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Paulo Drinot

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Historiador. Profesor de historia latinoamericana. Marxista-Lennonista.

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · Nov 7

My article “Global Mariátegui” was published online back in April, but happy to see it that it has now been published as part of the May issue of the Journal of Latin American Studies. Open access too!

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Global Mariátegui | Journal of Latin American Studies | Cambridge Core

Global Mariátegui - Volume 56 Issue 2

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 2d

I mean estimating the relative value of articles or books on the basis of effort is equivalent to evaluating the value of a painting on the basis of the number of paint strokes or a piece of music by counting the number of notes.

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 2d

Begs the question: “which book?”

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 2d

¡Tenemos carátula!

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 2d

I see Hank Pym was snubbed.

Michael Peel @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Nobel Physics Prize awarded for quantum work powering next-gen computers

Three US-based scientists honoured for showing how strange submicroscopic effects can be harnessed in electronic devices

Register here to read some FT articles free:

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Nobel Physics Prize awarded for quantum work powering next-gen computers

Three US-based scientists honoured for showing how strange submicroscopic effects can be harnessed in electronic devices

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Michael Peel @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social · 2d

Nobel Physics Prize awarded for quantum work powering next-gen computers

Three US-based scientists honoured for showing how strange submicroscopic effects can be harnessed in electronic devices

www.ft.com

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 3d

1923 is very inferior to 1883 and Yellowstone. But I do like the cattle versus sheep storyline. Give me a bit of political economy with environmental history and I’ll sit happily through the telenovela bits.

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 6d

Hoy, en 1968, empezó una revolución peculiar en el Perú. fondoeditorial.iep.org.pe/producto/la-...

LA REVOLUCIÓN PECULIAR. REPENSANDO EL GOBIERNO MILITAR DE VELASCO – Fondo Editorial del IEP

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 6d

Today, in 1968, a peculiar revolution started in Peru. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477312124/

The Peculiar Revolution

On October 3, 1968, a military junta led by General Juan Velasco Alvarado took over the government of Peru. In striking contrast to the right-wing, pro–Uni...

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 7d

This is a mess, an ‘unforced error’ in tennis speak, but it does make you wonder how you square the levy on overseas students to fund maintenance grants and restricting student visas to placate the Faragists.

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Mark Rice @markricehistory.bsky.social · 8d

Spread the news to your colleagues for this promising job opportunity. You have a month and a half left to apply!

Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · 8d

🚨Tenure-track job🚨
Applications close on November 15, 2025 for an assistant professor position specializing on the history of South Asia at @cuny.edu @baruch.cuny.edu. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37877043...

Baruch College - Assistant Professor - History of South Asia - New York City, New York (US) job with Baruch College | 37877043

Job Title: Baruch College - Assistant Professor - History of South Asia Job Description: “At Baruch College we believe that student success is eve...

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 8d

"Modern Peru," edited by @paulodrinot.bsky.social and Alberto Vergara, is one of the many great titles we have coming out this month. See them all on our blog! buff.ly/oH4sMaj

Cover of Modern Peru: A New History edited by Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara. The design features a bold orange background with large text in white and yellow. In the center is a halftone-style image in burnt orange showing groups of people gathered along a road, with soldiers or police standing in the foreground and crowds in the background. A multicolored border in blue, green, and orange surrounds the image, giving the cover a layered, graphic look.

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 8d

¡Quiero ir!

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 9d

Another great review of Los años de Leguía, this time by Chuck Walker in the HAHR. Very grateful!

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 11d

WHAT A WIN!!!!

Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 11d

What nonsense refereeing. A penalty all day

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Cecilia Tossounian @cecitoss.bsky.social · 11d

Historia de la moda www.eldiarioar.com/1_c0d396?utm...

Historia de la moda

En este episodio, Cecilia Tossounian conversa con Teresita Garabana y Gabriela Mitidieri sobre aquel mundo del vestir, sus reglas, sus productores y consumidores.

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 13d

Now available for purchase at a discount

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 13d

We need an associate lecturer in history of modern science @stsucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 14d

Next October 30, I will be discussing A Brief History of Violence in Mexico with my friends Thomas Rath, Gema Kloppe-Santamaría, Paulo Drinot and Ben Smith www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

A Brief History of Violence in Mexico

This session will discuss A Brief History of Violence in Mexico by Pablo Piccato (Columbia University).

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Michael Goebel @mgoebel.bsky.social · 14d

I am so glad and proud finally to announce the publication of our special issue @urbanhistory.bsky.social: Bridgeheads and Breakwaters: The Socio-Environmental History of Port Cities After the Global Turn. It's the result of the four-year @snsf.ch project patchworkcities.com 1/3

Patchwork Cities – Urban Ethnic Clusters in the Global South During the Age of Steam

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Nicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social · 17d

Cambridge is *hiring* in post-1920 US political history and/or history of the US in the world. Closing date October 27. Please spread the word or, if you're an early career scholar in those fields, TELL NO ONE but please apply!

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University of Cambridge - UK - Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 | H-Net

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 17d

Exciting programme this term at the IHR Latin American History seminar. Papers by Andrés Bustamante (Oxford), Mariana Labarca (Universidad de Santiago de Chile), Andre Jockyman Roithmann (QMUL), Jerónimo Rilla (UCL) and Guadalupe Pinzón Ríos (UNAM). All welcome!
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Latin American History

Seminar

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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 17d

Join us for a roundtable on "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History” with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic, followed by a wine reception at UCL on 29th October 2025. The event is in person and with online transmission. More information: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Poster image for "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History” with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic. Image of book covers and authors. More information on authors and books at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/events/2025/oct/space-mobility-and-subjecthood-early-modern-history

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 19d

Magnífica reseña de mi libro Los años de Leguía (1919-1930) escrita por Carlos Aguirre, un magnífico historiador.

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Vista de Drinot, Paulo. Los años de Leguía (1919-1930). Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2024, 280 pp.

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 24d

JOB: Lecturer (Teaching) in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcoloniality
UCL - Arts and Sciences (UASc) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOR901/l...

Lecturer (Teaching) in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcoloniality at UCL

An academic position as a Lecturer (Teaching) in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcoloniality is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic jo...

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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · 24d

#Peru is paying a deadly price for its gold fever. My latest for @TheWorldToday #bloodgold www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

Peru is paying a deadly price for its gold fever

The soaring value of gold has led to rampant Illegal mining, mercury poisoning and murders by criminal gangs. Is the government losing control of this precious metal, asks Dan Collyns.

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 25d

I’m losing track. Is Gramsci still to blame?

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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 26d

A brilliant new book on the visual history of the Rockefeller Foundation and Yellow Fever in Brazil @oficialfiocruz.bsky.social - A Fundação Rockefeller no Brasil: imagens do combate à febre amarela e à malária agencia.fiocruz.br/fiocruz-lanc...

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 27d

¡Ya viene!

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 27d

Viernes de lectura. Súper interesante y una edición muy bonita.

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