Renata Keller
@renatakeller.bsky.social
https://www.renata-keller.com/
Assoc Prof of Latin American History, UNR. Author of *The Fate of the Americas: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Hemispheric Cold War* and *Mexico’s Cold War*. Co-editor of InterConnections book series at UNC.
Assoc Prof of Latin American History, UNR. Author of *The Fate of the Americas: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Hemispheric Cold War* and *Mexico’s Cold War*. Co-editor of InterConnections book series at UNC.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This episode had so much helpful advice about book promotion. A few bits I would add from my recent experience: 1. Pay attention to what other authors do and take notes! I've been copying what I saw my friends doing!
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My fav book publicist and fav person @amandaice.bsky.social on what academic authors need to know about promoting their books: yourwordsunleashed.com/ep-99-book-p...
Ep. 99 - Book Publicity 101: What Scholarly Authors Need to Know (with publicist Amanda Ice)
In this episode, Leslie chats with Harvard University Press senior publicist Amanda Ice about the do's and don'ts of book publicity.
yourwordsunleashed.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:10 PM
This episode had so much helpful advice about book promotion. A few bits I would add from my recent experience: 1. Pay attention to what other authors do and take notes! I've been copying what I saw my friends doing!
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Relevant for Latin America, too ⬇️
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
January 20, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Relevant for Latin America, too ⬇️
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school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
I had a great time--looking forward to hearing the rest of the podcast!
Many thanks to @renatakeller.bsky.social for a very interesting debate about #LatinAmerica, #Greenland and spheres of influence.
January 20, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I had a great time--looking forward to hearing the rest of the podcast!
New Postdoc in Latin American Studies at UTAustin! Looks like a great opportunity to work with a top program and amaaaazing library! liberalarts.utexas.edu/llilas/news/...
LLILAS Creates Postdoctoral Fellowship in Latin American Studies
The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Latin American Studies. The fellow will support LLILAS’s academic programs and int...
liberalarts.utexas.edu
January 20, 2026 at 5:43 PM
New Postdoc in Latin American Studies at UTAustin! Looks like a great opportunity to work with a top program and amaaaazing library! liberalarts.utexas.edu/llilas/news/...
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yeahhhhh i probably will be more willing to fork over the extra money for amtrak next time
January 20, 2026 at 4:17 AM
yeahhhhh i probably will be more willing to fork over the extra money for amtrak next time
Someone followed up on this and sent me a message about my new book that just about made me cry. Such a great idea to reach out more with appreciation ❤️
January 20, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Someone followed up on this and sent me a message about my new book that just about made me cry. Such a great idea to reach out more with appreciation ❤️
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I'm at the civil war
I'm at the NATO war
I'm at the combination civil war and NATO war
I'm at the NATO war
I'm at the combination civil war and NATO war
January 19, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I'm at the civil war
I'm at the NATO war
I'm at the combination civil war and NATO war
I'm at the NATO war
I'm at the combination civil war and NATO war
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“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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Some takeaways by the CFR's James Lindsay from the launch panel discussion w/@cmcknichols.bsky.social & @marydudziak.bsky.social on the @cfr.org survey of @shafrhistorians.bsky.social members on the best and worst US foreign policy decisions in history🗃️ www.cfr.org/blog/convers...
A Conversation About the Best and Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions
When you create best and worst lists, prepare for disagreement and debate.
www.cfr.org
January 17, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Some takeaways by the CFR's James Lindsay from the launch panel discussion w/@cmcknichols.bsky.social & @marydudziak.bsky.social on the @cfr.org survey of @shafrhistorians.bsky.social members on the best and worst US foreign policy decisions in history🗃️ www.cfr.org/blog/convers...
Love seeing this example of resistance at the same time that my heart hurts for the kid in the background trying to understand what's going on and his parents trying to explain + document + protect their kid
ICE Nazis visit a Mexican restaurant in St. Paul in hope of ordering food and kidnapping some restaurant workers, but get met with resistance from EVERYONE inside, only to get their fascist asses thrown out. 🙌🇺🇸💪👏✊️👇
January 17, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Love seeing this example of resistance at the same time that my heart hurts for the kid in the background trying to understand what's going on and his parents trying to explain + document + protect their kid
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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A great illustration of how even in the Trump era of personalist rule, the federal contracting supply chain remains a critical method for cultivating a broad base of political support and maintaining patronage networks. (Note how many of these businesses have the word “veteran” in their name, too.)
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM
A great illustration of how even in the Trump era of personalist rule, the federal contracting supply chain remains a critical method for cultivating a broad base of political support and maintaining patronage networks. (Note how many of these businesses have the word “veteran” in their name, too.)
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Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
Must-read research and historical context for the Maduro operation 🗃️
Here is my new article for @nsarchive.bsky.social It is based on documents I found at the George H. W. Bush Library that deal with the lead up to the "snatch" operation against Panama's Noriega in 1989 and how that op served as the key precedent for the Maduro op
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Imperial Prerogative: How the Panama Invasion and the “Barr Doctrine” Set the Stage for the Maduro “Snatch” Operation
Washington, D.C., January 16, 2026 - The Justice Department official who wrote the legal opinion determining that President Donald Trump had the constitutional authority to “unilaterally order” the “e...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
January 16, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Must-read research and historical context for the Maduro operation 🗃️
Really enjoyed seeing the results of this survey of @shafrhistorians.bsky.social! The folks @cfr.org turned the lists into a great teaching resource, and I'm honored to have my book included in the section on the Cuban Missile Crisis! #History 🗃️
www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...
www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...
The 10 Best and 10 Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions
For two-and-a-half centuries, the United States has faced a challenging world. Some of its responses have advanced U.S. interests and values. Others have not. We asked members of the Society for Histo...
www.cfr.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Really enjoyed seeing the results of this survey of @shafrhistorians.bsky.social! The folks @cfr.org turned the lists into a great teaching resource, and I'm honored to have my book included in the section on the Cuban Missile Crisis! #History 🗃️
www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...
www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...
Highly recommend this insightful comparison between US intervention in Venezuela now and Guatemala in the 1950s from @shafrhistorians.bsky.social member and really smart guy Aaron Coy Moulton: theconversation.com/before-venez...
Before Venezuela’s oil, there were Guatemala’s bananas
US lawmakers who opposed Guatemala’s democratically elected leaders alleged communist subterfuge. They didn’t mention the United Fruit Company’s complaints before the 1954 coup.
theconversation.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Highly recommend this insightful comparison between US intervention in Venezuela now and Guatemala in the 1950s from @shafrhistorians.bsky.social member and really smart guy Aaron Coy Moulton: theconversation.com/before-venez...
Hey historians of Latin America! Please consider supporting @clahistorians.bsky.social's Centennial Fundraiser "100 donations (or more) for 100 years of CLAH." We have set an ambitious goal of $25,000 for the year! Donations will go towards... (1/3)
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January 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Hey historians of Latin America! Please consider supporting @clahistorians.bsky.social's Centennial Fundraiser "100 donations (or more) for 100 years of CLAH." We have set an ambitious goal of $25,000 for the year! Donations will go towards... (1/3)
Images are the biggest surprise headache in book publishing. I had to just give up on some in my recent book.
Nobody warned me that I would spend so much sabbatical time on figuring out both technical and legal questions for images in my book. (it's really the technical question that are sending me over the edge)
January 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Images are the biggest surprise headache in book publishing. I had to just give up on some in my recent book.
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I don't know either.
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I don't know either.
This interview was so much fun and also… therapeutic? It was an honor to be on one of my favorite podcasts and nerd out about writing and open up about my weird and wonderful life. Thanks, @katecarp.bsky.social!! #history @uncpress.bsky.social @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
A delight to host @renatakeller.bsky.social for ep 83! We talked her book The Fate of the Americas (@uncpress.bsky.social), including how she wrangled 20 countries' stories. She also let me pry about the challenges of writing thru the loneliness of new parenthood draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
Episode 83: Renata Keller Makes Space for Herself Through Writing
Kate Carpenter interviews historian Renata Keller about her new book on the Cuban Missile Crisis, The Fate of the Americas.
draftingthepast.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This interview was so much fun and also… therapeutic? It was an honor to be on one of my favorite podcasts and nerd out about writing and open up about my weird and wonderful life. Thanks, @katecarp.bsky.social!! #history @uncpress.bsky.social @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
Finished reading book 2 of 2026 on the plane home from #AHA26 yesterday. Great collection of cutting-edge research on drugs in Mexico by top historians that will be super helpful as I begin my new book project!
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Finished reading book 2 of 2026 on the plane home from #AHA26 yesterday. Great collection of cutting-edge research on drugs in Mexico by top historians that will be super helpful as I begin my new book project!
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A crowd of hundreds gathered at a St. Cloud strip mall parking lot to observe more than two dozen ICE officers near some Somali-owned businesses.
📷️: Jenny Berg
📷️: Jenny Berg
January 12, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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