Dr. Christine Mathias

Biography

Christine Mathias joined the department in 2015 as a lecturer in Modern Latin American History. Her research and teaching promote historical thinking beyond national borders. Her current book project provides a comprehensive history of efforts by Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay to conquer the isolated South American borderland known as Gran Chaco. The book argues for an alternative approach to borderlands history, tracing the emergence of new forms of indigenous leadership, political subjectivity, and citizenship. She is also developing a new project on the history of Peronism in the Argentine interior. Christine received her PhD in History from Yale University in 2015. Her research has been supported by the Fulbright Program, Social Science Research Council, Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, Philanthropic Educational Organization, Yale University, and King’s College London. Her research interests include Modern Latin America, U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, and Populism, and she welcomes PhD applications from research students working in these areas. Christine has experience living and researching in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States and writes on Latin American affairs for publications such as Dissent and Perspectives on History.

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