Latin America

The Latin American History doctoral field at Georgetown University offers considerable chronological, methodological and geographic breadth, with particular strength in Mexico, the central Andes, and Brazil. The current research interests of our faculty range from agrarian protest in eighteenth-century Mexico, through indigenous responses to state formation in nineteenth-century Bolivia, to media and popular culture in twentieth-century Brazil. Our courses offer both coverage of the historiography of Latin America, including classic works and current debates, and training in the skills necessary for archival research in Latin America. Graduate students also benefit from the extensive faculty associated with Georgetown's Center for Latin American Studies, its Program in Brazilian Studies, and its Colombia Project. Students have ample opportunity to draw on the broad collective expertise of this diverse faculty. Georgetown's proximity to the Library of Congress, the National Archives and other local collections make it an excellent location for historical research. Our recent Ph.D.s have completed groundbreaking projects on Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Cuba, and have competed successfully for grants and employment here and abroad.

Faculty:

LANGER, Erick (PhD, Stanford 1984; assoc. prof.)
Latin America, Andes, social, economic, frontiers

MCCANN, Bryan (PhD, Yale 1999; assoc. prof.)
Latin America, modern Brazil, popular culture

TUTINO, John (PhD, Texas, Austin 1976; assoc. prof. and chair)
Latin America, Mexico, social/cultural/political

For information regarding graduate studies in Latin American History at Georgetown, please contact Professor John Tutino (faculty representative to the Graduate Studies Committee). In addition, we encourage you to contact current graduate students for their perspectives on the program; they will also be glad to answer any questions you may have. The following students, listed with their chosen fields and specializations, have agreed to serve as contacts.

Ben Fulwider
Research: Mexico in the 1940s
Minor: United States

Hugo Maureira
Research: 19^th and 20^th Century Latin America
Minor: US Diplomatic
Research Interests: legal history, economic history, Canadian history and Latin American race and national identity

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Photo Credit:

Image of Brazilian women and children awaiting medical examination in Salvador, c. 1930s.

Image taken from Okezi Otovo's dissertation, "Medicine, Maternity, and Modernization: Theories of Progress and Child-Rearing Institutions in Brazil, 1870-1940."

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