Rachel Grace Newman
@rachelgracenewman.bsky.social
Book coming May 2026!
The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-future-in-their-hands/paper
Asst. Prof of History at Colgate
Hosting convos on LatAmStudies books @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-future-in-their-hands/paper
Asst. Prof of History at Colgate
Hosting convos on LatAmStudies books @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
Pinned
Take a listen to Mila Burns on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussing her new book, Dictatorship Across Borders (@uncpress.bsky.social)
newbooksnetwork.com/dictatorship...
newbooksnetwork.com/dictatorship...
Mila Burns, "Dictatorship Across Borders: Brazil, Chile, and the South American Cold War" (UNC Press, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Take a listen to Mila Burns on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussing her new book, Dictatorship Across Borders (@uncpress.bsky.social)
newbooksnetwork.com/dictatorship...
newbooksnetwork.com/dictatorship...
Just finished recording a great convo with Mila Burns about her book w/@uncpress.bsky.social for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social!
This book teaches us to think about Brazil as a regional powerhouse & shows its role in facilitating the coup against Allende. A tough & crucial read.
Podcast coming soon!
This book teaches us to think about Brazil as a regional powerhouse & shows its role in facilitating the coup against Allende. A tough & crucial read.
Podcast coming soon!
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Just finished recording a great convo with Mila Burns about her book w/@uncpress.bsky.social for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social!
This book teaches us to think about Brazil as a regional powerhouse & shows its role in facilitating the coup against Allende. A tough & crucial read.
Podcast coming soon!
This book teaches us to think about Brazil as a regional powerhouse & shows its role in facilitating the coup against Allende. A tough & crucial read.
Podcast coming soon!
Migrant remittances--the money migrants send to families back home--are REALLY important. They don't get as many headlines as they should. Glad to see this report.
My new project looks at the long history of migrant remitting practices between Mexico and the US. Stay tuned!
My new project looks at the long history of migrant remitting practices between Mexico and the US. Stay tuned!
As the US ramps up deportations and prepares to impose a new tax on many outgoing remittances, diaspora members may be reconsidering how much money to send back to their homelands
Our article explores the factors affecting remittances
https://bit.ly/43fj581
Our article explores the factors affecting remittances
https://bit.ly/43fj581
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Migrant remittances--the money migrants send to families back home--are REALLY important. They don't get as many headlines as they should. Glad to see this report.
My new project looks at the long history of migrant remitting practices between Mexico and the US. Stay tuned!
My new project looks at the long history of migrant remitting practices between Mexico and the US. Stay tuned!
Yay! LASA 2026 in Paris!
Very excited to present with Fer Amador II, Gabriel Panuco-Mercado, & Robert Curley on soc/cult histories of migrant economies
Thanks @lasabluesky.bsky.social for the opportunity!
Very excited to present with Fer Amador II, Gabriel Panuco-Mercado, & Robert Curley on soc/cult histories of migrant economies
Thanks @lasabluesky.bsky.social for the opportunity!
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Yay! LASA 2026 in Paris!
Very excited to present with Fer Amador II, Gabriel Panuco-Mercado, & Robert Curley on soc/cult histories of migrant economies
Thanks @lasabluesky.bsky.social for the opportunity!
Very excited to present with Fer Amador II, Gabriel Panuco-Mercado, & Robert Curley on soc/cult histories of migrant economies
Thanks @lasabluesky.bsky.social for the opportunity!
For anyone out there almost done with a book, I wanted to recommend this newsletter from @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social about the final stages of publication!
It happened to reach me just as I was moving into this phase w/ @ucpress.bsky.social
newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/after-...
It happened to reach me just as I was moving into this phase w/ @ucpress.bsky.social
newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/after-...
After you "finish" your book
newsletter.manuscriptworks.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
For anyone out there almost done with a book, I wanted to recommend this newsletter from @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social about the final stages of publication!
It happened to reach me just as I was moving into this phase w/ @ucpress.bsky.social
newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/after-...
It happened to reach me just as I was moving into this phase w/ @ucpress.bsky.social
newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/after-...
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Global Teach Ins-Outs about Migration
The Migration Scholars Solidarity and Resistance Network urges migration scholars to organize Teach Ins-Outs around the theme “Stop the War on Migrants; Migration is a Social Good” on November 11, 2025.
Info? migrationscholarsnetwork@gmail.com.
The Migration Scholars Solidarity and Resistance Network urges migration scholars to organize Teach Ins-Outs around the theme “Stop the War on Migrants; Migration is a Social Good” on November 11, 2025.
Info? migrationscholarsnetwork@gmail.com.
November 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Global Teach Ins-Outs about Migration
The Migration Scholars Solidarity and Resistance Network urges migration scholars to organize Teach Ins-Outs around the theme “Stop the War on Migrants; Migration is a Social Good” on November 11, 2025.
Info? migrationscholarsnetwork@gmail.com.
The Migration Scholars Solidarity and Resistance Network urges migration scholars to organize Teach Ins-Outs around the theme “Stop the War on Migrants; Migration is a Social Good” on November 11, 2025.
Info? migrationscholarsnetwork@gmail.com.
October 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
XVII Reunión Internacional de Historiadores de México...en Veracruz Sept 2026 😍
www.uv.mx/xvii-reunion...
Accepting symposia, panels, & papers!
www.uv.mx/xvii-reunion...
Accepting symposia, panels, & papers!
XVII Reunión Internacional de Historiadores de México – Universidad Veracruzana
Universidad Veracruzana, Institución de educación superior pública con distintas sedes a lo largo del estado de Veracruz
www.uv.mx
October 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
XVII Reunión Internacional de Historiadores de México...en Veracruz Sept 2026 😍
www.uv.mx/xvii-reunion...
Accepting symposia, panels, & papers!
www.uv.mx/xvii-reunion...
Accepting symposia, panels, & papers!
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I just published an article about my book and its connections to current politics with @us.theconversation.com! I highly recommend working with them, if you're interested in helping expand the public reach of your work. (1/2) #History 🗃️
theconversation.com/the-lost-his...
theconversation.com/the-lost-his...
The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis
A common US-centric narrative holds that the Cuban missile crisis ended when Washington stood firm against the Soviets. But that story ignores a whole continent.
theconversation.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I just published an article about my book and its connections to current politics with @us.theconversation.com! I highly recommend working with them, if you're interested in helping expand the public reach of your work. (1/2) #History 🗃️
theconversation.com/the-lost-his...
theconversation.com/the-lost-his...
Congrats Sam! 🎉
Just over a week out from publication day for my book, In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico (@univnebpress.bsky.social). Read more below or at www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978....
🗃️📚🇲🇽🏺 #skystorians #Mexico #archaeology #heritage
🗃️📚🇲🇽🏺 #skystorians #Mexico #archaeology #heritage
October 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Congrats Sam! 🎉
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The #AMA train never ends #Skystorians! Tomorrow we're hosting an AMA with Dr. Mila Burns, author of Dictatorship across Borders: Brazil, Chile, and the South American Cold War!
October 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The #AMA train never ends #Skystorians! Tomorrow we're hosting an AMA with Dr. Mila Burns, author of Dictatorship across Borders: Brazil, Chile, and the South American Cold War!
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History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."
October 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."
Reposted by Rachel Grace Newman
Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.
It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.
Thank you for your consideration.
It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.
Thank you for your consideration.
"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder
Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!
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October 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.
It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.
Thank you for your consideration.
It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.
Thank you for your consideration.
Reposted by Rachel Grace Newman
New publication! 🚨
My article looks at how, during the 1916 US occupation, Dominican education administrators negotiated US expectations by drawing on the expertise of their Latin American counterparts.
First 50 copies are free access: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MZSMJ...
My article looks at how, during the 1916 US occupation, Dominican education administrators negotiated US expectations by drawing on the expertise of their Latin American counterparts.
First 50 copies are free access: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MZSMJ...
Modernising Dominican education: transnational exchanges in the Revista de Educación during the 1916 US occupation
During the eight-year US occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924), US military officials and Dominican education administrators sought to transform the school system as a way to create a mo...
www.tandfonline.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New publication! 🚨
My article looks at how, during the 1916 US occupation, Dominican education administrators negotiated US expectations by drawing on the expertise of their Latin American counterparts.
First 50 copies are free access: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MZSMJ...
My article looks at how, during the 1916 US occupation, Dominican education administrators negotiated US expectations by drawing on the expertise of their Latin American counterparts.
First 50 copies are free access: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MZSMJ...
Reposted by Rachel Grace Newman
El Seminario "Historia Aplicada y Nuevas Perspectivas" invita a su siguiente sesión virtual:
"El Archivo Digital de Jóvenes de la Crisis"
Presenta: Noe Pliego Campos
📅 9 de octubre a las 17:00
📹 www.youtube.com/live/gXiVwDl...
"El Archivo Digital de Jóvenes de la Crisis"
Presenta: Noe Pliego Campos
📅 9 de octubre a las 17:00
📹 www.youtube.com/live/gXiVwDl...
October 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
El Seminario "Historia Aplicada y Nuevas Perspectivas" invita a su siguiente sesión virtual:
"El Archivo Digital de Jóvenes de la Crisis"
Presenta: Noe Pliego Campos
📅 9 de octubre a las 17:00
📹 www.youtube.com/live/gXiVwDl...
"El Archivo Digital de Jóvenes de la Crisis"
Presenta: Noe Pliego Campos
📅 9 de octubre a las 17:00
📹 www.youtube.com/live/gXiVwDl...
Reposted by Rachel Grace Newman
Next October 30, I will be discussing A Brief History of Violence in Mexico with my friends Thomas Rath, Gema Kloppe-Santamaría, Paulo Drinot and Ben Smith www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
A Brief History of Violence in Mexico
This session will discuss A Brief History of Violence in Mexico by Pablo Piccato (Columbia University).
www.sas.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Next October 30, I will be discussing A Brief History of Violence in Mexico with my friends Thomas Rath, Gema Kloppe-Santamaría, Paulo Drinot and Ben Smith www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Reposted by Rachel Grace Newman
hey, void! Historiography on Gilded Age frauds and tricksters?
September 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
hey, void! Historiography on Gilded Age frauds and tricksters?
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El Seminario de Historia de las Migraciones en México invita a:
"La migración molokana a Baja California a principios del siglo XX"
Presenta: Daniela Silva
Comentan: Rogelio Ruiz Ríos e Irina Córdoba
📅 25 de septiembre a las 17:00
🏦 IIH-UNAM Aula 2
📩historiamigraciones@gmail.com
"La migración molokana a Baja California a principios del siglo XX"
Presenta: Daniela Silva
Comentan: Rogelio Ruiz Ríos e Irina Córdoba
📅 25 de septiembre a las 17:00
🏦 IIH-UNAM Aula 2
📩historiamigraciones@gmail.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
El Seminario de Historia de las Migraciones en México invita a:
"La migración molokana a Baja California a principios del siglo XX"
Presenta: Daniela Silva
Comentan: Rogelio Ruiz Ríos e Irina Córdoba
📅 25 de septiembre a las 17:00
🏦 IIH-UNAM Aula 2
📩historiamigraciones@gmail.com
"La migración molokana a Baja California a principios del siglo XX"
Presenta: Daniela Silva
Comentan: Rogelio Ruiz Ríos e Irina Córdoba
📅 25 de septiembre a las 17:00
🏦 IIH-UNAM Aula 2
📩historiamigraciones@gmail.com
CFP: SECOLAS 2026 in Las Vegas, March 2026. I can't make it this time (currently based in Chiapas 🙃), but I had a great time at this year's conference. More close-knit than the bigger confs & every panel was well-attended. Highly recommend! secolas.org/conferences/...
Las Vegas 2026 – SECOLAS
secolas.org
September 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
CFP: SECOLAS 2026 in Las Vegas, March 2026. I can't make it this time (currently based in Chiapas 🙃), but I had a great time at this year's conference. More close-knit than the bigger confs & every panel was well-attended. Highly recommend! secolas.org/conferences/...
Mexicanists!
If you join @lasabluesky.bsky.social's Mexico section, you can nominate your work for:
✅Best article (social sciences)
✅Best article (humanities)
✅Best book (social sciences)
✅Best book (humanities)
Due Oct. 15 (after LASA proposals due, phew). Get your work out there!
If you join @lasabluesky.bsky.social's Mexico section, you can nominate your work for:
✅Best article (social sciences)
✅Best article (humanities)
✅Best book (social sciences)
✅Best book (humanities)
Due Oct. 15 (after LASA proposals due, phew). Get your work out there!
September 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Mexicanists!
If you join @lasabluesky.bsky.social's Mexico section, you can nominate your work for:
✅Best article (social sciences)
✅Best article (humanities)
✅Best book (social sciences)
✅Best book (humanities)
Due Oct. 15 (after LASA proposals due, phew). Get your work out there!
If you join @lasabluesky.bsky.social's Mexico section, you can nominate your work for:
✅Best article (social sciences)
✅Best article (humanities)
✅Best book (social sciences)
✅Best book (humanities)
Due Oct. 15 (after LASA proposals due, phew). Get your work out there!
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Hi! We're putting a panel together for LASA 2026 on minerals and metals in Latin American history. So, if you do mining history, environmental history, riparian/waterway history, or history of science, get in contact!
September 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hi! We're putting a panel together for LASA 2026 on minerals and metals in Latin American history. So, if you do mining history, environmental history, riparian/waterway history, or history of science, get in contact!
Reposted by Rachel Grace Newman
To celebrate Labor Day, we've curated a reading list of books and articles that examine labor distribution throughout history while highlighting the groups working to enshrine rights for laborers around the world.
Reading List: Labor Day
To celebrate Labor Day, we've curated a reading list that sheds light on invisible labor throughout history. Whether uncovering the experiences of immigrant Mayan meatpackers in the Great Plains or scholars of color within academia, the books and articles in this list examine and challenge the status quo of labor distribution while highlighting the groups working to enshrine rights for laborers around the world.
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September 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
To celebrate Labor Day, we've curated a reading list of books and articles that examine labor distribution throughout history while highlighting the groups working to enshrine rights for laborers around the world.
August 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
For @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, here's my interview with Daniel Morales about his new book on Mexican migration in the early twentieth century. Take a listen to get a sense of this sweeping work, or order a copy for your library!
newbooksnetwork.com/between-here...
newbooksnetwork.com/between-here...
Daniel Morales, "Between Here and There: The Political Economy of Transnational Mexican Migration, 1900-1942" (Oxford UP, 2024) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
For @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, here's my interview with Daniel Morales about his new book on Mexican migration in the early twentieth century. Take a listen to get a sense of this sweeping work, or order a copy for your library!
newbooksnetwork.com/between-here...
newbooksnetwork.com/between-here...
Reposted by Rachel Grace Newman
📣 ¡Ya está abierta la convocatoria para propuestas LASA2026 Paris! 🇫🇷
📝 Envía tu propuesta antes del 9 de septiembre de 2025
*Se requiere membresía vigente
🔗 Info: loom.ly/BGVrRvQ
#CallForPapers #LASA2026
📝 Envía tu propuesta antes del 9 de septiembre de 2025
*Se requiere membresía vigente
🔗 Info: loom.ly/BGVrRvQ
#CallForPapers #LASA2026
July 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
📣 ¡Ya está abierta la convocatoria para propuestas LASA2026 Paris! 🇫🇷
📝 Envía tu propuesta antes del 9 de septiembre de 2025
*Se requiere membresía vigente
🔗 Info: loom.ly/BGVrRvQ
#CallForPapers #LASA2026
📝 Envía tu propuesta antes del 9 de septiembre de 2025
*Se requiere membresía vigente
🔗 Info: loom.ly/BGVrRvQ
#CallForPapers #LASA2026