Dr. Nancy Van Deusen

Biography

Nancy E. van Deusen is a historian specializing in Colonial Latin America and the Iberian Atlantic World, particularly focusing on the history of slavery, gender relations, and female Catholic spirituality in colonial Peru. Her work includes the book 'Global Indios: Indigenous Struggle for Justice in Sixteenth-Century Spain', which explores how slaves labeled as indios sought freedom in Spanish courts during the sixteenth century. Her fourth monograph, 'Embodying Sacred', investigates the pious lives of women in seventeenth-century Lima. Van Deusen is currently working on a project titled 'The Disappearance of the Past: Native American Slavery in the Making of the Early Modern World', which examines the narratives surrounding Native American slavery. She has received several awards for her research, including the Queen's University Excellence in Research Award and election to the Royal Society of Canada. She welcomes graduate students interested in Colonial Latin American history, particularly those exploring Indigenous slavery and the production of knowledge.

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