Latin America: Faculty
Dain Borges, (Ph.D. Stanford 1986). Associate Professor of Latin American history (773-834-0284). Modern Brazilian history including social science, literature, popular religion and state-formation.
Friedrich Katz, (Ph.D. University of Vienna, 1954). Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Latin American History (773-702-8378). Social, Economic, and Political History of the Mexican Revolution of 1910; European Expansion into Latin America in the Latter Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; The Role of Slavery in Pre-Columbian America; Social History; International History.
Emilio Kourí, (Ph.D. Harvard 1996). Associate Professor of Latin American history (773-834-4769). Rural Mexico since 1750, including social relations and movements; agrarian, agricultural, business and legal history, and the "Indian question"; the Spanish Caribbean; U.S. Latino history.
Kittiya Lee, (Ph.D. Johns Hopkins 2005). Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Latin American History (773-834-0248).
Mauricio Tenorio, (Ph.D. Stanford University, 1993). Professor of Latin American History and the College (773-702-3708). Intellectual, cultural, and urban history of Mexico and Latin America.
In addition, both Thomas Holt and Julie Saville work on the history of the British Caribbean.
Associated Faculty include:
Kelly Austin (Romance Languages and Literatures)
Manuela Carneiro da Cunha (Anthropology)
Raul Coronado (English)
Robert Kendrick (Music)
Alan Kolata (Anthropology)
John Lucy (Committee on Human Development, Psychology)
Agnes Lugo-Ortiz (Romance Languages and Literature)
Stephan Palmié (Anthropology)
Saskia Sassen (Sociology)
Robin Shoaps (Anthropology)
Alberto Simpser (Political Science)
M. Rolph Trouillot (Anthropology)
Lisa Voigt (Romance Languages and Literature)
The Center for Latin American Studies also supports a number of Tinker Visiting Visting Professors in History. The Tinker Visiting Professorship at the University of Chicago was established in 1980 through a generous endowment to the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) from the Edward Larocque Tinker Foundation. Tinker Visiting Professors are selected each year through departmental nominations and faculty sponsorship. Nominations include professors, practitioners, activists, or journalists, from Latin America and Iberia. Nominees are evaluated on the basis of their contribution to their disciplines, innovative thinking, and exceptional achievement in their field(s).
Tinker Visiting Professors typically spend one academic quarter at the University of Chicago. During their tenure, they offer a course in their area of expertise, conduct research, write, and deliver at least one public lecture sponsored by CLAS and/or the host department. The contributions of Tinker Visiting Professors significantly enrich academic life and research on Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula by providing new perspectives and insights and by sharing recent academic developments from Latin America's top universities, think tanks, and other institutions and organizations. The program also fosters the development of collaborative working relationships between Tinker Professors and University of Chicago faculty and students.
For a full list of Tinker Professors in all departments , click http://clas.uchicago.edu/graphics/people/tvp.html