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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Summer semester 2022

We are happy to start into the summer semester 2022 with you.

You will find informations about the classes of the Latin American History on our homepage:

https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/latin-american-history/studies/seminars

Classes winter semester 2023/24

  • 08-28-HIS-6.1 Climate Change is History. How to Write a History of Climate Change (Prof. Dr. Delia González de Reufels, Seminar) 
  • 08-HIS-MA_UTheo 1 Ungleichheiten in historischer Perspektive: Theorien und Dimensionen (Prof. Dr. Delia González de Reufels, Seminar) 
  • 08-28-GS-2 Research Colloquium (Prof. Dr. Delia González de Reufels, Colloquium) 
  • 08-28-HIS-4.1.1 When the Military Seizes Power: The Chilean Militray Coup in 1973 (Mara Josepha Fritzsche, Seminar) 
  • 08-28-HIS-4.1.2 When the Military Seizes Power: The Chilean Militray Coup in 1973 (Prof. Dr. Delia González de Reufels, Seminar)