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Fidel Rodríguez Velásquez @fidelrodv.bsky.social · 2d

Inmensamente feliz y honrado de recibir este premio. Lo dedico a la memoria de mi Padre Fidel Hermenegildo Rodríguez y a la gente de mi pueblo Punta de Piedras en la isla de Margarita. De ellos aprendí el oficio de pescar de perlas en los archivos ❤️ #GentedeMar

CLAH @clahistorians.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to Fidel Rodríguez Velásquez (@fidelrodv.bsky.social) for winning the Lewis Hanke Post-Doctoral Award for his book project, "Entangled by Pearls: Agents, Politics, and Labour in the Making of the Early Modern Atlantic World."

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CLAH @clahistorians.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to Fidel Rodríguez Velásquez (@fidelrodv.bsky.social) for winning the Lewis Hanke Post-Doctoral Award for his book project, "Entangled by Pearls: Agents, Politics, and Labour in the Making of the Early Modern Atlantic World."

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Fidel Rodríguez Velásquez @fidelrodv.bsky.social · 6d

Con mucha alegría comparto mi artículo en Hispanic American Historical Review: “Isabel and Orocomay: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Politics of Territorial Control in the Sixteenth-Century Caribbean” Lo dedico a la memoria de mi querido Profesor Rodrigo Navarrete Sánchez. 🔗 doi.org/10.1215/0018...

Isabel and Orocomay: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Politics of Territorial Control in the Sixteenth-Century Caribbean

Abstract. This article uses the histories of two Indigenous cacicas, Isabel and Orocomay, to analyze the assertion of Indigenous sovereignty and territorial control on the islands and mainland coast o...

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Casey Schmitt @csschmitt.bsky.social · Jul 15

There's a discount code for pre-orders!

If you've always wanted to read about sixteenth- and seventeenth-century smuggling, piracy, and human trafficking in the Caribbean AND you love a good deal, use:
PENN-CSCHMITT30 for 30% off. 🗃️

www.pennpress.org/978151282814...

The Predatory Sea – Penn Press

A new interpretation of captivity, human trafficking, and colonization in the seventeenth-century CaribbeanA century before the height of the Atlantic slave ...

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Mundos do Trabalho @mundosdotrabalho.bsky.social · Jul 29

📢 Mundos do Trabalho no debate público!
Professor Paulo Fontes (UFRJ e pesquisador visitante em Harvard)💬 “Talvez o mundo hoje seja mais industrial do que nunca foi”,

🌐 Leia a entrevista completa oglobo.globo.com/100-anos/not...

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Fidel Rodríguez Velásquez @fidelrodv.bsky.social · Jun 25

#Skyhistorians #CFP Seminario Internacional “Between Two Oceans: Connected Histories of Labour, Race, and Gender in the Americas (16th–19th centuries)” estamos recibiendo propuestas. Tendrá lugar el 12 de noviembre de 2025 en Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Detalles 👉🏾 forms.gle/t8mM5hGozb3P...

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Becky Guest @beckyguest.bsky.social · May 23

📢Call for co-editor of Nineteenth-Century Contexts📢 a great opportunity to work alongside Prof Alexandra K. Wettlaufer & a wonderful & active editorial team on this interdisciplinary journal. Apply by 18 July or get in touch with questions 👇 think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

Co-Editor needed for Nineteenth-Century Contexts

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Caribbean Philosophical Association @caribphil.bsky.social · Jun 28

#JobAlert: Five new opportunities have been brought to our attention. They consist of job positions and fellowships in various disciplines. Below you will find the appropriate links and applications.

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Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social · Jun 26

Hola ‪@culturagob.bsky.social‬ ! El portal de los archivos españoles PARES no funciona! Sabéis cuando estará disponible de nuevo? Gracias!

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Mundos do Trabalho @mundosdotrabalho.bsky.social · Jun 25

Chegamos na metade do ano e a revista Mundos do Trabalho segue a todo vapor! 🔥 Para quem perdeu alguma coisa, preparamos um fio com tudo o que publicamos até agora. Tem artigos, entrevistas, dossiês e resenhas imperdíveis. Confira no seguinte fio 👇 #MundosdoTrabalho

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Fidel Rodríguez Velásquez @fidelrodv.bsky.social · Jun 25

#Skyhistorians #CFP International Workshop “Between Two Oceans: Connected Histories of Labour, Race, and Gender in the Americas (16th–19th centuries)” is accepting proposals. It will be held on November 12, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For additional details 👉🏿 forms.gle/V6bVFL5L8H24...

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Fidel Rodríguez Velásquez @fidelrodv.bsky.social · Jun 25

#Skyhistorians #CFP Seminario Internacional “Between Two Oceans: Connected Histories of Labour, Race, and Gender in the Americas (16th–19th centuries)” estamos recibiendo propuestas. Tendrá lugar el 12 de noviembre de 2025 en Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Detalles 👉🏾 forms.gle/t8mM5hGozb3P...

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Julimar M. Silva @julimarmsilva.bsky.social · May 22

Nesta sexta-feira, na sessão "Esquerdismo, Direitos Humanos e Justiça Social" do Congresso #LASA2025, apresentarei "Sonhos e dilemas da Globalização Socialista na África: uma perspectiva cosmopolita sobre o Internacionalismo Técnico-Laboral em Moçambique (1977-84) - O caso brasileiro". Até mais!

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Fidel Rodríguez Velásquez @fidelrodv.bsky.social · May 23

🌟 ¡Hoy, en el Congreso de LaSA, un vibrante Workshop en formato híbrido "Hablemos de raza en Venezuela: contornos de una conversación incompleta". Gracias a @masayalb.bsky.social Maria Teresa Vera-Rojas y Oriana Mejías Martínez por organizarlo. ¡Únete! 👇🏽 #Venezuela

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História PUC-Rio @historiapuc-rio.bsky.social · May 6

📣 Participe do Seminário Internacional MOVE LA AMÉRICA!
🗓️ 7/5/2025, às 9h30
📍 Sala Walmer, 5º andar, Ed. Frings – PUC-Rio
✨ Encontro sobre História, Trabalho e Cultura na América Latina, com convidados internacionais e debates em espanhol!

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Fidel Rodríguez Velásquez @fidelrodv.bsky.social · May 5

#Skystorians convido vocês para o Seminário Internacional “Move La América: História, Trabalho e Cultura em Movimento”, que será realizado na próxima quarta-feira, 7 de maio de 2025, das 9h30 às 17h, na Sala Walmer (5º andar do Edifício Frings), na PUC-Rio.

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Fidel Rodríguez Velásquez @fidelrodv.bsky.social · May 2

Quería compartirles que @clacso.bsky.social y Siglo XXI editores, México, eligieron un excelente día para colocar en Open Access nuestro libro “Los mundos del trabajo: Sociabilidad, resistencias y vidas en movimiento” aquí lo pueden descargar #1DeMayo 👇🏿 libreria.clacso.org/publicacion....

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Mundos do Trabalho @mundosdotrabalho.bsky.social · May 1

No #1deMaio, a Associação Nacional de História do Trabalho e o GT Mundos do Trabalho celebram as lutas dos trabalhadores/as por direitos e dignidade. Que hoje possamos celebrar, refletir e difundir a importância da organização de base e da mobilização na luta de classes.

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Fidel Rodríguez Velásquez @fidelrodv.bsky.social · Apr 28

Hoy en la recepción oficial de este Super Team de historiadores latinoamericanos que este semestre están de intercambio en @historiapuc-rio.bsky.social ❤️🇧🇷🇻🇪🇦🇷🇨🇴🇺🇾

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Journal of Global Slavery @journalslavery.bsky.social · Apr 18

10 Years JOURNAL OF GLOBAL SLAVERY!!!🥳
In our anniversary issue, book review editor @vfmueller.bsky.social interviews founding editor Damian Pargas, current editor Ismael Montana & incoming editor Juliane Schiel about #slavery & #global #history. Access the #interview here:
brill.com/view/journal...

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International Review of Social History @irsh-iisg.bsky.social · Apr 8

Our new Special Issue 'Wage Systems and Inequalities in Global History, 1500-1950' is almost complete. It focuses on overlooked groups and “wage systems” and their role in deepening or mitigating inequality.

Read the published articles in FirstView: tinyurl.com/zccrsfe

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Journal of Global Slavery @journalslavery.bsky.social · Mar 5

Hallo Bluesky!
The Journal of Global Slavery is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to advance and promote a greater understanding of slavery and post-slavery from comparative, transregional, and/or global perspectives. Happy to join the conversation here!
brill.com/view/journal...

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Rocky Mountain Conference of Latin American Studies @rmclas-conference.bsky.social · Apr 2

The Hispanic American Historical Review is in the house! 🔥🔥🔥

Welcome to Bluesky

bsky.app/profile/hahr...

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International Institute of Social History @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social · Mar 17

Want to work for IISH? We have three vacancies available:

💠 Community Manager Colonial Contract Labor
💠 Global Slavery History Fellowships (GSHF)
💠 Prince Dr Sabbar Farman-Farmaian Fellowship

More info: iisg.amsterdam/nl/nieuws

(🖼️: Poster SDAP & NVV (1939) by Jos Rover)

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Ramona Negrón @ramonanegron.bsky.social · Mar 24

Very excited to be back at the Archivo General de Indias in Seville 🇪🇸

Goal this week: find out more about the enslaved and free(d) from Curaçao 🇨🇼 who fled to Venezuela 🇻🇪 to obtain freedom and develop a form of proto-citizenship in the 18th century.

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