Miguel Valerio
@mia1va.bsky.social
Author of Sovereign Joy:Afro-Mexican Kings and Queens, 1539-1540 #earlymodern #skyhistorians
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Miguel Valerio
@mia1va.bsky.social
· Nov 22
I’m a scholar of the African diaspora in the Iberian Atlantic and my book studies the practice of festive black kings and queens among Afro-Mexicans in early colonial Mexico City as an expression of communal sovereignty and joy
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We know you would, that's the entire problem
April 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We know you would, that's the entire problem
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It gets worse.
This Signal situation is just the tip of the iceberg of incompetence in this administration.
This Signal situation is just the tip of the iceberg of incompetence in this administration.
March 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It gets worse.
This Signal situation is just the tip of the iceberg of incompetence in this administration.
This Signal situation is just the tip of the iceberg of incompetence in this administration.
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www.motherjones.com/politics/202... it’s a horrible thing to get deported without cause or due process. But to be deported to a country that is not yours because you have a tattoo??? Are you waiting until they come for citizens to start doing something? Immigrants are humans with rights. #resist
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... it’s a horrible thing to get deported without cause or due process. But to be deported to a country that is not yours because you have a tattoo??? Are you waiting until they come for citizens to start doing something? Immigrants are humans with rights. #resist
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My author's copy of new 'Handbook of #AmericanPoetry' with my essay on "Poetry as #FeministCritique" (focused on the 1970s/80s) in which I read #SharonOlds, #AudreLorde & #SusanHowe but also discuss other poets has arrived! It is very thick & pretty
#Feminism #GenderStudies #AmericanStudies #Poetry
#Feminism #GenderStudies #AmericanStudies #Poetry
March 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
My author's copy of new 'Handbook of #AmericanPoetry' with my essay on "Poetry as #FeministCritique" (focused on the 1970s/80s) in which I read #SharonOlds, #AudreLorde & #SusanHowe but also discuss other poets has arrived! It is very thick & pretty
#Feminism #GenderStudies #AmericanStudies #Poetry
#Feminism #GenderStudies #AmericanStudies #Poetry
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A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
www.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
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New open access book from @ucpress.bsky.social :
Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the Age of Empires by Sidney Xu Lu
www.ucpress.edu/books/collab...
Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the Age of Empires by Sidney Xu Lu
www.ucpress.edu/books/collab...
March 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
New open access book from @ucpress.bsky.social :
Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the Age of Empires by Sidney Xu Lu
www.ucpress.edu/books/collab...
Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the Age of Empires by Sidney Xu Lu
www.ucpress.edu/books/collab...
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
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Don’t miss this exhibition I curated, now on view at the Syracuse University Art Museum!
March 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Don’t miss this exhibition I curated, now on view at the Syracuse University Art Museum!
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Folks in Washington DC: there are signed copies of Humans: A Monstrous History at @politicsprose.bsky.social Conn Ave. and it’s members’ discount weekend this weekend! #books #history #politics #dmv
Had a fab time at @politicsprose.bsky.social: first in-person book event for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY.
Thanks everyone for coming, great questions, and LAUGHING AT THE JOKES! Recording at link below.
💙📚 🧪 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7w6...
Thanks everyone for coming, great questions, and LAUGHING AT THE JOKES! Recording at link below.
💙📚 🧪 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7w6...
March 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Folks in Washington DC: there are signed copies of Humans: A Monstrous History at @politicsprose.bsky.social Conn Ave. and it’s members’ discount weekend this weekend! #books #history #politics #dmv
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Say it with me now: HANDS OFF HIGHER ED.
Government intervention is government intervention is government intervention.
As the Palestine exception becomes the universal rule of state interference in this country: HANDS OFF HIGHER ED.
nypost.com/2025/02/25/u...
Government intervention is government intervention is government intervention.
As the Palestine exception becomes the universal rule of state interference in this country: HANDS OFF HIGHER ED.
nypost.com/2025/02/25/u...
Gov. Hochul orders CUNY remove Hunter College ‘Palestinian Studies’ job posting, calls for probe into ‘antisemitic theories’
The job listing has since been removed from CUNY’s website.
nypost.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Say it with me now: HANDS OFF HIGHER ED.
Government intervention is government intervention is government intervention.
As the Palestine exception becomes the universal rule of state interference in this country: HANDS OFF HIGHER ED.
nypost.com/2025/02/25/u...
Government intervention is government intervention is government intervention.
As the Palestine exception becomes the universal rule of state interference in this country: HANDS OFF HIGHER ED.
nypost.com/2025/02/25/u...
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My book, Bridging Sonic Borders, is coming soon! It explores the deep ties between Dominican literature, migration & music, shedding light on overlooked voices in Dominican & US Latinx traditions. Click on the link to pre-order a copy today: sharinamaillopozo.com/books/
February 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My book, Bridging Sonic Borders, is coming soon! It explores the deep ties between Dominican literature, migration & music, shedding light on overlooked voices in Dominican & US Latinx traditions. Click on the link to pre-order a copy today: sharinamaillopozo.com/books/
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1619 in Global Perspective: and why we need to study the history of slavery and the African diaspora globally #slaveryarchive t.co/JCD87bVNxe
February 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
1619 in Global Perspective: and why we need to study the history of slavery and the African diaspora globally #slaveryarchive t.co/JCD87bVNxe
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Celebrating authors I've worked with & books I've worked on from my 35 years in publishing every day of #BlackHistoryMonth
Day #22
@mia1va.bsky.social recovers the history of festival performances by Black people in Mexico City that captured and sustained "defiant joy."
@cambridgeup.bsky.social
Day #22
@mia1va.bsky.social recovers the history of festival performances by Black people in Mexico City that captured and sustained "defiant joy."
@cambridgeup.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Celebrating authors I've worked with & books I've worked on from my 35 years in publishing every day of #BlackHistoryMonth
Day #22
@mia1va.bsky.social recovers the history of festival performances by Black people in Mexico City that captured and sustained "defiant joy."
@cambridgeup.bsky.social
Day #22
@mia1va.bsky.social recovers the history of festival performances by Black people in Mexico City that captured and sustained "defiant joy."
@cambridgeup.bsky.social
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I mean if we made Target bankrupt, other companies might start to get the idea. Just sayin’
February 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I mean if we made Target bankrupt, other companies might start to get the idea. Just sayin’
The British library had a grad student placement to help survey the history of Afro-Brazil in their print collection www.bl.uk/more/researc...
www.bl.uk
February 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The British library had a grad student placement to help survey the history of Afro-Brazil in their print collection www.bl.uk/more/researc...
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Librarians. Now Alabama will be jailing librarians for shelving books. www.alreporter.com/2024/07/10/b...
Bill to arrest librarians filed for 2025 session
A bill that could have led to the arrest of librarians narrowly missed becoming law last session, but sponsors have already filed a follow-up.
www.alreporter.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Librarians. Now Alabama will be jailing librarians for shelving books. www.alreporter.com/2024/07/10/b...
This little book remains as important as when it came out five years ago
February 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This little book remains as important as when it came out five years ago
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My article on Sor Juana is now out and open access! Click here to uncover the truth: was she a sphinx or not?
Was Sor Juana a Sphinx? Monstrosity and the Poetics of Dedication in Her Transoceanic Enigmas | Latin American Research Review | Cambridge Core
Was Sor Juana a Sphinx? Monstrosity and the Poetics of Dedication in Her Transoceanic Enigmas
www.cambridge.org
February 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My article on Sor Juana is now out and open access! Click here to uncover the truth: was she a sphinx or not?
sad news from brazil :( www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/nor...
Teto de igreja histórica desaba em Salvador; uma pessoa morreu | CNN Brasil
Outras cinco pessoas ficaram feridas após desabamento do teto da Igreja São Francisco de Assis, no Pelourinho; construção tem centenas de anos
www.cnnbrasil.com.br
February 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
sad news from brazil :( www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/nor...
It arrived scratched scratched but dying to devour it, @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It arrived scratched scratched but dying to devour it, @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
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Celebrating authors & books from my 35 years in publishing every day of #BlackHistoryMonth
#2 - Daina Ramey Berry’s bk was a game-changer (1st to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives—& to coin the term soul value).
#2 - Daina Ramey Berry’s bk was a game-changer (1st to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives—& to coin the term soul value).
February 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Celebrating authors & books from my 35 years in publishing every day of #BlackHistoryMonth
#2 - Daina Ramey Berry’s bk was a game-changer (1st to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives—& to coin the term soul value).
#2 - Daina Ramey Berry’s bk was a game-changer (1st to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives—& to coin the term soul value).
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For those interested in urban Caribbean music beyond Bad Bunny. Here is a very talented young woman (17 at time of concert), Jay Noa feels a Dominican barrio. youtu.be/LwDRLLPuOA4?...
J Noa: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
For those interested in urban Caribbean music beyond Bad Bunny. Here is a very talented young woman (17 at time of concert), Jay Noa feels a Dominican barrio. youtu.be/LwDRLLPuOA4?...