Juan José Ponce Vázquez
@jjponcevazquez.bsky.social
Historian, sevillano, and USian. Spain, LatAm, Caribe & Atlantic. Opinions are my own. Author of Islanders and Empire. He/Him/Él. Nick Fury of the Spanish Bureaucratic Legal Universe.
New addition to the Iberian Colonial Repostory: A (partial) inventory of Papeles de Cuba from the AGI. Published in Cuba in 1978! Check it out!
And if you have any archival sources to share with others from old research projects, please reach out to me!
And if you have any archival sources to share with others from old research projects, please reach out to me!
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
New addition to the Iberian Colonial Repostory: A (partial) inventory of Papeles de Cuba from the AGI. Published in Cuba in 1978! Check it out!
And if you have any archival sources to share with others from old research projects, please reach out to me!
And if you have any archival sources to share with others from old research projects, please reach out to me!
Sometimes our library gives me the nicest of surprises. Published in Argentina, 1958
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Sometimes our library gives me the nicest of surprises. Published in Argentina, 1958
What a powerful night. A evening with Bill Baxley and Doug Jones, hearing them talk about the prosecution and conviction of the klansmen responsible for the 16th St. Baptist Church bombing
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
What a powerful night. A evening with Bill Baxley and Doug Jones, hearing them talk about the prosecution and conviction of the klansmen responsible for the 16th St. Baptist Church bombing
I am reading very local and reading my own college John Giggle and his fabulous latest book about violence and civil rights in Tuscaloosa, AL. Methodologically and thematically, it’s such a treat. Anyone interested in working with local communities should read it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I am reading very local and reading my own college John Giggle and his fabulous latest book about violence and civil rights in Tuscaloosa, AL. Methodologically and thematically, it’s such a treat. Anyone interested in working with local communities should read it.
Check who is in control of Congress for each of these, with one exception:
October 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Check who is in control of Congress for each of these, with one exception:
Got an impressive package in the mail today. Books by @lhistorienne.bsky.social !! Super excited.
October 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Got an impressive package in the mail today. Books by @lhistorienne.bsky.social !! Super excited.
Still going strong!
October 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Still going strong!
Before and after. Books are migrating and breathing!
September 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Before and after. Books are migrating and breathing!
Bookcase expansion! I’m so excited! Time to reorganize, although I’m not sure I have time right now.
September 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bookcase expansion! I’m so excited! Time to reorganize, although I’m not sure I have time right now.
Our annual T-shirt for all History majors is here! Every year, a new design, and a new quote.
September 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Our annual T-shirt for all History majors is here! Every year, a new design, and a new quote.
Excellent adventure this afternoon with my #cubscouts den talking about the sky and constellation. Go Tigers! #ScoutingAmerica
August 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Excellent adventure this afternoon with my #cubscouts den talking about the sky and constellation. Go Tigers! #ScoutingAmerica
We have a new banner in our department. On summer 2026, Dr. Margaret Peacock and I will take 10 students to Peru, spend a few days in Cuzco, hike to Choquequirao and to Machu Pichu!
August 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We have a new banner in our department. On summer 2026, Dr. Margaret Peacock and I will take 10 students to Peru, spend a few days in Cuzco, hike to Choquequirao and to Machu Pichu!
Does anyone else enjoy Duolingo? I’m kind of loving it! Much better than doom scrolling!
August 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Does anyone else enjoy Duolingo? I’m kind of loving it! Much better than doom scrolling!
Esta es la indigencia intelectual que AI está creando: usar a Grok para hacer un factcheck a un catedrático de historia contemporánea muy reconocido y que ha escrito ampliamente sobre la dictadura franquista.
August 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Esta es la indigencia intelectual que AI está creando: usar a Grok para hacer un factcheck a un catedrático de historia contemporánea muy reconocido y que ha escrito ampliamente sobre la dictadura franquista.
Punk rockers still grabbed guitars and learned to play them. They didn’t just skip learning to play altogether.
August 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Punk rockers still grabbed guitars and learned to play them. They didn’t just skip learning to play altogether.
These two piles are a (still incomplete) bundle of supplies my two children need to school. We are talking of several hundreds of dollars worth of stuff. Not only pencils and notebooks: cleaning products, bandaids, kitchen towels… things that a school should provide, but can’t. Not in Alabama
July 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
These two piles are a (still incomplete) bundle of supplies my two children need to school. We are talking of several hundreds of dollars worth of stuff. Not only pencils and notebooks: cleaning products, bandaids, kitchen towels… things that a school should provide, but can’t. Not in Alabama
New laptop, new sticker.
July 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
New laptop, new sticker.
Saw this beautiful water fountain for adults, children, refill bottles, and dogs, and I wonder if by we can’t have nice things like this where I live in Alabama. The answer also hit me as quickly as I thought the question. Pay little or no direct taxes, get no services.
July 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Saw this beautiful water fountain for adults, children, refill bottles, and dogs, and I wonder if by we can’t have nice things like this where I live in Alabama. The answer also hit me as quickly as I thought the question. Pay little or no direct taxes, get no services.
A morning sweating in the garden, rewarded by the summer harvest #histgardening
June 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A morning sweating in the garden, rewarded by the summer harvest #histgardening
Today my children came to me with a coin they had found. I start looking at it, and I can’t believe my eyes. See for yourselves.
June 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Today my children came to me with a coin they had found. I start looking at it, and I can’t believe my eyes. See for yourselves.
Thank you! The aqueduct was hilarious. I thought I was making an ass of myself, but honestly that is what I saw! Kudos for the artisan who designed it. I think you are right about the two escudos. Attaching a much clearer image here. It looks like a poorly made II.
June 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Thank you! The aqueduct was hilarious. I thought I was making an ass of myself, but honestly that is what I saw! Kudos for the artisan who designed it. I think you are right about the two escudos. Attaching a much clearer image here. It looks like a poorly made II.
I lied. This one from 1806 has the value in the edge: 8R (red marking) It did move around a bit.
June 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I lied. This one from 1806 has the value in the edge: 8R (red marking) It did move around a bit.
As far as I know, the Spanish piece of 8 or peso de 8 reales from the 18th century did have the denomination in them. Look at this one I am attaching. It’s the 8 I marked. 8 reales, which makes one silver peso. Designs changed but that 8 was constant in all of them.
June 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
As far as I know, the Spanish piece of 8 or peso de 8 reales from the 18th century did have the denomination in them. Look at this one I am attaching. It’s the 8 I marked. 8 reales, which makes one silver peso. Designs changed but that 8 was constant in all of them.