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Neter@s: I am pleased to begin the first of a three-part series on Chilean memory studies archives, transnational research, and applying for fellowships. I am always looking for pieces that discuss physical or digital repositories on Latin America and the Caribbean (as today’s post does) or more “how-to” entries (as the second and third will be). With that said, my pile of drafts is getting particularly low, so if you are interested in contributing for the good of the community, please let me know. For those of us working in the academic world, I recognize this is the busiest time of the

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Neter@s: I am happy to welcome back Aaron Coy Moulton for his sixth post on Research Corner. In case you missed any of his previous work, check out his mostly Cold-War focused entries on: in-person research in Cuba and Guatemala; an online database of Guatemalan revolutionary and counterrevolutionary sources; and both congressional and presidential collections in the United States. If you would also like to add your expertise to the blog for the good of the community, I would love to hear from you. Please contact Gretchen Pierce at gkpierce@ship.edu or by filling out this Google Form. 

Aaron

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H-Latamist@s: my stack of posts is running dangerously low! If you have ever considered blogging and have something to say about research on or in Latin America/the Caribbean, I would love to hear from you. I accept posts about any country in this region, but in particular, I’d love to fill in gaps on places like: Bolivia, Central America, Ecuador, Paraguay, the non-Spanish Caribbean, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Please email me at gkpierce@ship.edu or fill out this Google Form.

Renata Keller is an associate professor of history at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is the author of The Fate of

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Gretchen Pierce is Associate Professor of Latin American History at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. She is the co-editor of Alcohol in Latin America: A Social and Cultural History (University of Arizona Press, 2014) with Áurea Toxqui, and has published a number of articles, book chapters, and academic blog posts on temperance, beer, and advertising in Mexico. In addition to serving as an editor on H-LatAm and founding this blog, she recently finished a book manuscript on temperance, State-building, and identity-formation in revolutionary Mexico.

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