Tucson Festival of Books

Renata Keller (She/her)



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Renata Keller is a historian of Latin America and the Cold War, and the author of the newly published "The Fate of the Americas," the first hemispheric history of the Cuban missile crisis. Her novel "Mexico's Cold War," won SECOLAS’s Alfred B. Thomas Book Prize and received multiple honorable mentions. A professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, she has published widely in academic journals as well as in The Washington Post and History Today. She co-edits InterConnections: The Global Twentieth Century, a book series with UNC Press.

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Scheduled events:
History, Conflict and the Americas
In this session, two historians will discuss the critical impact of Latin America on global events from earliest contact and abolition of slavery to the Cuban missile crisis and the Cold War.

UA Library/Special Collections (Seats 110)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sat, Mar 14, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
History / Biography
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Carrie Gibson, Renata Keller
Moderator: Stephen Golden
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of University of Arizona Libraries, University of Arizona Press, Sally Garnaat
International Insecurity
Global disorder and increased warfare have led to uncertainty, with long-term alliances at risk and the wisdom of U.S.foreign policy in doubt. Today our authors will share insights about current global affairs and ponder where we might be headed in the future. (Unfortunately, Alexander Vindman will not participate in this session as originally planned.)

Integrated Learning Center Room 130 (Seats 143, Wheelchair accessible)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sun, Mar 15, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Renata Keller, Daniel Zoughbie
Moderator: James Carouso
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of Sara Cohen, The Neymeyer Family, Research Corporation for Science Advancement

Books:
The Fate of the Americas
The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Hemispheric Cold War
History / Biography
University of North Carolina Press
January 2025
ISBN 9781469689432
336 pages
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Mexico's Cold War
Cuba, the United States, and the Legacy of the Mexican Revolution
History / Biography
Cambridge University Press
April 2017
ISBN 9781107438859
294 pages
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