Debbie Sharnak
@dsharnak.bsky.social
Historian studying Latin America, social movements, human rights, transitional justice, USFP, sports.
Author: Of Light and Struggle (Penn 2023). Co-editor: Uruguay In Transnational Perspective (Routledge 2023)
Author: Of Light and Struggle (Penn 2023). Co-editor: Uruguay In Transnational Perspective (Routledge 2023)
That summer, I was in the Ford Foundation archives at the Rockefeller Archive Center, doing research for an unrelated project, and found a series of documents about the group's founding! (🧵/3)
October 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
That summer, I was in the Ford Foundation archives at the Rockefeller Archive Center, doing research for an unrelated project, and found a series of documents about the group's founding! (🧵/3)
In 2022, a student came to me asking about this group they had found mentioned in State Department documents called the United States Friends of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. I asked twitter for help and got no response. (🧵/1)
October 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
In 2022, a student came to me asking about this group they had found mentioned in State Department documents called the United States Friends of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. I asked twitter for help and got no response. (🧵/1)
And even though my own current book project doesn't cover Brazil, I was fun to use some research from my own archival visits (the review starts with this survey from 1968).
October 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
And even though my own current book project doesn't cover Brazil, I was fun to use some research from my own archival visits (the review starts with this survey from 1968).
March 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Join us— hoy a las 3:30!
January 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Join us— hoy a las 3:30!