People, Department of History at the University of Georgia

The University of Georgia, Department of History

Latin America & Caribbean
The Georgia Workshop on Latin American History sponsors a wide variety of events, including lectures by distinguished scholars, conferences, seminars on student and faculty work-in-progress, and field exam roundtables. The Workshop also hosts large-scale community gatherings such as discussions with local immigrant rights activists and film screenings. (We serve great food at our events). Faculty work closely with graduate and undergraduate students to determine the Workshop's thematic focus, which has centered on Latin American religious and cultural history, transnational history, Latinos in the South, and the region's tumultuous history of capitalist development. Region, religion, and sexuality, along with race, class and gender, are key categories of analysis in our interdisciplinary discussions, which typically involve scholars from multiple departments across campus. Please get in touch with our faculty or graduate students if you are interested in joining the Workshop
Faculty
Chamosa, Oscar Associate Professor	Social and cultural history of Argentina, emphasis on the rural criollo of Argentine Northwest; Intersection of Folkore and Politics; Cultural Policies during the Peronist Era	Office: 236 LeConte	chamo01@uga.edu (706) 542-2539
Palmer, Jennifer Assistant Professor	Race, gender, and slavery in France and its colonies in the eighteenth century	Office: 106 LeConte Hours: On leave	palmerjl@uga.edu (706) 542-2477
Román, Reinaldo Associate Professor	Latin American social and cultural history; modern Caribbean	Office: 304 LeConte Hours: R - 3:30-5:00pm & by appt	rroman@uga.edu (706) 542-2501
Rood, Daniel Assistant Professor	Slavery in the Atlantic World, Antebellum South, Latin America-Caribbean, Science and Technology, Capitalism	Office: 334 LeConte Hours: W - 10:30am-12:30pm	danrood@uga.edu (706) 542-2660
Voekel, Pamela Associate Professor	Cultural, religious and political history of modern and colonial Latin America, particularly Mexico	Office: 301C LeConte Hours: T& R 3:30-4:30 MLC/Jittery Joes & by Appt	voekel@uga.edu (706) 542-5376
Whigham, Thomas Professor	Colonial and modern Latin America; 18th- and19th-century social and economic history of Argentina and Paraguay	Office: 314 LeConte Hours: By appt	twhigham@uga.edu (706) 542-2493
Graduate Students
Arguedas, Roberto Graduate Student	US-Latin American Diplomatic History	Office: 104 LeConte	robarg@uga.edu
Bentley, Derek Graduate Teaching Assistant	Cultural and political history of Latin America, Modern Mexico, History of capitalism	Office: 131 LeConte	dbent@uga.edu
Bongiovanni, Brice Graduate Student	Latin American Religions and Colonialism	Office: 114 LeConte Hours: TR 10-11am	bongiob@uga.edu
Busquets, Lizette Graduate Student	Late 19th-Early 20th c. Latin America Public Health, Medicine, and Healing Practices	Office: 112 LeConte	lbusquet@uga.edu
Cromwell, Alisha M. Graduate Student	Enslaved Women in the Urban Marketplace	Office: 134 LeConte	alishamc@uga.edu
Poister, Robert Graduate Student	Antebellum and Civil War U.S. South; 19th-Century Latin America and Caribbean	Office: 109 LeConte Hall Hours: M, 10-11am and by appointment	rpoister@uga.edu
Roseberry, Ashley Graduate Student	Early-Twentieth-Century Argentina; Populism; Popular Culture and Tradition	Office: 122 LeConte	agrose@uga.edu