Considering previous regional initiatives, such as the collection Historia General de Centroamérica coordinated by scholars Víctor Hugo Acuña, Héctor Lindo, and Margarita Vannini in the 1990s, my presentation incorporates a comparative perspective. I highlight both continuities and transformations in the production of historical knowledge, which, in the case of Nicaragua, has been accomplished under political violence, authoritarianism, and institutional collapse.
This presentation addresses three interrelated questions. First, how are the disciplines of history and memory studies mobilized in these contemporary initiatives to challenge state narratives and confront authoritarian power? Second, and within a longue durée perspective, what archival, methodological, and pedagogical strategies have enabled civil society actors in exile to construct new historical repositories and interpretive frameworks to understand the recent past? Finally, what ethical and political responsibilities do historians assume in contexts of forced exile, and how might academic practice shape critical past–present reflections in societies experiencing ongoing trauma and displacement?