Biography 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 …
Biography Biography I am a PhD Candidate in Latin American and Caribbean History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. I was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, where I also did my bachelor’s degree in History and Philosophy at the Universidad de los Andes. After working a year evaluating mechanisms to improve citizen participation in the …
I hold a BA in History from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, and am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Latin American and Caribbean History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. I was a research fellow through the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (2023–2025), participated in the Digital Humanities Scholars in Residence program at UPR …
Biography Biography I am a historian of Latin America & the Caribbean specializing in the history of Cuba and its relations with the wider world. In the past, my research has focused on early 19th century Cuba-US relations, specifically failures in American intelligence gathering in Havana in the early 19th century. More recently, my MA …
Biography 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), …
Biography Biography I am Nicolás Felipe Rueda Rey, a Colombian historian specializing in the socio-cultural and environmental history of tobacco. My research encompasses global, local, and regional perspectives, utilizing diverse ethnographic and archival methods. Currently, my Ph.D. project at the University of Wisconsin–Madison focuses on two main areas: the agro-industrial dynamics of the Eastern Colombian …
Biography Biography I study Latin America and early modern Iberia history, with an emphasis on the colonial period in New Spain. I focus on combining research areas, such as Colonialism, histories of Christianity, history of moral theology, family history, legal history, and Atlantic history. My first focus is on understanding, comparatively, how civil and ecclesiastical …
I study nationalism and ideological conflict in Central America during the Cold War, focusing particularly on the relationships that intellectuals and politicians forged within and beyond the region to spread their ideas. My research examines the nation-building projects advanced by these intellectual networks, the influences that shaped them, and their efforts to popularize and implement …