Latin American History

The working group “Latin American History” is a part of the History Department at the University of Bremen.

The subject of our field, the history of Latin American, can be subdivided into four periods:

  • The period of conquest (“Conquista”) starts with the so-called discovery of America by Columbus in 1492 and ends at around 1570.
  • The colonial period with established Vice-kingdoms and an own administrative apparatus, lasts from the mid 16th century to the mid 18th century.
  • The time of emancipation which in recent research finds its beginnings in the mid 18th century and lasts until the mid 19th century. It is characterized by the fierce battles for Independence whose result are the (national-) states existing today. The final end to this era only comes with the decolonization of Cuba (1898) and the founding of Panama (1903) at the turn to the 20th century however.
  • The period of national states which encompasses the 19th and 20th century, whereby the 20th century is a century of particular extremity – between violence, dictatorship, democratization and coping with the past.

At Bremen University the History of Latin America will be taught from the Conquista until the present. The emphasis in research is currently placed on the 19th and 20th century.

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Contact

Universität Bremen, FB 8
Institut für Geschichtswissenschaft
Postfach 330 440
28334 Bremen 

Prof. Dr. Delia González de Reufels
Office: GW2 B2590
E-Mail: dgrprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de

Sekretariat

Claudia Haase 
Büro: GW2 B2620
Telefon: 0421–218 67014
E-Mail: sekrglprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de 

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Lectures on the history of Latin America in the Research Colloquium on Modern History

The Departments of Early Modern History, Latin American History and Modern and Contemporary History invite doctoral students and internationally renowned professors to present their current research projects.


Dr Bruno Rodrigues de Lima from the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory will kick things off on 23 October 2024 with a lecture on ‘Luiz Gama: A Global History of Abolitionism’. During the winter semester, further research projects from the history of Latin America will be presented by Prof. Dr Ricardo Borrmann (University of Bremen/Université de Neuchâtel), Prof. Dr Christine Vogel (University of Vechta) and Prof. Kristina Schulz (Université de Neuchâtel).


The research colloquium always takes place on Wednesdays from 6-8 pm in GW2 in room B 2880.
All interested parties are cordially invited.

Please find the full programm here

 

Classes SoSe 2024

  • 08-28-GS-3 Research Seminar (Prof. Dr. Delia González de Reufels, Colloquium)

  • 08-28-HIS-5.2 The History of Guerrillas in Latin America. From Early Modern Times to the 2000s (Prof. Dr. Delia González de Reufels, Vorlesung) 

  • 08-28-HIS-5.2a The History of Guerrillas in Latin America. From Early Modern Times to the 2000s -(Prof. Dr. Delia González de Reufels, Übung 1)

  • 08-28-HIS-5.2b The History of Guerrillas in Latin America. From Early Modern Times to the 2000s - (Mara Josepha Fritzsche, Übung 2)

  • 08-28-HIS-5.2c The History of Guerrillas in Latin America. From Early Modern Times to the 2000s - (Dominik Gall, Übung 3)

  • 08-28-HIS-7.1.1 Los Ochentas. On Colombian History of the 1980s (Prof. Dr. Delia González de Reufels, Seminar)