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Graffiti from strike in Chile, November 21, 2019. Photo by Mauricio Arriagada (https://www.flickr.com/photos/relajate/). Used under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en). Find the original image here: https://flic.kr/p/2hNU96u.

Curated by Sofía Yazpik “Art, Resistance, and Socio-Politics in Modern Latin America” explores how art actively engages with social structures, beyond its aesthetic value. This includes social movements, community resistance against oppression, and political unrest. The following works dialogue with a range of media from Latin America, including language, comics, street art, plastic arts, and dance. In “Whistling and Language Transfiguration: Zapotec Tones as Contemporary Art and Strategy for Resistance,” Gala Porras-Kim discusses an interdisciplinary art project that records …

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Scenes of female and male labor from the Codex Mendoza, fol. 60r. Bodleian Library MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. Image: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. Photo: © Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. Terms of use: CC BY-NC 4.0. For the original source of the content, go to https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00486220/surfaces/7eb930bb-2ae8-4ff1-bad3-b570140b568c/ (the image here was cropped to the bottom portion of the folio).

Curated by Rebeca Martínez-Tibbles Thematic Collections are assortments of past and recently released articles in HAHR about key issues, events, individuals, or historiographical trends. These collections can be used as gateways into a specific historical subject, demonstrations of methodology, or sources for classroom discussion. “Gendered Frontiers” explores how gender and sexuality intersected with imperial, legal, and economic systems across Latin America from the colonial era through the postcolonial period. The collection highlights how women and men negotiated structures of power …

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Curated by Samantha Davis Thematic Collections are assortments of past and recently released articles in HAHR about key issues, events, individuals, or historiographical trends. These collections can be used as gateways into a specific historical subject, demonstrations of methodology, or sources for classroom discussion. As the world grapples with COVID-19, scholars and the public have turned to historical precedents of epidemic disease like the 1918 flu pandemic and typhus. The current crisis has prompted a wide range of reflections on public …

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Curated by Scott Doebler Thematic Collections are assortments of past and recently released articles in HAHR about key issues, events, individuals, or historiographical trends. These collections can be used as gateways into a specific historical subject, demonstrations of methodology, or sources for classroom discussion. Venezuela’s ongoing political drama, popular protests, sustained humanitarian crisis, and growing diaspora have captured the world’s attention. The starkness of the current crisis contrasts markedly with what was until recently a wealthy economy buoyed by colossal oil …

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Curated by Scott Doebler Thematic Collections are assortments of past and recently released articles in HAHR about key issues, events, individuals, or historiographical trends. These collections can be used as gateways into a specific historical subject, demonstrations of methodology, or sources for classroom discussion. The LGBTQ+ community has faced and continues to struggle against harsh discrimination because they blur gender binaries and challenge sexual norms that until recently were taken as natural. Expressions of support, teaching, and scholarly discussion …

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Curated by Christopher Valesey Thematic Collections are assortments of 3-5 past and recently released articles in HAHR about key issues, events, individuals, or historiographical trends. These collections can be used as gateways into a specific historical subject, demonstrations of methodology, or sources for classroom discussion. With concerns about climate change, waste, and conservation mounting in the twenty-first century, historical research on the environment is flourishing. Using a range of methods, this growing literature highlights the multitude of ways that …

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