The placeholder for "Interrogating the Future of Puerto Rican Studies," which I'm co-editing with @santiaaurora.bsky.social is live in the @dukepress.bsky.social website!!! So excited to be in dialogue with so many incredible Puerto Rican scholars. www.dukeupress.edu/interrogatin...

Very exciting to hear @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social, author of Puerto Rico: A National History, on ‪@vox.com‬ Today, Explained! Listen to the full episode here: megaphone.link/VMP6691376741

Profundamente agradecido por la oportunidad de amplificar nuestra historia utilizando el billboard más visto en todo Puerto Rico—el de la residencia de Bad Bunny en el Choliseo. Es sumamente increíble el poder utilizar esa plataforma para resaltar y amplificar nuestra historia.

Love a good conference discount book haul! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @ievajusionyte.bsky.social @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social @marydudziak.bsky.social

Just finished reading @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social's book on Puerto Rico. I knew nothing about this history. My only connection to the island is that half my DNA is from it and I have a few relatives there. I don't speak Spanish nor know any of its culture. It was an enlightening read.

***Please share widely*** @santiaaurora.bsky.social and I are guest curating Pablo Delano's new exhibit, "cuestiones caribeñas/caribbean matters: assemblage and sculpture by pablo delano" at the Chazen Museum at @uwmadison.bsky.social. chazen.wisc.edu/pablo-delano...

Last was "Puerto Rico" by @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social, who provides rich analysis of interactions between the archipelago and Spain, and incredible context on unfair relations with the US and movements to change the relationship. Highly recommend Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (3/3)

Arrived in NYC for three events celebrating the launch of “Puerto Rico” in paperback and for the PR Day Parade on Sunday. As soon as we landed in JFK we ran into one of PR’s greatest legends, Félix “Tito” Trinidad.🥹🇵🇷🥹🇵🇷🥹🇵🇷 My childhood self is over the moon shouting “!Tito! ¡Tito! ¡Tito!”

Pair the new #paperback edition of @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social's Puerto Rico: A National History (out now!) with the #audiobook, read by Tony Chiroldes, and discover a panoramic history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today. 🎧🇵🇷 Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...

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🚨New Writing Latinos Episode!🚨 One of my faves. We talk with @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social about his book, Puerto Rico: A National History, plus his collaboration with Bad Bunny! www.publicbooks.org/jorell-melen...

“a social, cultural and political history of Puerto Rico. This account tracks the history of the island from the pre-Columbian era to its current status as an often-misunderstood territory of the United States.” Read more: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen... @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social

In a new episode of Writing Latinos, ‪@geraldo-cadava.bsky.social‬ chats with @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social‬ about his new book “Puerto Rico: A National History” (@princetonupress.bsky.social‬).

A panoramic history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today—an engaging, sometimes personal, & surprising history of colonialism, revolt, and the creation of a national identity. Puerto Rico arrives in #paperback on June 3: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social

¡Dímelo, Connecticut! On May 7th, @santiaaurora.bsky.social and I will be at Central Connecticut State University talking about nostalgia and historical memory in the discography of Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, "directamente desde el espacio".

Shout out to @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social for his amazing work on the DTMF videos 👇

Bueno familia, after two years in the works, Duke University Press' Editorial Board has approved an edited volume I am co-editing with @santiaaurora.bsky.social, tentatively titled "Interrogating the Future of Puerto Rican Studies." The book should be out in Spring 2026.

Calentando motores para el otoño.

¿DeBÍ ESTuDIAR MáS HiSTORIA? Agradecido por la invitación del Departamento de Historia de la UPR-RP para crear este pequeño video sobre la importancia de la historia y mi colaboración con Bad Bunny. Particularmente agradecido por toda la labor de sus increíbles estudiantes. 📚❤️🇵🇷

It’s never NOT relevant, but there are lots of hoary educational practices and institutions of varying degrees of formality that will be well worth meditating upon and resurrecting. Here’s @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social ’s “The Lettered Barriada” e.g. www.dukeupress.edu/the-lettered...

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Paul G. Miller, comisionado de instrucción colonial, el cual escribió el libro de texto utilizado en las escuelas de Puerto Rico de 1922 a 1952 no solamente recibió su doctorado de UW-Madison, sino que también fungió como catedrático. 🤯

Incredibly humbled by this note published by my editor, Priya Nelson, who believed that our history was worth telling. I am so thankful to her for not dissuading me to write a book grounded in the deep love I have for my people. We are still here. Seguimos aquí.

I just received the copy of Puerto Rico: A National History by @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social that I ordered from @bookshop-org.bsky.social . I can’t wait to dig in!

Author @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social talks to #TheTake from @al-jazeera-english.bsky.social about writing Puerto Rican history for future generations.

Bad Bunny wanted to share Puerto Rico's history of colonization, so he called a Wisconsin Professor www.wuwm.com/arts-culture...

en españa y eeuu se mira el reggaeton desde arriba aunque se baile y produzca por eso traer al historiador que trabajó con bad bunny para entender DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS era un acto de justicia gracias! 🫶🏽🇵🇷 @natashadeltoro.bsky.social y @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/7k7P...

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One of the best albums in a while. My students at SSU have been writing me letters saying, "thank you for teaching me this history, now I can appreciate this album on another level."

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New book from @stanfordpress.bsky.social: Crisis by Design: Emergency Powers and Colonial Legality in Puerto Rico by Jose Atiles www.sup.org/books/law/cr...

Check out Puerto Rico: A National History author @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social on Good Morning America! Prof. Meléndez-Badillo discusses his collaboration on Bad Bunny's DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS!! 🇵🇷🎉📚 www.goodmorningamerica.com/gma3/video/i...

Bueno, familia, I am excited to announce that a revised paperback edition of Puerto Rico: A National History will be out on June 3rd with @princetonupress.bsky.social and it has a new cover!!! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

UW-Madison history professor @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social collaborated with Bad Bunny to help listeners explore the historical and political context of the singer's new album. He spoke with @aliceraeherman.bsky.social about the project

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The LA Times did a profile of my collaboration w Bad Bunny. 🫣🇵🇷🙏🏼 www.latimes.com/delos/story/...

Nos alegran mucho estos proyectos fuera de la torre de marfil, compa @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social

Working on the revised paperback edition of “Puerto Rico: A National History” coming out later this year with @PrincetonUPress.

Del IG de mi editorial, Grupo Planeta:

Si hace unas semanas me hubiesen dicho que estaría colaborando con @sanbenito no me lo creería, pero así pasó.   Agradecido de poder utilizar esta plataforma para compartir nuestra historia ante el mundo. ❤️🇵🇷📚

#AHA2025 has been a blast. I'm grateful to wonderful colleagues for their support of my work. And I finally got the obligatory picture of myself holding my book at the @uncpress.bsky.social book table. (And it was already sold!) Thank you to all who have purchased and read it!!

Cuando Jhayco 🦇🦇🦇 shares an IG story with my book, Puerto Rico: A National History, in his story a few days before he performs his sold out shows at the Choliseo in PfknR!!! 🤯🤯🤯

Que la tierra le sea leve. Descansa en poder, Beatriz Sarlo.

Madison, WI 💔

Oh, what a simple note in a book can do for your research:

enjoyed this compact and very readable national history of Puerto Rico by @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social ! really love the jacket design too, though the book cover itself is also awesome

Qué bello ver carros con stickers de Luisa Capetillo en el calentón. 🖤🏴🖤

That cover tho' 🔥

Acabado de recibir 📚📚📚

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