We're excited to highlight new work from The Americas editorial board member Barbara A. Sommer. Her new article in Ethnohistory centers Indigenous women’s central role in 18th-century interethnic alliances in northwestern Amazonia. bit.ly/3XvXIf6

New Open Access Article: Between Communal, Emphyteutic, and Private Property by Pol Colàs 🌾 In nineteenth-century Bolivia, liberal reformers tried to transform Indigenous communal lands into private property.

We’re delighted to announce the 2025 Tibesar Prize for the best article published in The Americas! 🏆 Awarded in cooperation with the @clahistorians, the prize recognizes exceptional scholarship ⬇️

New: @schwallr remembers Fr. Francisco Morales Valerio (1937–2024), a towering figure in the study of colonial Mexico and the Franciscan order. His path took him to Washington, DC and Rome before returning to Puebla, where he founded the Biblioteca Franciscana in Cholula.

The Americas thanks John “Fritz” Schwaller (@schwallr) for his years of service as Senior Editor 👏 Over the past 5 years, he guided the journal through key transitions in publishing & helped maintain its reputation as a premier venue for Latin American history.

🌎 “How can the lessons of past struggle inform movements for political change today?” This question sits at the heart of three recent books on the Mexican Revolution, reviewed by @llchristyll in The Americas.

🚢 Who built the ships & charted the routes that powered Spain’s Pacific empire? In a new episode of @hagleymuseum History Hangout, historian Leo Garofalo—former Associate Editor of The Americas—discusses Afro-Andean sailors and shipbuilders in Spanish Peru.