Henry Bielenberg

Biography

I study counterinsurgency, nationalism, and the development of social sciences in modern Latin America. My current research is centered on the history and politics of archaeological fieldwork in Guatemala. I’m particularly interested in understanding how archaeological sites became contested grounds upon which various actors staked claims concerning national identity and political opposition in the period surrounding the Guatemalan Civil War.

Education

M.A., History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024
B.A., History, Spanish, and English Literature, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2016

Field of Study

• Latin American and Caribbean History

MA Title

•  “A Most Brief but Violent History”: Excavating Iximche’ in the Early Guatemalan Civil War

Selected Awards

• Kate Everest Levi Second-Year Paper Prize, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2024

Courses Taught as TA

• History 101: American History to the Civil War Era
• History 269: War, Race, and Religion in Europe and the United States
• History 375: The Cold War