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Photographing the German Air War, 1939-1945

April 27, 2015

During World War II, thousands of German “Propaganda Company” (PK) photographers took at least three and a half million pictures of every front on which the Germans were fighting. Hundreds of these photographs were published in mass circulation illustrated magazines and newspapers and seen by millions of readers. These images helped in significant ways to shape the way that Germans and Europeans saw the war between 1939 and 1945 and also to affect the visual memory of World War II up to the present day.

Latinas and Latinos: A Growing Presence in the Texas State Historical Association

April 21, 2015

Dr. Benjamin Johnson; Dr. Monica Munoz Martinez; Dr. John Moran Gonzales; Dr. Trinidad Gonzales; and Dr. Sonia Hernandez

Historians, both veterans and newcomers, recently gathered at the 2015 Texas State Historical Association conference in Corpus Christi.

Notes from the field: Retracing Sixteenth-Century Steps in Seville

April 8, 2015

Sitting in the archive, thumbing through delicate sixteenth-century documents and trying to decipher centuries old paleography, it is easy to forget that the city outside breathes history too.

Che in Gaza: Searching for the Story Behind the Image

March 18, 2015

On June 18th 1959, dressed in full army fatigues and accompanied by several comrades exhibiting an equally imposing revolutionary appearance, Che Guevara landed in Gaza.

Reforming Prisons in Early Twentieth-century Texas

March 11, 2015

View of the yard at the Texas State Prison in Huntsville, 1949

Elizabeth L. Ring was a prominent public servant and social reformer in early twentieth-century Texas. During her marriage to Henry Franklin Ring, an attorney, Elizabeth became involved in campaigning for state funding for libraries, advocating for more educational and political opportunities for women, and spearheading efforts to enact laws that protected the rights of working women and children (such as minimum wage legislation).

The Disappearing Mestizo, by Joanne Rappaport (2014)

February 9, 2015

From Mexico to Chile, Latin American intellectuals, artists, and activists proudly proclaim that they, their nations, and their cultures were born from a mix of Spanish and Indian heritage. The adjective for this mix is “mestizo;” individuals of Spanish-Indian descent are “mestizos.”

Notes From the Field: Trinity College, Cambridge and the Accidents of Research

January 28, 2015

I was reminded of the accidents of research recently as I was dining at High Table in Trinity College, University of Cambridge.

Notes from the Field: The Pope in Manila

January 16, 2015

This week my attempts to carry out archival research in Manila have been interrupted by Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines.

Sculpture and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica

January 1, 2015

I had long been aware of the enigmatic sculptures known colloquially as “potbellies”or, in Spanish, barrigones, with their unusual features, often enormous bellies and recurring facial features. It was hard for me to imagine that the massive potbellies had much to tell me about the rise of the earliest state-level societies in Mesoamerica...

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