There's still lines and phrases I can't make out, but the gist of this case is clear enough. We're in Santa Fe (Bogotá), it is 1563. Luisa, an 'india ladina', demands back wages for 15 years of servicio from Juan de Montalvo: a total of 300 pesos 'de buen oro'.

If you want to understand what’s going on in #Venezuela, I suggest you also follow Antulio Rosales Stefania Vitale Juan Manuel Trak Lissette González Keta Stephany Eugenio G. Martínez Xabier Coscojuela Guillermo T. Aveledo Coll 🇻🇪🎓 Mariano de Alba. Even if original posts are in Spanish you can easily see a translation on X.

The SLAS Society for Latin American Studies 2025 conference will be at University of Bristol on 10-11 April! We're now accepting submissions (until 15 Oct). Come join us...Marieke Riethof - mariekeriethof bsky Dr Sarah Bowskill Catriona McAllister @ogden_rebecca Geoffrey Maguire Department of HiPLA Bristol SML slasbristol2025.com

My review of Mateo Jarquín 's impressive The Sandinista Revolution now out with the Los Angeles Review of Books How crucial is diplomacy to the history of revolutions? The book suggests to me it's more crucial at some times than others - but you can't ignore it.

"Jarquín argues that without diplomats, the Sandinista Revolution would have looked very different—and may not have happened at all." Timo H. Schaefer reviews: lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-ed…

Starting the final year of my contract so any tips on suitable jobs to apply for over the next several months will be much appreciated! Latin American history, Cold War history, histories of the left etc.

I'm very excited that Benedetta Rossi will be giving the 2024 Annual Lecture in the History of Slavery at Edinburgh University ECGH on 17 October: The Problem of African Slavery in the Age of Abolition. hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-events… Please join us!

Latin American Scholars Grant DEADLINE  15 November 2024 ​Supports scholars based in Latin America to allow them to attend & present at the annual SLAS conference. More info here: slasuk.org/latinamericans…

A wonderful opportunity to join albeit temporarily the fantastic Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies language team at UCL... jobs.ac.uk/job/DKN459/ass…

.⁦Gonville & Caius College⁩ is advertising a one-year Visiting Fellowship in the Arts and Humanities for scholars from the Global South. Deadline: 28 Feb 2025. Spread the word! 📣 cai.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/visi…

"Somewhere during the third reading, I stopped being Pip and became Joe, and “What larks, Pip” became one of the most heartbreaking lines ever written." theguardian.com/books/2024/nov…

🚨Join us next week for our UCL Americas public seminar series to discuss contesting autocracy and opposition strategies in Venezuela 🇻🇪 🗓️ 20/11 🕰️ 16:30-18:00 🎙️ Maryhen Jiménez Oxford School of Global & Area Studies 🪑 Francesca Lessa (she/her/ella) Please register to attend: ucl.ac.uk/americas/event…

Very cool Latin American history job alert! Two-year postdoc to work with Jaime Pensado at Notre Dame on the New Left in Latin America during the global sixties and seventies. Details: apply.interfolio.com/160583

Ya salió mi librito sobre la Independencia! Traté de explicar de manera clara y atractiva un tiempo histórico fascinante y un proceso de crisis, guerra e invención política Cabe en la bolsa y se puede leer en una tarde. Por lo pronto está a $50 en la librería de UNAM-Históricas