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IHS Roundtable: Between Neocolonial Collecting and Anticolonial Resistance? The Logic of Afro-Latiné/Latiné/Latin-American Archives in the United States

February 28, 2022

Institute for Historical Studies – Monday February 21, 2022 In coordination with Archiving Objects of Knowledge with Latin American Perspectives, a conference presented by LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, February 24–25, 2022. Notes from the Director As the Benson Latin American Collection at The University of Texas at Austin celebrates the centennial of its founding, the Institute […]

Review of Pulp Empire: The Secret History of Comic Book Imperialism (2021)

February 16, 2022

Review of Pulp Empire: The Secret History of Comic Book Imperialism (2021)

Over the last decade, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has grown into the most profitable media franchise in history. As of January 2022, the MCU accounted for four of the top ten-grossing films of all time. The expansive collection of films ranging from Iron Man (2008) to Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) has captured the […]

Review of The End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era (2022)

February 2, 2022

The End of Ambition : The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era

While most Americans are likely to think of President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) in connection with the Vietnam War, Johnson himself wanted to be remembered in terms of his domestic achievements in the form of the Great Society. Lacking in many accounts of LBJ are his policies toward the rest of the world. In The […]

IHS Podcast: A Time to Gather: Archives and the Control of Jewish Culture

January 18, 2022

This episode of IHS podcasts highlights the work of Dr. Jason Lustig, Lecturer and the Israel Institute Teaching Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin’s Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies. The episode also features Dr. Cañizares-Esguerra, the Director of the IHS, and Ashley Garcia, a PhD Candidate in History at UT Austin. This podcast is […]

Review of The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams, and their Clash over America’s Future (2021)

December 8, 2021

The Approaching Storm

In 1914, the United States was an emerging world power. Many of its citizens looked forward to a future defined by more extensive American involvement in global affairs. However, their growing optimism also masked profound disagreements about the kind of role Americans should play on the world stage. Some wanted their country to challenge the […]

Four Books I Recommend from Comps – Law, Knowledge, and Empire in the Middle East and North Africa

November 19, 2021

Four Books I Recommend from Comps - Law, Knowledge, and Empire in the Middle East and North Africa

by David Rahimi Before moving to the final dissertation stage of the PhD, graduate students in History must first pass their comprehensive exams (also known as orals, qualifying exams, or comps). These are designed in part to show mastery of a student’s chosen teaching and research fields. Experiences vary depending on how the student and […]

IHS Podcast: The New Faces of God in Latin America

November 15, 2021

IHS podcasts are a new podcast series initiated by the Institute for Historical Studies’ Director, Dr. Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra. This episode highlights Dr. Virginia Garrard’s most recent book: Faces of God in Latin America: Emerging Forms of Vernacular Christianity (Oxford, 2020). Each episode features Dr. Cañizares-Esguerra and Ashley Garcia, a PhD Candidate in History at UT Austin. Introduction […]

In the Shadow of Vietnam: The United States and the Third World in the 1960s

November 3, 2021

In the Shadow of Vietnam: The United States and the Third World in the 1960s

By Mark Lawrence At the dawn of the 1960s, John F. Kennedy and other American liberals expressed boundless optimism about the ability of the United States to promote democracy and economic development in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. So vast were American power, resources, and know-how that almost anything seemed possible in […]

Review of Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration (2018)

October 27, 2021

Review of Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration (2018)

In Undocumented Lives, Ana Raquel Minian explores the inner world of undocumented Mexican migrants in the United States from 1965 to the present. While detailing the harsh realities that these migrants faced, Minian also demonstrates how the migrants’ perceptions of their lives differed significantly from those of the state and how the draconian migration policies […]

In Memoriam: Dr. Robert A. Divine, 1929-2021

October 19, 2021

On the passing of George W. Littlefield Professor Emeritus in American History Dr. Robert Alexander Divine on October 13, 2021, Professor H.W. Brands and Professor Mark Atwood Lawrence offer this remembrance. The Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin lost one of its true giants last Wednesday when Robert Divine, a preeminent […]

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