Roland Betancourt

My next book, Disneyland and the Rise of Automation, will be out on April 21, 2026 with Princeton University Press. Read all about how technology created the ‘happiest place on earth’ and in the process made accessible the postwar factory’s systems. press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

“Cybernetic Amusement: Disneyland, Simulation, and the Logic of Automation” is the first preview of my work on Disneyland. Check out the article in Grey Room! doi.org/10.1162/GREY.a…

For the next two years, I have been invited to be the Andrew W. Mellon Professor at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the @ngadc. I am looking forward to these two years of dedicated research and the community at the Center. nga.gov/press/2024/cen…

Celebrate Pride throughout the year with this diverse collection of books exploring LGBTQ+ issues and perspectives. Please enjoy 30% off with code PUP30. @CarolynDever @Amin_Ghaziani @ProfBetancourt @graceelavery hubs.ly/Q02znqlF0 #Pride #PrideMonth #LGBTQ+ #Books

Immensely honored and thrilled that my book, Byzantine Intersectionality (@PrincetonUPress, 2020), has been awarded the Jerome E. Singerman Book Prize from the @MedievalAcademy, recognizing a meritorious second monograph in Medieval Studies!

Save the date! Join Benjamin Anderson and Mirela Ivanova for a book launch for IS BYZANTINE STUDIES A COLONIALIST DISCIPLINE? at 12pm on 09/15: medievalart.org/icma-news/save… @ICMAnews

Our latest researcher profile explores the work of @ProfBetancourt, Byzantine Scholar @UCIrvine. See what he's uncovered in our collections to support his research on how one might find passing references and glimpses of the Byzantine in Las Vegas today. linktr.ee/unlvspeccoll/

New article: Roland Betancourt, "Between Wonder and Omen: Conjoined Twins and the Mandylion from Constantinople to Norman Sicily," Gesta 62.1 (Spring 2023)maryjahariscenter.org/blog/between-w… via @mjcbac

In commemoration of #PrideMonth, we asked three of our authors the following question: What possibilities do #queer histories open for charting a future toward liberation? hubs.ly/Q01Tdkcn0 @ProfBetancourt @CarolynDever #pride

💥New: “To Clarify an Everchanging Present” - Hyperchronicity, Anachronism and the relationship between history and social science #History #SocialScience @ProfBetancourt wp.me/p4m9em-ch2

.@UCIrvine @ProfBetancourt's "Byzantine Intersectionality" uncovers lost histories of queer, non-binary and trans lives in the Middle Ages, challenging a hegemonic worldview. Discover the connections between the medieval and modern on @BigBrainsUC: ms.spr.ly/6014gnGVq

@DrDadabhoy I’m so excited!

Super excited to be co-leading The Newberry Library's dissertation seminar for 2023-2024 with @ProfBetancourt. If you are a grad student at the dissertation stage and have an interest in PCRS, please apply. Link 👇🏾 #ShakeRace newberry.org/calendar/2023-…

Congrats to AHA members @ProfBetancourt, @republicofspin, @astanley711, Bridget Alsdorf (@Princeton), Orit Bashkin (@UChicago), and Jennifer Graber (@UTAustin), along with all of the other historians named 2023 @GuggFellows! gf.org/announcements/

👏🏾👏🏿👏🏽 Congratulations to Roland Betancourt and Héctor Tobar, who have been awarded 2023 #Guggenheim Fellowships. UCI now has 58 Guggenheim Fellows from various backgrounds and fields of study. #GuggFellows2023 #UCIPride @GuggFellows @UCIHumanities More: bit.ly/43mj4xj

It is an incredible honor to be named a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow! This has been a lifelong dream and I am so excited for the research year ahead. My thanks to @guggfellows! #guggfellows2023

As labels surrounding race, gender, and queerness continue to expand and adapt to the rapidly changing social landscape, @ProfBetancourt's Byzantine Intersectionality traces these important and timely discussions to the medieval world. New in paperback: hubs.ly/Q01Df1xR0

Byzantine Intersectionality, a fascinating history of marginalized identities in the medieval world, is out now in paperback! @ProfBetancourt addresses how current discussion on gender, sexuality, and race can be traced back to medieval thought. #POC #LGBT hubs.ly/Q01Bn-040

.@ProfBetancourt & I are co-editing a special issue of Speculum for the @MedievalAcademy of America’s centennial. Inviting thoughtful & creative papers about the medieval, the academy & America. Abstracts due 15 October! #medievaltwitter themedievalacademyblog.org/call-for-paper…

Call for Papers – Medieval Academy of America Centennial Special Issue themedievalacademyblog.org/call-for-paper…