Historia oculta (Iberoamericana Vervuert, 2026), edited by Monika Brenišínová, Anna Libánská and Lillyam Rosalba González Espinosa offers a Central European perspective on the reconstruction of women’s presence and agency in the conquest and colonization of the Americas. Hana Bortlová-Vondráková praises this meticulously researched volume for showing how a Central European perspective can reveal new connections in colonial history.