Fidel J. Tavárez

My book is already available for pre-order at the @OxUniPress website. global.oup.com/academic/produ…

📢 JOB OPENINGS at @CCHS_CSIC (Madrid)! As part of my @ERC_Research project WILDHIST, I am hiring two 3-year postdoctoral researchers in the global history of rubber. Application deadline: 24 April 2026 More info 👉 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/422012

Read the introduction of my forthcoming @OUPAcademic book here: academic.oup.com/book/62330/cha…. Available until April 16.

The seed article for my second book project is out. In same issue: Companion article by Alex Borucki and @Belmonteenredes. Santo Domingo’s Unrealized Plantation Complex: A Prelude to Cuba’s Sugar Revolution, 1760–1795 | The Americas | Cambridge Core - cup.org/4cCYIXJ

My book is already available in digital form. You can read the chapter abstracts here: doi.org/10.1093/978019…. I would like to highlight chapter 7, which offers a new and counterintuitive explanation for the liberalization of the slave trade in 1789.

My book is already available for pre-order at the @OxUniPress website. global.oup.com/academic/produ…

My latest book review. How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400 Year History. By Felipe Fernánez-Armestoand Manuel Lucena Giraldo . London: Reaktion Books, 2024. Pp. 352. $40.00 cloth. | The Americas | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/4nJuTqD

My book has a cover. Excited to see the work of so many years coming together. Many thanks to @OxUniPress for all the work they've put into the project.

📣 Call for Applications! The Americas is now accepting applications for the 2025–26 Vault Associate! The Associate will curate a guide to a historiographical issue based on articles from The Americas archives, culminating in an original essay published on the journal website.

I just discovered that somebody recorded me playing atabales (Afro-Dominican drums) last year in Monte Plata, DR. Atabales de Monte Plata. Fiestas patronales 2024. youtu.be/B0MxP0lwFk0?si… via @YouTube

Come and work with us at @UCSBHistory! We're hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of 20th-century Mexican history. recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02835

@theproof He implied that excess calories are to blame for setting the twin cycle in motion, particularly after surpassing one's fat threshold. This seems plausible, but he did not address the role of excess carb intake. Shouldn't we consider alternatives before defending a perspective?

A must listen for folks interested in metabolic health, blood glucose control and insulin resistance. youtube.com/watch?v=xJWlec…

@jjponcevazquez The more insidious problem is, of course, that school funding comes from local property taxes. That is a bad way of funding public schools and unfortunately very common in the US. I'd rather see schools funded from state tax revenue, not property taxes.

Schools are running on a deficit. In two years they will run out of money, and if they don’t get extra funding, they will have to cut lots of programs and services. They don’t care. It’s so fucking sad.

Today Tuscaloosa AL had a referendum to marginally increase real state taxes to improve the funding of schools, which hasn’t increased since the 80s. The final results are not out yet, but it’s not looking good. I am so ashamed of my district, district 3. See graph:

@AGuerreroMosque ¡Un millón de gracias! Abrazos.

Hello historians! Does anyone have access to David Murray's "The slave trade, slavery and Cuban independence"? doi.org/10.1080/014403… I am not able to access it through my campus. Thanks in advance.

@jacobinoire Congratulations! Best wishes to you and your family.

Earlier this month, I was pregnant. Now, I am a parent. July has been a wild.

¿Alguien tiene fotos de Santo Domingo 178A o 178B del AGI? Tengo que escribir un capítulo sobre la Jamaica española pero el AGI está digitalizando estos legajos ahora y no puedo consultarlos. ¡Gracias por compartir! @jjponcevazquez @DrDanielleTW @FidelTavarez @DrJesseCromwell

@csschmitt1 @jjponcevazquez @DrDanielleTW @DrJesseCromwell No he visto esos legajos. Lo siento. Es muy lamentable que nos impidan ver legajos dizque porque los están digitalizando. Son cuentos. Recomiendo que hables con los jefes de sala. Puede que te dejen verlos si le ruegas lo suficiente. Fue lo que tuve que hacer.

@perurealfonso Me imagino que igual.

¿Alguien sabría decirme cómo está el tema de sacar a fecha de hoy en el AHN? Gracias de antemano.

@oscarszarate Todas las que quieras. No hay límites. Tampoco hay papeleo para hacer fotos. Es genial.

@FidelTavarez Hola, Fidel. Una pregunta: con el sistema que tienen, aproximádamente, ¿cuántas fotografías puedes hacer en un día?

I've been at the AGI for almost two weeks. The fact that we can now take unlimited pictures makes a really big difference. I will take home a large amount of documents for my second book project. For graduate students, this is also a game changer. Glad the AGI took this step!