Gema Kloppe-Santamaría
@gemakloppe.bsky.social
Sociologist & historian. I write, teach, and research on violence, religion, gender and politics in Latin America. Author of In the Vortex of Violence/En la vorágine de la violencia (UC Press/Grano de Sal).
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Sometimes you finally read a book you’ve been meaning to read for years, and it is just as good as you anticipated. “The Allure of the Archives” is such a gem! Beautiful read for those of us who love the archives.
January 21, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Sometimes you finally read a book you’ve been meaning to read for years, and it is just as good as you anticipated. “The Allure of the Archives” is such a gem! Beautiful read for those of us who love the archives.
Happy to share my recent interview with one of Mexico’s leading magazines, Proceso, on the ascent of the new Christian right in the country, its connections to MAGA, and its uses of history, inc the Cristero War, for political purposes (article in Spanish)
www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2...
www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2...
La nueva derecha cristiana reza por su renacimiento político
Este movimiento político ha ganado visibilidad debido a las redes sociales y a liderazgos como el de Eduardo Verástegui, alineados al proyecto ultraderechista MAGA de Donald Trump. Sin embargo, no ha ...
www.proceso.com.mx
January 21, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Happy to share my recent interview with one of Mexico’s leading magazines, Proceso, on the ascent of the new Christian right in the country, its connections to MAGA, and its uses of history, inc the Cristero War, for political purposes (article in Spanish)
www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2...
www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2...
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Nuevo artículo con referencia a nuestra colega, @gemakloppe.bsky.social :
"La nueva derecha cristiana reza por su renacimiento político" en Proceso
www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2...
"La nueva derecha cristiana reza por su renacimiento político" en Proceso
www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2...
La nueva derecha cristiana reza por su renacimiento político
Este movimiento político ha ganado visibilidad debido a las redes sociales y a liderazgos como el de Eduardo Verástegui, alineados al proyecto ultraderechista MAGA de Donald Trump. Sin embargo, no ha ...
www.proceso.com.mx
January 20, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Nuevo artículo con referencia a nuestra colega, @gemakloppe.bsky.social :
"La nueva derecha cristiana reza por su renacimiento político" en Proceso
www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2...
"La nueva derecha cristiana reza por su renacimiento político" en Proceso
www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2...
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This is going to be a thought-provoking Political Technologies event with Prof Didier Bigo on Tue the 27th (4-5PM, Council Chamber or online - see: www.ucc.ie/en/casilac/r...).
#Foucault #criticaltheory #Frenchtheory
@uccwomenstudies.bsky.social @maggieoneill.bsky.social @gemakloppe.bsky.social
#Foucault #criticaltheory #Frenchtheory
@uccwomenstudies.bsky.social @maggieoneill.bsky.social @gemakloppe.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM
This is going to be a thought-provoking Political Technologies event with Prof Didier Bigo on Tue the 27th (4-5PM, Council Chamber or online - see: www.ucc.ie/en/casilac/r...).
#Foucault #criticaltheory #Frenchtheory
@uccwomenstudies.bsky.social @maggieoneill.bsky.social @gemakloppe.bsky.social
#Foucault #criticaltheory #Frenchtheory
@uccwomenstudies.bsky.social @maggieoneill.bsky.social @gemakloppe.bsky.social
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Are you interested in the history of the sanctuary movement and/or of Chicago?
Check out my article in Middle West Review about the rise of the movement in and out of the city.
You can access and read it for free, below.
www.academia.edu/95259933/Pol...
Check out my article in Middle West Review about the rise of the movement in and out of the city.
You can access and read it for free, below.
www.academia.edu/95259933/Pol...
Politicized Refuge: Chicago and the Transformation of the Sanctuary Movement
Politicized Refuge: Chicago and the Transformation of the Sanctuary Movement
www.academia.edu
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Are you interested in the history of the sanctuary movement and/or of Chicago?
Check out my article in Middle West Review about the rise of the movement in and out of the city.
You can access and read it for free, below.
www.academia.edu/95259933/Pol...
Check out my article in Middle West Review about the rise of the movement in and out of the city.
You can access and read it for free, below.
www.academia.edu/95259933/Pol...
Thanks for sharing my newest article, published at the Journal of International Public History
I wrote about Mexico’s new Christian right and their use/misuse of history via social media.
Article is open access! 🔓
I wrote about Mexico’s new Christian right and their use/misuse of history via social media.
Article is open access! 🔓
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"
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
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Thanks for sharing my newest article, published at the Journal of International Public History
I wrote about Mexico’s new Christian right and their use/misuse of history via social media.
Article is open access! 🔓
I wrote about Mexico’s new Christian right and their use/misuse of history via social media.
Article is open access! 🔓
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Was lovely to see everyone, including Prof @maggieoneill.bsky.social (ISS21) & ISS21 GSF cluster directors Dr @gemakloppe.bsky.social & Dr Fiachra Ó Suilleabháin
Yesterday afternoon, ISS21 Genders, Sexualities & Families Research Cluster in collaboration with @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social held a 🫖Tea, Meet & Greet for postgrad students, postdocs, and visiting researchers ☕️
October 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Was lovely to see everyone, including Prof @maggieoneill.bsky.social (ISS21) & ISS21 GSF cluster directors Dr @gemakloppe.bsky.social & Dr Fiachra Ó Suilleabháin
👋 Colleagues and friends: help me spread the word!
Our MA in Sociology at @ucc.ie is still open for applications from EU applicants
With cutting-edge modules including violence & conflict, populism & the far-right, feminist epistemologies, and more
Come join us!
www.ucc.ie/en/cke55/
Our MA in Sociology at @ucc.ie is still open for applications from EU applicants
With cutting-edge modules including violence & conflict, populism & the far-right, feminist epistemologies, and more
Come join us!
www.ucc.ie/en/cke55/
Sociology | University College Cork
The UCC MA in Sociology will provide you with an opportunity to study advanced Sociological Concepts, putting research into practice, enabling students to conduct research projects.
www.ucc.ie
July 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
👋 Colleagues and friends: help me spread the word!
Our MA in Sociology at @ucc.ie is still open for applications from EU applicants
With cutting-edge modules including violence & conflict, populism & the far-right, feminist epistemologies, and more
Come join us!
www.ucc.ie/en/cke55/
Our MA in Sociology at @ucc.ie is still open for applications from EU applicants
With cutting-edge modules including violence & conflict, populism & the far-right, feminist epistemologies, and more
Come join us!
www.ucc.ie/en/cke55/
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Exciting news article “Grammar of Threat” with co-author extraordinaire @phillegitimate.bsky.social just won the 2025 Lee Ann Fujii Best Article Award from @apsa.bsky.social ’s Interpretive Methods group! 🎉
June 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Exciting news article “Grammar of Threat” with co-author extraordinaire @phillegitimate.bsky.social just won the 2025 Lee Ann Fujii Best Article Award from @apsa.bsky.social ’s Interpretive Methods group! 🎉
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American Historical Review just published my new book review of Kelly Lytle Hernández's book, Bad Mexicans.
Below is the official link. If you would like a PDF, please let me know.
academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
Below is the official link. If you would like a PDF, please let me know.
academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
Kelly Lytle Hernández. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands.
Ricardo Flores Magón is a widely-known historical figure in Mexico, yet has been little-known in the United States, until now. Kelly Lytle Hernández, a his
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June 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
American Historical Review just published my new book review of Kelly Lytle Hernández's book, Bad Mexicans.
Below is the official link. If you would like a PDF, please let me know.
academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
Below is the official link. If you would like a PDF, please let me know.
academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
This month marks the one-year anniversary of our arrival in Ireland 💚
I am incredibly thankful to my new institutional home @ucc.ie and to the wonderful colleagues across the university for making me feel welcomed. I have found a new place to thrive.
I am incredibly thankful to my new institutional home @ucc.ie and to the wonderful colleagues across the university for making me feel welcomed. I have found a new place to thrive.
June 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This month marks the one-year anniversary of our arrival in Ireland 💚
I am incredibly thankful to my new institutional home @ucc.ie and to the wonderful colleagues across the university for making me feel welcomed. I have found a new place to thrive.
I am incredibly thankful to my new institutional home @ucc.ie and to the wonderful colleagues across the university for making me feel welcomed. I have found a new place to thrive.
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Nuevo libro por Tania Hernández Vicencio y Marisol Lopez-Menendez:
June 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Nuevo libro por Tania Hernández Vicencio y Marisol Lopez-Menendez:
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Check out this new interview with Dr. @gemakloppe.bsky.social about the rise of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador:
historyasithappens.libsyn.com/nayib-bukele...
historyasithappens.libsyn.com/nayib-bukele...
History As It Happens: Nayib Bukele and the Death of El Salvador's Democracy
Twelve years ago, few outside Latin America knew of Nayib Bukele, then the young mayor of a small town outside San Salvador. Today, the media-savvy Bukele proudly calls himself the "world's coolest di...
historyasithappens.libsyn.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Check out this new interview with Dr. @gemakloppe.bsky.social about the rise of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador:
historyasithappens.libsyn.com/nayib-bukele...
historyasithappens.libsyn.com/nayib-bukele...
Excited to share I have accepted the invitation to join the Advisory Board of Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos @ucpress.bsky.social, an internationally recognized scholarly journal (bilingual and interdisciplinary) dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge and research relating to Mexico🇲🇽✍️📚
June 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Excited to share I have accepted the invitation to join the Advisory Board of Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos @ucpress.bsky.social, an internationally recognized scholarly journal (bilingual and interdisciplinary) dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge and research relating to Mexico🇲🇽✍️📚
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Great piece by @profmpastor.bsky.social, reporting from L.A.: "The attack on immigrants now is a dry run for the strongman tactics that will later be used on us all. And finding a path of resistance that is fierce but not reckless, mass but not middling, strong but not violent will be a challenge."
New online: @profmpastor.bsky.social on the Los Angeles protests.
The task of this moment is to build a broad front that can resist authoritarianism. The recent protests are early skirmishes in the fight that will be needed.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
The task of this moment is to build a broad front that can resist authoritarianism. The recent protests are early skirmishes in the fight that will be needed.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Rage and Prayer in Los Angeles - Dissent Magazine
The task of this moment is to build a broad front that can resist authoritarianism. The recent protests are early skirmishes in the fight that will be needed.
www.dissentmagazine.org
June 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Great piece by @profmpastor.bsky.social, reporting from L.A.: "The attack on immigrants now is a dry run for the strongman tactics that will later be used on us all. And finding a path of resistance that is fierce but not reckless, mass but not middling, strong but not violent will be a challenge."
I had the great privilege of speaking with Martin Di Caro
(History As It Happens) about the meteoric rise to power of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador and about the country's descent into authoritarianism 🇸🇻
Give it a listen and share if you can🎧
historyasithappens.libsyn.com/nayib-bukele...
(History As It Happens) about the meteoric rise to power of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador and about the country's descent into authoritarianism 🇸🇻
Give it a listen and share if you can🎧
historyasithappens.libsyn.com/nayib-bukele...
June 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I had the great privilege of speaking with Martin Di Caro
(History As It Happens) about the meteoric rise to power of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador and about the country's descent into authoritarianism 🇸🇻
Give it a listen and share if you can🎧
historyasithappens.libsyn.com/nayib-bukele...
(History As It Happens) about the meteoric rise to power of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador and about the country's descent into authoritarianism 🇸🇻
Give it a listen and share if you can🎧
historyasithappens.libsyn.com/nayib-bukele...
Delighted to be in London as part of my @britishacademy.bsky.social Visiting Fellowship at
@ucl.ac.uk
Check out info below for my talk on The Politics of Religious Violence in Cold War Mexico & Colombia at @uclamericas.bsky.social this Thursday, 5:30pm (hybrid)
www.history.ac.uk/events/sacre...
@ucl.ac.uk
Check out info below for my talk on The Politics of Religious Violence in Cold War Mexico & Colombia at @uclamericas.bsky.social this Thursday, 5:30pm (hybrid)
www.history.ac.uk/events/sacre...
June 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Delighted to be in London as part of my @britishacademy.bsky.social Visiting Fellowship at
@ucl.ac.uk
Check out info below for my talk on The Politics of Religious Violence in Cold War Mexico & Colombia at @uclamericas.bsky.social this Thursday, 5:30pm (hybrid)
www.history.ac.uk/events/sacre...
@ucl.ac.uk
Check out info below for my talk on The Politics of Religious Violence in Cold War Mexico & Colombia at @uclamericas.bsky.social this Thursday, 5:30pm (hybrid)
www.history.ac.uk/events/sacre...
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Can expectations of accountability in cases of human rights violations falter?
In this piece, @jorgepeniche.bsky.social argues that they can — and indeed, they do — in certain gray zones.
opiniojuris.org/2025/05/26/f...
In this piece, @jorgepeniche.bsky.social argues that they can — and indeed, they do — in certain gray zones.
opiniojuris.org/2025/05/26/f...
June 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Can expectations of accountability in cases of human rights violations falter?
In this piece, @jorgepeniche.bsky.social argues that they can — and indeed, they do — in certain gray zones.
opiniojuris.org/2025/05/26/f...
In this piece, @jorgepeniche.bsky.social argues that they can — and indeed, they do — in certain gray zones.
opiniojuris.org/2025/05/26/f...
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⭐️1 more week to book⭐️
🔶How do Latin American Studies fit within broader Area Studies frameworks?
🔶Is Latin America still a coherent and relevant category of analysis?
🔶What role should European institutions and journals like JLAS play in shaping the future of the field?
🔶How do Latin American Studies fit within broader Area Studies frameworks?
🔶Is Latin America still a coherent and relevant category of analysis?
🔶What role should European institutions and journals like JLAS play in shaping the future of the field?
Alongside the Journal of Latin American Studies (JLAS), we are proud to host a high-level panel that brings together the directors of major Latin American Studies centres in Europe to reflect on the future of the field.
Book your place: www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/eve...
Book your place: www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/eve...
June 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
⭐️1 more week to book⭐️
🔶How do Latin American Studies fit within broader Area Studies frameworks?
🔶Is Latin America still a coherent and relevant category of analysis?
🔶What role should European institutions and journals like JLAS play in shaping the future of the field?
🔶How do Latin American Studies fit within broader Area Studies frameworks?
🔶Is Latin America still a coherent and relevant category of analysis?
🔶What role should European institutions and journals like JLAS play in shaping the future of the field?
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📚 Sacred Wars? Religion, Violence & Cold War Politics 🔥✝️
Join us for a seminar on the entanglement of religion, ideology, and violence in Cold War-era Mexico and Colombia.
📍 Hybrid
📅 12 June 2025 | 5:30–7:00PM
🎙️ Dr. Gema Kloppe-Santamaría (UCC & UCL History)
Free & open to all: shorturl.at/WwPCk
Join us for a seminar on the entanglement of religion, ideology, and violence in Cold War-era Mexico and Colombia.
📍 Hybrid
📅 12 June 2025 | 5:30–7:00PM
🎙️ Dr. Gema Kloppe-Santamaría (UCC & UCL History)
Free & open to all: shorturl.at/WwPCk
Sacred Wars? The Politics of Religious Violence in Cold War Mexico and Colombia
shorturl.at
June 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
📚 Sacred Wars? Religion, Violence & Cold War Politics 🔥✝️
Join us for a seminar on the entanglement of religion, ideology, and violence in Cold War-era Mexico and Colombia.
📍 Hybrid
📅 12 June 2025 | 5:30–7:00PM
🎙️ Dr. Gema Kloppe-Santamaría (UCC & UCL History)
Free & open to all: shorturl.at/WwPCk
Join us for a seminar on the entanglement of religion, ideology, and violence in Cold War-era Mexico and Colombia.
📍 Hybrid
📅 12 June 2025 | 5:30–7:00PM
🎙️ Dr. Gema Kloppe-Santamaría (UCC & UCL History)
Free & open to all: shorturl.at/WwPCk
This is next week
Sacred Wars? The Politics of Religious Violence in Cold War Mexico and Colombia
I am delighted to be giving this talk at @uclamericas.bsky.social as part of my @britishacademy.bsky.social Visiting Fellowship at @uclhistory.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/events/sacre...
Join us!
Sacred Wars? The Politics of Religious Violence in Cold War Mexico and Colombia
I am delighted to be giving this talk at @uclamericas.bsky.social as part of my @britishacademy.bsky.social Visiting Fellowship at @uclhistory.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/events/sacre...
Join us!
June 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is next week
Sacred Wars? The Politics of Religious Violence in Cold War Mexico and Colombia
I am delighted to be giving this talk at @uclamericas.bsky.social as part of my @britishacademy.bsky.social Visiting Fellowship at @uclhistory.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/events/sacre...
Join us!
Sacred Wars? The Politics of Religious Violence in Cold War Mexico and Colombia
I am delighted to be giving this talk at @uclamericas.bsky.social as part of my @britishacademy.bsky.social Visiting Fellowship at @uclhistory.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/events/sacre...
Join us!
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Join @NACLA for the launch of the new print issue on Central America: "NACLA Report: Isthmian Saberes: Embodied Knowledge and Archival Praxis in América Central"! Wed Jun 4 at 5:30 EST, co-sponsored by @SALALM🔥 register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: NACLA Summer 2025 Issue Launch "Isthmian Saberes". After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
SALALM and NACLA invite you to celebrate the launch of the Summer 2025 issue of the NACLA Report! Guest editors Kaysha Corinealdi, Jorge E. Cuéllar, and Paul Joseph López Oro will discuss the preparat...
zoom.us
May 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Join @NACLA for the launch of the new print issue on Central America: "NACLA Report: Isthmian Saberes: Embodied Knowledge and Archival Praxis in América Central"! Wed Jun 4 at 5:30 EST, co-sponsored by @SALALM🔥 register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Earlier this month I had the chance to tour the shelter Mexico built in Ciudad Juárez to receive migrants deported by Trump as part of the 'Mexico embraces you' program. The shelter can serve 2,500 people per day, but as of last week they have received 2,800 migrants since Feb.
My story:
My story:
‘Mexico embraces you’ shelter in Juárez stands ready, but few migrants arrive to fill it
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum launched "Mexico embraces you' to receive immigrants deported from U.S. Numbers are low, but the 10-center program continues.
www.elpasotimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Earlier this month I had the chance to tour the shelter Mexico built in Ciudad Juárez to receive migrants deported by Trump as part of the 'Mexico embraces you' program. The shelter can serve 2,500 people per day, but as of last week they have received 2,800 migrants since Feb.
My story:
My story:
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Delighted to have a piece in The Conversation today.
Can centring lived experience in activism weaken collective action? And why is the far right starting to use this language too?
theconversation.com/lived-experi...
#activism #livedexperience @theconversation.com
Can centring lived experience in activism weaken collective action? And why is the far right starting to use this language too?
theconversation.com/lived-experi...
#activism #livedexperience @theconversation.com
‘Lived experience’ is valued in activism – but is it doing more harm than good?
Activists without ‘lived experience’ can feel unsure of their place.
theconversation.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Delighted to have a piece in The Conversation today.
Can centring lived experience in activism weaken collective action? And why is the far right starting to use this language too?
theconversation.com/lived-experi...
#activism #livedexperience @theconversation.com
Can centring lived experience in activism weaken collective action? And why is the far right starting to use this language too?
theconversation.com/lived-experi...
#activism #livedexperience @theconversation.com
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#LSA2025 #GenderandJustice is a New interdisciplinary & feminist social science journal.
Does your research focus on:
✅ Gender
✅ Inequality
✅Justice
Consider sending your work to us. Details 👇
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
Does your research focus on:
✅ Gender
✅ Inequality
✅Justice
Consider sending your work to us. Details 👇
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
May 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
#LSA2025 #GenderandJustice is a New interdisciplinary & feminist social science journal.
Does your research focus on:
✅ Gender
✅ Inequality
✅Justice
Consider sending your work to us. Details 👇
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
Does your research focus on:
✅ Gender
✅ Inequality
✅Justice
Consider sending your work to us. Details 👇
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...