La felicidad de compartir otro campeonato con mi viejo de 87 💙💛💙

Democracia.

#twitterstorians #LatinAmericanhistory @dr_anna_rose and I will be the editors of the 6th ed Problems in Modern Latin American History and are looking for your feedback. Have you used all or parts of the book in your courses? What worked? What didn't? We'd love to hear from you!

My book review of “Instituições de Urbanismo no Brasil, 1930-1979 [Institutions of Urbanism in Brazil 1930-1979]” (ed. by Prof. Sarah Feldman) is now available online Planning Perspectives. tandfonline.com/eprint/ZDJ8MNW…

Feliz Año Nuevo, presidente Lula ❤️

Muita emoção e esperança para América Latina toda com a visão e a liderança do Presidente Lula ❤️

Nearly 2 years to the day the US Capitol was attacked by fascists, we see fascist movements abroad attempt to do the same in Brazil. We must stand in solidarity with Lula’s democratically elected government. 🇧🇷 The US must cease granting refuge to Bolsonaro in Florida.

We're very proud to announce that faculty members Leandro Benmergui, Alfredo Garcia-Pardo, and Aviva Taubenfeld have received a major grant from National Endowment for the Humanities to support humanities initiatives for Hispanic Serving Institutions. #NEHGrant #hiNEH purchase.edu/live/news/6998…

My book review of Adrián Gorelik’s “La ciudad latinoamericana: una figura de la imaginación social del siglo XX” is now available online Planning Perspectives. 800 words is not enough for such an important and complex book. tandfonline.com/eprint/CJMYUMF…

#CFP Call for Paper: #Olympic #urbanism of the past, present and future. The Editors of #PlanningPerspectives have commissioned a special issue dedicated to Olympic urbanism which will be published to coincide with the #Paris #Games in 2024.

Urban reform in 1920s Rio de Janeiro as a racial project. My book review of Lorraine Leu's "Defiant Geographies: Race and Urban Space in 1920s Rio de Janeiro" (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020) is now available online Planning Perspectives . tandfonline.com/eprint/QAHCDWU…

My book review of Ana María León’s Modernity for the Masses: Antonio Bonet’s Dreams for Buenos Aires, is now available / Hispanic American Historical Review’s latest issue (2023) 103 (3). doi.org/10.1215/001821…. Happy to share copies.

My book review of "Historia y memoria de villas y favelas" (2022) edited by Maria Cristina Cravino is out now online in Planning Perspectives . Outstanding contributions on the history and memory of informal settlements in Latin America. tandfonline.com/eprint/WNXFPTG…

Mi mamá hermosa y este hermoso homenaje ❤️

On February 15 at 6:00 PM, come to Purchase College, SUNY to hear Valeria Luiselli in conversation with Leandro Benmergui as part of the Durst Distinguished Lecture Series. purchase.edu/calendar/event…

Join us tomorrow Thursday, February 15th, Purchase College, SUNY

My review of Modernism’s Magic Hat: Architecture and the Illusion of Development without Capital by Ijlal Muzaffar is out now in planningperspectives. doi.org/10.1080/026654…

Muito feliz e honrado em abrir o I Seminário RIO DE JANEIRO SUBURBANO: OLHARES SOBRE A CIDADE, nos dias 5, 6 e 7 de junho na UERJ – Maracanã. Pesquisas, arte, memória, urbanismo e vida cotidiana em foco nos subúrbios do Rio. CIDADES: Núcleo de Pesquisa Urbana - UERJ/PPCIS

My review of David Yee’s Informal Metropolis (2024) is now out in Planning Perspectives. A powerful history of how Neza, Mexico City, emerged from land speculation, popular organizing, and state exclusion. tandfonline.com/eprint/CVERZJX…