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

Courses Taught as TA

•  History 375: The Cold War
• History 269: War, Race, and Religion in Europe and the United States