Dr. Julia Mcclure

Biography

Julia McClure is a global historian specializing in the histories of poverty, inequality, imperialism, capitalism, and the environment, focusing particularly on the medieval and early modern periods, especially the long sixteenth century. Her work has concentrated on Latin America, the Iberian Peninsula, and the Spanish Empire, with recent research involving Indigenous communities in southern Mexico to explore histories of land use, agroecology, and climate change. She is currently challenging traditional narratives of wealth and poverty, investigating the colonial creation of global poverty and Indigenous technologies of abundance. Her publications have addressed a range of issues, including the formation of global empires, global inequality, and the socio-economic rights of the poor. McClure co-founded a food sovereignty network aimed at tackling challenges in food sovereignty and has been involved in several international projects researching local visions of global poverty. Through her teaching and supervision, she works with students studying topics such as poverty, charity, inequality, and environmental history.

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