Danielle Terrazas Williams
@drdanielletw.bsky.social
Award-winning Author. Associate Professor, School of History, University of Leeds. Author of The Capital of Free Women: Race, Legitimacy, and Liberty in Colonial Mexico. Research: Black people, Women, Slavery, Freedom, Law, Jesuits.
New Book!
Now available worldwide, Democracy’s Foot Soldiers by Reena N. Goldthree is a captivating history of the Afro-Caribbean soldiers who fought for the British Empire in World War I and their transnational campaign for equality.
Free preview here: hubs.ly/Q03-S40N0
#History #ReadUP
Now available worldwide, Democracy’s Foot Soldiers by Reena N. Goldthree is a captivating history of the Afro-Caribbean soldiers who fought for the British Empire in World War I and their transnational campaign for equality.
Free preview here: hubs.ly/Q03-S40N0
#History #ReadUP
January 19, 2026 at 5:44 PM
New Book!
Now available worldwide, Democracy’s Foot Soldiers by Reena N. Goldthree is a captivating history of the Afro-Caribbean soldiers who fought for the British Empire in World War I and their transnational campaign for equality.
Free preview here: hubs.ly/Q03-S40N0
#History #ReadUP
Now available worldwide, Democracy’s Foot Soldiers by Reena N. Goldthree is a captivating history of the Afro-Caribbean soldiers who fought for the British Empire in World War I and their transnational campaign for equality.
Free preview here: hubs.ly/Q03-S40N0
#History #ReadUP
For those in Mexico City, a class on African descendants in Mexico 👇🏾
January 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
For those in Mexico City, a class on African descendants in Mexico 👇🏾
Job Opportunity!
The JCB is hiring two three-year research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas.
Details at jcblibrary.org!
The JCB is hiring two three-year research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas.
Details at jcblibrary.org!
January 15, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Job Opportunity!
The JCB is hiring two three-year research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas.
Details at jcblibrary.org!
The JCB is hiring two three-year research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas.
Details at jcblibrary.org!
Just finished reading Sylvia Sellers-García new book, The Criminal Case of Juana Aguilar: Adjudicating Gender in Colonial Central America
The case focuses on policing gender and reveals important aspects about mobility, bodily expectations, the 18th-century medical establishment, and much more!
The case focuses on policing gender and reveals important aspects about mobility, bodily expectations, the 18th-century medical establishment, and much more!
January 12, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Just finished reading Sylvia Sellers-García new book, The Criminal Case of Juana Aguilar: Adjudicating Gender in Colonial Central America
The case focuses on policing gender and reveals important aspects about mobility, bodily expectations, the 18th-century medical establishment, and much more!
The case focuses on policing gender and reveals important aspects about mobility, bodily expectations, the 18th-century medical establishment, and much more!
*** British Library UPDATE ***
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
*** British Library UPDATE ***
New Book!
Dr. Bethan Fisk's "Black Catholic Worlds: Religious Geographies of Eighteenth-Century Afro-Colombia" 'illustrates how geographies and mobilities...were at the heart of the formation and circulation of religious cultures by people of African descent.'
Congratulations, I enjoyed it!
Dr. Bethan Fisk's "Black Catholic Worlds: Religious Geographies of Eighteenth-Century Afro-Colombia" 'illustrates how geographies and mobilities...were at the heart of the formation and circulation of religious cultures by people of African descent.'
Congratulations, I enjoyed it!
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
New Book!
Dr. Bethan Fisk's "Black Catholic Worlds: Religious Geographies of Eighteenth-Century Afro-Colombia" 'illustrates how geographies and mobilities...were at the heart of the formation and circulation of religious cultures by people of African descent.'
Congratulations, I enjoyed it!
Dr. Bethan Fisk's "Black Catholic Worlds: Religious Geographies of Eighteenth-Century Afro-Colombia" 'illustrates how geographies and mobilities...were at the heart of the formation and circulation of religious cultures by people of African descent.'
Congratulations, I enjoyed it!
My book, The Capital of Free Women, highlights the history of Black women in 17th-century Mexico during the height of the slave trade.
Often only one generation removed from slavery, free Black women owned businesses and land, served as influential matriarchs, and managed intergenerational wealth.
Often only one generation removed from slavery, free Black women owned businesses and land, served as influential matriarchs, and managed intergenerational wealth.
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM
My book, The Capital of Free Women, highlights the history of Black women in 17th-century Mexico during the height of the slave trade.
Often only one generation removed from slavery, free Black women owned businesses and land, served as influential matriarchs, and managed intergenerational wealth.
Often only one generation removed from slavery, free Black women owned businesses and land, served as influential matriarchs, and managed intergenerational wealth.
Yale University Press is having a holiday sale!
From November 24 through December 5, 2025 we will offer our U.S. and Canadian customers 30% off sitewide (yalebooks.com) on all physical editions with limited exclusions.
● 30% off with discount code GIFT30
From November 24 through December 5, 2025 we will offer our U.S. and Canadian customers 30% off sitewide (yalebooks.com) on all physical editions with limited exclusions.
● 30% off with discount code GIFT30
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yale University Press is having a holiday sale!
From November 24 through December 5, 2025 we will offer our U.S. and Canadian customers 30% off sitewide (yalebooks.com) on all physical editions with limited exclusions.
● 30% off with discount code GIFT30
From November 24 through December 5, 2025 we will offer our U.S. and Canadian customers 30% off sitewide (yalebooks.com) on all physical editions with limited exclusions.
● 30% off with discount code GIFT30
New Book!
Dr. Reena Goldthree's "Democracy's Foot Soldiers: World War I and the Politics of Empire in the Greater Caribbean" examines how Afro-Caribbean soldiers fought for racial equality, economic justice, and political rights during and after WWI.
30% off Princeton University Press: code PUP30
Dr. Reena Goldthree's "Democracy's Foot Soldiers: World War I and the Politics of Empire in the Greater Caribbean" examines how Afro-Caribbean soldiers fought for racial equality, economic justice, and political rights during and after WWI.
30% off Princeton University Press: code PUP30
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New Book!
Dr. Reena Goldthree's "Democracy's Foot Soldiers: World War I and the Politics of Empire in the Greater Caribbean" examines how Afro-Caribbean soldiers fought for racial equality, economic justice, and political rights during and after WWI.
30% off Princeton University Press: code PUP30
Dr. Reena Goldthree's "Democracy's Foot Soldiers: World War I and the Politics of Empire in the Greater Caribbean" examines how Afro-Caribbean soldiers fought for racial equality, economic justice, and political rights during and after WWI.
30% off Princeton University Press: code PUP30
New Special Issue on Black People in New Spain 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
"Negros, mulatos y pardos en Nueva España y sus regiones, Vol. 46 Núm. 183 (2025): (Otoño)
Link:
revistarelaciones.colmich.edu.mx/index.php/re...
"Negros, mulatos y pardos en Nueva España y sus regiones, Vol. 46 Núm. 183 (2025): (Otoño)
Link:
revistarelaciones.colmich.edu.mx/index.php/re...
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
New Special Issue on Black People in New Spain 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
"Negros, mulatos y pardos en Nueva España y sus regiones, Vol. 46 Núm. 183 (2025): (Otoño)
Link:
revistarelaciones.colmich.edu.mx/index.php/re...
"Negros, mulatos y pardos en Nueva España y sus regiones, Vol. 46 Núm. 183 (2025): (Otoño)
Link:
revistarelaciones.colmich.edu.mx/index.php/re...
Grateful to my colleague Claudio Ferlan for inviting me to be part of this special issue of the Journal of Jesuit Studies. A fantastic group of articles to think through food, Catholic history, and global encounters!
brill.com/view/journal...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Grateful to my colleague Claudio Ferlan for inviting me to be part of this special issue of the Journal of Jesuit Studies. A fantastic group of articles to think through food, Catholic history, and global encounters!
brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com/view/journal...
Online Event by Professor Bianca Premo 👇🏾
October 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Online Event by Professor Bianca Premo 👇🏾
Event tomorrow 👇🏾
October 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Event tomorrow 👇🏾
New Episode 👇🏾
October 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
New Episode 👇🏾
Encuentro Nacional de Pueblos Negros - México 👇🏾
September 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Encuentro Nacional de Pueblos Negros - México 👇🏾
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Book Talk with Toby Green and other great historians about his new book "The Heretic of Cacheu."
Also, a greater discusssion on global African History, African women's socio-economic and religious influences, and slavery.
Register Here
www.tfinterviews.com/post/toby-gr...
Book Talk with Toby Green and other great historians about his new book "The Heretic of Cacheu."
Also, a greater discusssion on global African History, African women's socio-economic and religious influences, and slavery.
Register Here
www.tfinterviews.com/post/toby-gr...
September 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Book Talk with Toby Green and other great historians about his new book "The Heretic of Cacheu."
Also, a greater discusssion on global African History, African women's socio-economic and religious influences, and slavery.
Register Here
www.tfinterviews.com/post/toby-gr...
Book Talk with Toby Green and other great historians about his new book "The Heretic of Cacheu."
Also, a greater discusssion on global African History, African women's socio-economic and religious influences, and slavery.
Register Here
www.tfinterviews.com/post/toby-gr...
Academic Job Market Discussion 👇🏾
September 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Academic Job Market Discussion 👇🏾
Colloquium on Black and Indigenous Women's History 👇🏾
September 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Colloquium on Black and Indigenous Women's History 👇🏾
Manuscript Review with CLAR 🙌🏾
July 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Manuscript Review with CLAR 🙌🏾
18th-Century History Conference:
Substance Control in New Spain 👇🏾
Substance Control in New Spain 👇🏾
June 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
18th-Century History Conference:
Substance Control in New Spain 👇🏾
Substance Control in New Spain 👇🏾
The University of Leeds 🙌🏾
Drawing medievalists from over 60 countries, with 2000+ individual papers as well as concerts, performances, excursions, bookfairs and more, the International Medieval Congress (IMC) is Europe's largest forum for sharing ideas in Medieval Studies.
www.imc.leeds.ac.uk
Drawing medievalists from over 60 countries, with 2000+ individual papers as well as concerts, performances, excursions, bookfairs and more, the International Medieval Congress (IMC) is Europe's largest forum for sharing ideas in Medieval Studies.
www.imc.leeds.ac.uk
May 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The University of Leeds 🙌🏾
Drawing medievalists from over 60 countries, with 2000+ individual papers as well as concerts, performances, excursions, bookfairs and more, the International Medieval Congress (IMC) is Europe's largest forum for sharing ideas in Medieval Studies.
www.imc.leeds.ac.uk
Drawing medievalists from over 60 countries, with 2000+ individual papers as well as concerts, performances, excursions, bookfairs and more, the International Medieval Congress (IMC) is Europe's largest forum for sharing ideas in Medieval Studies.
www.imc.leeds.ac.uk
In 1865, an 11-year-old Black girl from Puerto Rico named Ángela Díez fought for her freedom.
May 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In 1865, an 11-year-old Black girl from Puerto Rico named Ángela Díez fought for her freedom.
NEW CFP 🚨
University of Cambridge
The Material Culture pre-1850 Workshop is very pleased to announce a new call for papers on the theme of 'lifecycles'. We are looking for 20 minute papers from researchers of all career stages, deadline 28 April 2025
University of Cambridge
The Material Culture pre-1850 Workshop is very pleased to announce a new call for papers on the theme of 'lifecycles'. We are looking for 20 minute papers from researchers of all career stages, deadline 28 April 2025
March 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW CFP 🚨
University of Cambridge
The Material Culture pre-1850 Workshop is very pleased to announce a new call for papers on the theme of 'lifecycles'. We are looking for 20 minute papers from researchers of all career stages, deadline 28 April 2025
University of Cambridge
The Material Culture pre-1850 Workshop is very pleased to announce a new call for papers on the theme of 'lifecycles'. We are looking for 20 minute papers from researchers of all career stages, deadline 28 April 2025