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The guest editors of Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos’s special issue on Catholic visual culture discuss how images have shaped religious memory, political activism, and debates over identity in Mexico from the Cristero War to the present.

Author Alberto McKelligan Hernández on how contemporary Mexican women artists are challenging state narratives of violence and creating art that imagines a more just and egalitarian Mexico.

The American Revolution didn't end in 1776—or on the East Coast. A new special issue of "California History" explores its lasting impact from California's unique vantage point.

The guest editors of Afterimage's new special issue explore how artists and activists are reimagining the U.S.–Mexico border through creative forms of resistance.

Toffoli discusses the images & technologies that helped construct the Border Patrol's public image, the historical roots of today's surveillance culture along the U.S.–Mexico border, & why visual history remains essential for understanding contemporary debates over immigration & state power.

Author Eduardo Elena the meaning of "Emerging El Dorado" and the challenges of researching and writing on an truly international topic.

An excerpt from John Dinges's book, "Chile in Their Hearts," a page-turning reinvestigation of two American activists murdered in Chile.

"Together We Fight" author Ñusta Carranza Ko on a recent pinnacle court case in Peru and the continued fight for human rights.

The 2024–2025 Christian Zlolniski Award recognizes outstanding early-career scholarship on Mexican Catholic women’s activism and representations of narco violence in contemporary Mexican cinema.

Preview the new Spring 2026 issue of "Pacific Historical Review."