Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute

Tulane University

Guadalupe García

Assistant Professor - History

Contact Info
ggarcia4@tulane.edu

Degrees

  • B.A., Pitzer College, Political Studies and Literature, 1997
  • M.A., California State University, Latin American Studies, 2001
  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, HIstory, 2006

Academic Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 2009-
  • Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida, 2006-2008
  • Teaching Assistant, UNC Chapel Hill, 2001-2006

Research & Teaching Specializations: 19th and 20th century Latin America; Urban Studies; Race and Ethnicity; Caribbean; Cuba

Related Experience

  • Reviewer, Text and Performance Quarterly, 2007
  • Reviewer, Florida Historical Quarterly, 2006
  • Resident Director, Havana Study Abroad Program, UNC Chapel Hill, 2004
  • Research Assistant, UNC Chapel Hill, 2004

Distinctions

  • Warwick Transatlantic Fellowship, University of Warwick, UK, 2013-2014
  • Honorable Mention, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 2013
  • Finalist, Award to Louisiana Scholars and Artists (ATLAS), Board of Regents, 2013
  • Young Glick Fellow, School of Liberal Arts, Tulane University, 2013
  • Lurcy Research Grant, School of Liberal Arts, Tulane University, 2013
  • Latin American Studies Center Library Research Grant, University of Florida, 2006
  • Mellon Foundation Fellowship, 2005
  • Ford Foundation Diversity Dissertation Fellowship, 2005
  • Mowry Summer Research Grant, UNC Chapel Hill, 2003
  • Waddell Memorial Fellowship, UNC Chapel Hill, 2001

Languages: Spanish; French

Selected Publications

  • Submitted. “‘La ciudad antigua y la ciudad nueva:’ Topographies of Displacement in Nineteenth-Century Havana.” Revista Quiroga, Revisa de patrimonio Iberoamericano, Granada, Spain.
  • Forthcoming. “The City Speaks: Dis/Articulating Revolutionary Havana, Cuba, and Global Belonging.” Cultural Studies 28(2).
  • Under revision. “To Map a City: U.S. Presence in Havana, 1899-1909.” Journal of Urban History.
  • 2011. “Urban Guajiros: Colonial Reconcentración, Rural Displacement, and Criminalization in Western Cuba, 1895-1902.” Journal of Latin American Studies 43, 2, 209-235.
  • 2011. “Nuestra patria La Habana: Reading the 1762 British Occupation of the City.” Nuevo Mundo/Mundos Nuevos, “Debates.” Online Journal, URL: http://nuevomundo.revues.org/61119
  • 2005. “Aurora Castillo.” In Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, Completing the Twentieth Century. Susan Ware, ed. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 5: 107-108.
  • 2005. “Carnival.” In Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, and Society in the United States. Ilan Stavans and Harold Augenbraum, eds. Danbury, CT: Grolier, Inc.
  • 2005. “Mexican American Unity Council.” In Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, and Society in the United States. Ilan Stavans and Harold Augenbraum, eds. Danbury, CT: Grolier, Inc.

Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses

  • HISL-1710-01: Introduction to Latin American History
  • HISL-2910-01: Cuba, Revolution and Cold War

Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years: 3
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Call for Papers: Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018 Conference

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The Association for Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (AAPLAC) seeks session proposals for its 29th Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 21-24, 2018, hosted by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University.

This year’s theme, “Study Abroad: Meeting the Challenges of Cultural Engagement,” includes a variety of paper topics, including:

  • New Orleans after Katrina: The impact of the growing Hispanic population which came to help with rebuilding and has since stayed on
  • Interdisciplinary Institutional Content Assessment: How to best track what students are doing overseas and the benefits for our campuses
  • Global Partnerships through Peer Collaboration: How we can better work with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Research Collaborations – U.S.-Latin America: Faculty led/student participation in on-site studies
  • Anglo-Hispanic Challenges: Cross-cultural understanding through experiential learning and study abroad
  • Strategic Partnerships: How we can enhance protocols between our schools in the US and those in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Strengthening AAPLAC Relationships through Inter-Organization Mentoring: How we can enhance protocols amongst our schools in the US
  • Latina Empowerment: More women on study abroad programs: How we can take advantage of this bond between women of the North and the South
  • Rethinking Mobility: How is the student’s identity compromised/enhanced abroad?
  • Community-Based Partnerships: How students can learn as they engage with local communities in working type environments
  • Crossing Borders: The eternal quest for a global space as students interact with the other
  • Global Xenophobia on the Rise of Brexit/Trump? What is our role?
  • Cuba: Future U.S. Relations – Impact on Study Abroad

Please visit the Call For Papers web page to download the proposal template, timeline, and more information about the conference.

For questions, please contact Laura Wise Person at 862-8629 or lwise1_at_tulane.edu.