin
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP176/a...

Assistant Professor in Modern South American History at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professor in Modern South American History. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · Nov 24

Gary Neville: “it should be like the Alamo”. They were overrun and killed, Gary. #MUNEVE

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Hispanic American Historical Review @hahr21.bsky.social · Nov 24

An interview with HAHR author Paulo Drinot about the origins and evolution of Peru's APRA party. youtu.be/i_Nx-sjKrdE?...

APRA: la HISTORIA OCULTA detrás del mito “partido del pueblo”

YouTube video by El Buen Librero

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Nov 24

Next LARC Seminar:

Josefina Vidal Miranda’s work explores women-led textile traditions in southern Chile, while Gina Robinson’s work focuses on women’s leadership in Afro-Brazilian capoeira, using embodied practice to reflect on how resistance, voice & storytelling are negotiated through movement.

Engaging the body in practice-based and practice-led research in Latin America
Wed 26 Nov, 5:30pm
103, 51 Gordon Sq, WC1H 0PN

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · Nov 23

Ezeeeeeeeee!!!!

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · Nov 23

Goooool!!!!!

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · Nov 23

Are Tottenham playing javelin?

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Historians of Catholic Mexico (HISTCATMEX) @histcatmex.bsky.social · Nov 22

New article by @gemakloppe.bsky.social in the Journal of International Public History:

"Cristero Memory Reloaded: History, Social Media, and the New Christian Right in Mexico"

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Cristero Memory Reloaded: History, Social Media, and the New Christian Right in Mexico

The aim of this article is to examine the reverberations of the Cristero War in the discourses, symbols, and practices of Mexico’s new Christian right as expressed in the social media communications p...

www.degruyterbrill.com

Reposted by Juan Cole, Paulo Drinot, Nancy M. Wingfield

Tehila Sasson @tsasson.bsky.social · Nov 20

We are running a search for an Associate Professorship (or Professorship) in Modern Middle Eastern History 1830-1970, with expertise in across key regions, including Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, and the Maghreb.

www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Nov 20

📚 Seminar: Capital and Labor: An Economic History of Mining in Bolivia, 1900–2025 with Dr. José Peres-Cajías. Explore how mining has shaped Bolivia’s economy, state formation, and labour relations over more than a century.
🗓 Thu, Nov 27 | 12–2 PM
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · Nov 20

One of my greatest cultural faux pas was an attempt to give an English friend a Peruvian-style nickname or apodo. Big mistake.

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Nov 20

We offer the UK's largest programme of undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees on the Americas.

See what our master's programmes can offer at our next open event.

🗓 Wednesday 26 November 2025
⌚ 5pm-6pm, ONLINE

Register: app.geckoform.com/events-embed...

Text laid over a map of the Americas. Text reads: Considering a master's degree? Interested in interdisciplinary debate that will give you a breadth of understanding of the most recent scholarship on the Americas, and the rest of the world? Study with us! Find out more at one of our open events.

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · Nov 20

Quinto. Al repechaje. Todo es posible.

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