@gemakloppe
Sociologist & historian. I write, teach, and research on violence, religion, gender and politics in Latin America. Author of In the Vortex of Violence/En la vorágine de la violencia (UC Press/Grano de Sal).
En nuestro artículo para @nexosmexico.bsky.social, Karina García reyes y yo reflexionamos sobre las falacias de la guerra contra las drogas, la responsabilidad de Estados Unidos en su sostenimiento y la urgente necesidad de darle un giro a la conversación
redaccion.nexos.com.mx/la-guerra-co...
"LatAm in Focus: Why the Right Hasn’t Risen in Mexico—Yet" with @gemakloppe.bsky.social
www.as-coa.org/articles/lat...
"A litie gem of a book.... Sharp, brilliant, perfect, and created to last" -Inside Higher Ed The Allure of the Archives Arlette Farge Foreword by Natalie Zemon Davis
Sometimes you finally read a book you’ve been meaning to read for years, and it is just as good as you anticipated. “The Allure of the Archives” is such a gem! Beautiful read for those of us who love the archives.
Happy to share my recent interview with one of Mexico’s leading magazines, Proceso, on the ascent of the new Christian right in the country, its connections to MAGA, and its uses of history, inc the Cristero War, for political purposes (article in Spanish)
www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2...
Nuevo artículo con referencia a nuestra colega, @gemakloppe.bsky.social :
"La nueva derecha cristiana reza por su renacimiento político" en Proceso
www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2...
This is going to be a thought-provoking Political Technologies event with Prof Didier Bigo on Tue the 27th (4-5PM, Council Chamber or online - see: www.ucc.ie/en/casilac/r...).
#Foucault #criticaltheory #Frenchtheory
@uccwomenstudies.bsky.social @maggieoneill.bsky.social @gemakloppe.bsky.social
Are you interested in the history of the sanctuary movement and/or of Chicago?
Check out my article in Middle West Review about the rise of the movement in and out of the city.
You can access and read it for free, below.
www.academia.edu/95259933/Pol...
Thanks for sharing my newest article, published at the Journal of International Public History
I wrote about Mexico’s new Christian right and their use/misuse of history via social media.
Article is open access! 🔓
Was lovely to see everyone, including Prof @maggieoneill.bsky.social (ISS21) & ISS21 GSF cluster directors Dr @gemakloppe.bsky.social & Dr Fiachra Ó Suilleabháin
👋 Colleagues and friends: help me spread the word!
Our MA in Sociology at @ucc.ie is still open for applications from EU applicants
With cutting-edge modules including violence & conflict, populism & the far-right, feminist epistemologies, and more
Come join us!
www.ucc.ie/en/cke55/
Exciting news article “Grammar of Threat” with co-author extraordinaire @phillegitimate.bsky.social just won the 2025 Lee Ann Fujii Best Article Award from @apsa.bsky.social ’s Interpretive Methods group! 🎉
American Historical Review just published my new book review of Kelly Lytle Hernández's book, Bad Mexicans.
Below is the official link. If you would like a PDF, please let me know.
academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
But it has been rewarding!
As always, I could not do any of this without my family and friends (on both sides of the Atlantic!).
From Nicaragua, to Mexico, to the USA, to Ireland 🗺️
I am also grateful to George Washington University
for renewing my affiliation as Associate Research Professor of Latin American History. I will continue cherishing my connections with DC and GW
It has been a journey! I have had to learn and re-learn many things both professionally & personally
This month marks the one-year anniversary of our arrival in Ireland 💚
I am incredibly thankful to my new institutional home @ucc.ie and to the wonderful colleagues across the university for making me feel welcomed. I have found a new place to thrive.
Nuevo libro por Tania Hernández Vicencio y Marisol Lopez-Menendez:
Thank you for sharing Nathan 🙏
Check out this new interview with Dr. @gemakloppe.bsky.social about the rise of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador:
historyasithappens.libsyn.com/nayib-bukele...
I am particularly delighted to join the Advisory Board under the leadership of its new Editor, Prof. Matthew Butler, an extraordinary historian and Mexicanist.
Looking forward to contributing to the journal con un granito de arena desde Irlanda!
online.ucpress.edu/msem/pages/A...
Excited to share I have accepted the invitation to join the Advisory Board of Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos @ucpress.bsky.social, an internationally recognized scholarly journal (bilingual and interdisciplinary) dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge and research relating to Mexico🇲🇽✍️📚
Great piece by @profmpastor.bsky.social, reporting from L.A.: "The attack on immigrants now is a dry run for the strongman tactics that will later be used on us all. And finding a path of resistance that is fierce but not reckless, mass but not middling, strong but not violent will be a challenge."
I had the great privilege of speaking with Martin Di Caro
(History As It Happens) about the meteoric rise to power of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador and about the country's descent into authoritarianism 🇸🇻
Give it a listen and share if you can🎧
historyasithappens.libsyn.com/nayib-bukele...
Delighted to be in London as part of my @britishacademy.bsky.social Visiting Fellowship at
@ucl.ac.uk
Check out info below for my talk on The Politics of Religious Violence in Cold War Mexico & Colombia at @uclamericas.bsky.social this Thursday, 5:30pm (hybrid)
www.history.ac.uk/events/sacre...
Can expectations of accountability in cases of human rights violations falter?
In this piece, @jorgepeniche.bsky.social argues that they can — and indeed, they do — in certain gray zones.
opiniojuris.org/2025/05/26/f...
⭐️1 more week to book⭐️
🔶How do Latin American Studies fit within broader Area Studies frameworks?
🔶Is Latin America still a coherent and relevant category of analysis?
🔶What role should European institutions and journals like JLAS play in shaping the future of the field?
📚 Sacred Wars? Religion, Violence & Cold War Politics 🔥✝️
Join us for a seminar on the entanglement of religion, ideology, and violence in Cold War-era Mexico and Colombia.
📍 Hybrid
📅 12 June 2025 | 5:30–7:00PM
🎙️ Dr. Gema Kloppe-Santamaría (UCC & UCL History)
Free & open to all: shorturl.at/WwPCk
Many thanks to Thomas Rath (UCL) for the opportunity to share my work
If you are in or around London, please join us
(Event will be hybrid)
This is next week
Sacred Wars? The Politics of Religious Violence in Cold War Mexico and Colombia
I am delighted to be giving this talk at @uclamericas.bsky.social as part of my @britishacademy.bsky.social Visiting Fellowship at @uclhistory.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/events/sacre...
Join us!
Join @NACLA for the launch of the new print issue on Central America: "NACLA Report: Isthmian Saberes: Embodied Knowledge and Archival Praxis in América Central"! Wed Jun 4 at 5:30 EST, co-sponsored by @SALALM🔥 register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Earlier this month I had the chance to tour the shelter Mexico built in Ciudad Juárez to receive migrants deported by Trump as part of the 'Mexico embraces you' program. The shelter can serve 2,500 people per day, but as of last week they have received 2,800 migrants since Feb.
My story: