Tomás Ignacio Pino Flores

Biography

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I am a PhD student in History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. My research lies at the intersection of intellectual history and environmental history, with a focus on Latin America. I am a Graduate Associate of the Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) and the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS), a member of CHE’s Graduate Associate Organizing Committee, and a member of the editorial board of Edge Effects.

Education

B.A., History, Universidad de Chile, 2021
M.A., History, Universidad de Chile, 2025
M.A., History, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2025

Field

Latin American & Carribean History

MA Titles:

• “New Experience of Time: uses and meanings of the Anthropocene concept,” Universidad de Chile
• “Solidarity, Mutual Aid, and Horizontality in the Anthropocene: A Genealogy of Anarchist Thought and the Environmental Crisis in Contemporary Latin America,” University of Wisconsin–Madison

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

Pino, T. (2025). “Genealogía del Antropoceno: Contexto de Emergencia y Sentidos Originales (1857-2020).” In Intelectuales, Conceptos y Lenguajes Políticos: Nuevas aproximaciones desde la historiografía chilena (Siglos XVIII al XXI). Edited by Gabriel Páez and Francisco Castillo. Valparaíso: Ediciones PUCV. (Forthcoming)

Articles

Pino, T. (2023). La agencia de los historiadores bajo el régimen de historicidad presentista. Breve reflexión a propósito de la asimilación crítica y el tiempo catastrófico. REVUELTAS. Revista Chilena de Historia Social Popular, (7), 148–152.

Reviews

Pino, T. (2023). Pedro Acuña Rojas. Deportes, masculinidades y cultura de masas. Historia de las revistas deportivas chilenas, 1899–1958. Cuadernos de Historia (Santiago), (58), 391–393.

Selected Awards

• 2026 – Early Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of History, University of Wisconsin–Madison
• 2026 – Graduate Student Travel/Research Grant, LACIS, University of Wisconsin–Madison ($1,000; LASA 2026 travel) 
• 2025 – Tinker-Nave Short-Term Field Research Grant, University of Wisconsin–Madison
• 2024 – Graduate School Fellowship, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Professional Affiliations

• Graduate Associate, Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE)
• Graduate Associate, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS)
• Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
• Red Iberconceptos (Temporality Group)
• Seminario Permanente de Historia Conceptual desde Chile

Courses Taught as TA

• 2026 – Teaching Assistant, “American Environmental History,” University of Wisconsin–Madison
• 2026 – Teaching Assistant, “Global Environmental History,” University of Wisconsin–Madison
• 2025 – Teaching Assistant, “History of Global Migrations,” University of Wisconsin–Madison
• 2022 – Teaching Assistant, “Contemporary Latin American History,” Universidad de Chile
• 2021 – Teaching Assistant, “Contemporary Chilean History,” Universidad de Chile
• 2020 – Teaching Assistant, “History of Chile: The Indigenous World and the Conquest (16th Century),” Universidad de Chile