Cultural, religious and political history of modern and colonial Latin America, particularly Mexico

Associate Professor
Ph.D Texas 1997

Office: 301C LeConte
Office Hours: T& R 3:30-4:30 MLC/Jittery Joes & by Appt
Phone: (706) 542-5376

voekel@uga.edu

[Download CV]

Pamela Voekel's first book demonstrated that the scientific Enlightenment in Mexico and the country's Liberal Party had deep religious roots. Alone before God: the Religious Origins of Modernity in Mexico (Duke, 2002) won the Thomas McGann Memorial Prize. She is the co-founder of the Tepoztlán Institute for the Transnational Study of the Americas and a member of the Institute's organizing collective. She is also a member of the editorial board of History Compass. In addition to her work on Mexico, she has published on religion in Latin America and on the theory and practice of transnational history. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Harvard Divinity School's Women Studies in Religion Program, Voekel's new book project focuses on the interplay of gender, race, religion, and politics in Mexico and the larger Atlantic world, 1750-1870. Her teaching interests include modern and colonial Latin America; the history of capitalism; the Enlightenment; power, piety, and politics in the Atlantic world; theory and methods in history; and race, gender, and revolution in the Americas.

Research and Teaching Interests

Selected Publications

Honors and Awards

Certificate of Merit for Work on Immigrant and Labor Issues, Economic Justice Coalition of Athens (2007, 2008, 2009)

Beinecke Collection Fellowship, Yale University (2006)

Faculty Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities (2005)

Clark-Heggoy Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, UGA History Department (2005)

Helen and Winston Cox Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Montana (2000)

International Dissertation Award, Social Science Research Council (1995)

Courses Taught

HIST2222: Latin American Civilization Since 1800 [Syllabus]

HIST3220: History of Mexico

HIST3720H: Seminar in Comparative History (Honors) [Syllabus]

HIST4200: Studies in Latin American History

HIST4200: Studies in Latin American History [Syllabus]

HIST4200: Studies in Latin American History [Syllabus]

HIST4990: Senior Seminar [Syllabus]

HIST7900: Theory and Practice [Syllabus]

HIST8200: The Cultural History of Capitalism in Latin America [Syllabus]

Dissertations Supervised

MA Theses Supervised