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Dr. Héctor Linares

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Assistant Professor of History at Suffolk University, Boston. Historian of the Early Modern Iberian World, the African Diaspora, Indigenous Studies, Law, chivalry, and empire. Queer 🏳️‍🌈

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Dr. Héctor Linares @hectorlinares.bsky.social · Sep 8

My latest article on Barbara de Atahualpa explores the letters that a nine-year old Inca girl sent to Spanish monarch Philip III to revindicate the memory of Inca Atahualpa. @16csociety.bsky.social

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Department of Global Humanities @suffolkglobal.bsky.social · 10h

Join us on October 23 for a new session of the Suffolk Early Global Studies Seminar. In this occasion we will be conversing about hospitals, charity, and medicine in the premodern Hispanic world. Dr. Restrepo will be sharing his research on hospitals in 17th century Colombia! Zoom option available!

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Dr. Héctor Linares @hectorlinares.bsky.social · 1d

@juanmaramive.bsky.social visited my class on Global Migrations and gave a wonderful lecture on Women and migration in the Spanish Atlantic. My students absolutely loved it. Thank you for coming to Suffolk University!

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Department of Global Humanities @suffolkglobal.bsky.social · 4d

Students of Global Humanities, enrolled in Prof. Linares' courses, visited the Boston Museum of Fine Arts today, discovering numerous primary sources for their final research projects.

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Department of Global Humanities @suffolkglobal.bsky.social · 5d

Profs. Lasdow and Linares lead the annual Workshop on “How to apply to Graduate School,” which provides undergraduate students across the College of Arts & Sciences with insight into navigating the graduate school application process.

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Department of Global Humanities @suffolkglobal.bsky.social · 21d

On Tuesday, October 7th, the Department of Global Humanities will celebrate its annual Open House! Please stop by to know our department, courses, majors, programs, and Faculty!

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Dr. Héctor Linares @hectorlinares.bsky.social · 22d

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Department of Global Humanities @suffolkglobal.bsky.social · 22d

The department is organizing a workshop to guide students to apply for Graduate School! All information in the poster below 👇

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Department of Global Humanities @suffolkglobal.bsky.social · 27d

Please join us on September 23 from 12:30 to 2pm at Tremont 1102 for the research Seminar “Troubling the Bounds of Empire,” organized by Dr. Linares and with the participation of wonderful scholars such as Chase Smith (UCLA), Joe Bienko (PSU), and Keith Richards (Tulane).

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Dr. Héctor Linares @hectorlinares.bsky.social · Sep 8

My latest article on Barbara de Atahualpa explores the letters that a nine-year old Inca girl sent to Spanish monarch Philip III to revindicate the memory of Inca Atahualpa. @16csociety.bsky.social

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Dr. Héctor Linares @hectorlinares.bsky.social · Sep 8

My latest article on Barbara de Atahualpa explores the letters that a nine-year old Inca girl sent to Spanish monarch Philip III to revindicate the memory of Inca Atahualpa. @16csociety.bsky.social

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Kristie Patricia Flannery @thehistoriann.bsky.social · Aug 13

I’m recruiting a PhD student to work with me in Melbourne on the history of empire in Micronesia and the Pacific.

We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested

www.acu.edu.au/research-and...

Pacific powers: Imperial competition and cooperation in Micronesia

www.acu.edu.au

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Society for Iberian Global Art @siga.spainculture.us · Aug 8

🌍✨ Call for Papers! ✨🌍
SIGA is excited to sponsor a panel at CAA 2026 that explores the ambitious, adaptive, and at times unstable histories of early modern architecture in the Iberian world.
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What a week, huh? all Wednesdays @whataweekhuh.bsky.social · Aug 6

Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, “What a week, huh?”
Tintin leans into the frame and says, “Captain, it’s Wednesday.”
Snowy is very excited about the drink he has found.

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Dr. Héctor Linares @hectorlinares.bsky.social · Jul 24

What a month in Chicago! I spent 4 weeks as a fellow of the Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies. I met so many nice people and found plenty of documents for my book! 📖

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Martine van Elk @martinevanelk.bsky.social · Jul 19

In case you haven't seen it, here's our call for the upcoming Forum in Early Modern Women. Consider submitting a short piece on the theme of migrancy! #EarlyModern

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jul 10

British Academy postdoctoral fellowships scheme is now open. The deadline is 1 October. Time to get talking with potential host institutions and mentors about planning an application for this year or instead waiting for a future round. (The scheme is annual).

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Dr. Héctor Linares @hectorlinares.bsky.social · Jul 12

Glad you like it! :)

Dr. Héctor Linares @hectorlinares.bsky.social · Jul 12

Thank you, dear Mario!! ☺️

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tamquarterly.bsky.social @tamquarterly.bsky.social · Jun 3

Historian @hectorlinares.bsky.social‬ traces Antón’s story through letters as well as legal and administrative records, showing how some Afro-descendants navigated colonial institutions to claim honor, status, and citizenship. 📝 Read more in Vol 81, Issue 4: bit.ly/3DXIucs

Antón Zape, “Un Negro de mucho Precio”: Seeking freedom and honor through royal service in sixteenth-century Panama | The Americas | Cambridge Core

Antón Zape, “Un Negro de mucho Precio”: Seeking freedom and honor through royal service in sixteenth-century Panama - Volume 81 Issue 4

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Dr. Héctor Linares @hectorlinares.bsky.social · Jul 11

I just finished reading López Fadul’s wonderful book. She demonstrates the critical role of etymology in Spanish imperial building and governance, arguing that it served as an archive of knowledge.

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Donnie (Donald) W. Wood | דוני | دوني @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · Jul 4

CFP: 44th Annual Medieval Studies Conference
Center for Medieval Studies at Fordham University
February 27-March 1, 2026

Theme: "Boundaries, Crossings, and Crossroads in the Medieval Iberian Worlds (500-1600)."

mvstconference.ace.fordham.edu/iberianworlds/

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tamquarterly.bsky.social @tamquarterly.bsky.social · Jun 3

Backed by the Audiencia de Panamá and King Philip II, he not only received manumission but was also granted a royal pension and the right to bear arms. These privileges recognized his calidad (status) and subverted the colonial power dynamic between enslaved and enslaver.

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tamquarterly.bsky.social @tamquarterly.bsky.social · Jun 3

Antón Zape, an enslaved African from Sierra Leone, secured his freedom in 1584 after years of military service to the Spanish Crown in Panama. His case reveals the many strategies of Afro-descendants "to live their own lives and achieve their own goals under imperialism."
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