Juan Sebastián Macías
@juansmacias.bsky.social
PhD Student in Latin American History UT Austin - Age of Revolutions- Indigenous History - Latin America
https://cola.utexas.edu/history/gradstudents/jsm5335
https://cola.utexas.edu/history/gradstudents/jsm5335
Who else hates not having enough primary sources?!
September 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Who else hates not having enough primary sources?!
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In the newest HAHR, @mbowensilva.bsky.social examines the emergence of transparency as a communication ideal among Chilean elites during the crisis of the Spanish Empire by focusing on long-distance networks and manuscript correspondence. doi.org/10.1215/0018...
“We Distrust the Whole Universe”: Long-Distance Communications, Emotions, and the Transformation of the Public Sphere in Chile, 1790–1812 | Hispanic American Historical Review | Duke University Press
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August 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In the newest HAHR, @mbowensilva.bsky.social examines the emergence of transparency as a communication ideal among Chilean elites during the crisis of the Spanish Empire by focusing on long-distance networks and manuscript correspondence. doi.org/10.1215/0018...
What is the best book on social history you have ever read?
May 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
What is the best book on social history you have ever read?
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My #AtlanticStudies article “Wandering books in the global Enlightenment: The life of an 18th-c library that crisscrossed the Atlantic” 📚 🌎 won the Williamson Award 🏆 for Best Social Research given by @lehighu.bsky.social (DM for a copy) #bookhistory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Wandering books in the global Enlightenment: The life of an eighteenth-century library that crisscrossed the Atlantic
This study examines the “life” of an eighteenth-century private library that migrated from Spain to New Spain in 1765 and returned, greatly reduced, back to Europe in 1772. The collection’s owner w...
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May 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My #AtlanticStudies article “Wandering books in the global Enlightenment: The life of an 18th-c library that crisscrossed the Atlantic” 📚 🌎 won the Williamson Award 🏆 for Best Social Research given by @lehighu.bsky.social (DM for a copy) #bookhistory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Doing research at the Lilly Library has been an amazing experience! So glad I had the chance to be selected as a Mendel Visiting Fellow
May 23, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Doing research at the Lilly Library has been an amazing experience! So glad I had the chance to be selected as a Mendel Visiting Fellow
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Happy to share my forthcoming article in the Hispanic American Historical Review.
Into revolutions, emotions, and global connections? Have a look.
The advance version is available open access here: read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article...
Into revolutions, emotions, and global connections? Have a look.
The advance version is available open access here: read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article...
May 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Happy to share my forthcoming article in the Hispanic American Historical Review.
Into revolutions, emotions, and global connections? Have a look.
The advance version is available open access here: read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article...
Into revolutions, emotions, and global connections? Have a look.
The advance version is available open access here: read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article...
I had a great time at SECOLAS!
April 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I had a great time at SECOLAS!
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"The New Kingdom of Granada," by Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez tells the history of the making and unmaking of empire in the diverse and decentralized Indigenous landscapes of the Northern Andes. Read the intro for free on our website! #LatinAmericanStudies #History
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March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"The New Kingdom of Granada," by Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez tells the history of the making and unmaking of empire in the diverse and decentralized Indigenous landscapes of the Northern Andes. Read the intro for free on our website! #LatinAmericanStudies #History
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My review of Mireya Salgados’ interesting book on indigenous politics andrebellion in Riobamba and Otavalo has just been published in Fronteras de la Historia
January 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
My review of Mireya Salgados’ interesting book on indigenous politics andrebellion in Riobamba and Otavalo has just been published in Fronteras de la Historia
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Interested 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!
November 16, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Interested 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!
What readings would you include if you were to make a list for comprehensive exams on subaltern intellectual history? It could be any time period and region.
January 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
What readings would you include if you were to make a list for comprehensive exams on subaltern intellectual history? It could be any time period and region.
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I’m delighted to announce that my new book, The Coming of the Kingdom: the Muisca, Catholic Reform, and Spanish Colonialism in the New Kingdom of Granada has just come out in open access digital form (hardcover to follow shortly). It is free to download and read at the link below. 1/5
The Coming of the Kingdom
Cambridge Core - Latin American Studies - The Coming of the Kingdom
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November 29, 2024 at 7:40 PM
I’m delighted to announce that my new book, The Coming of the Kingdom: the Muisca, Catholic Reform, and Spanish Colonialism in the New Kingdom of Granada has just come out in open access digital form (hardcover to follow shortly). It is free to download and read at the link below. 1/5