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Paul Gillingham, a Professor of History at Northwestern University, specializes in the politics, culture, and violence of modern Mexico. He holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford, awarded in 2006. Gillingham has contributed significantly to the field with numerous articles and book chapters, focusing primarily on Latin American history and social history. His recent publications include 'Unrevolutionary Mexico: Birth of a Strange Dictatorship' (2021) and 'Cuauhtémoc’s Bones: Forging National Identity in Modern Mexico' (2011), which won the Conference on Latin American History’s Mexican history prize. He has edited works such as 'Dictablanda: Politics, Work, and Culture in Mexico, 1938-1968' (2014) and 'Journalism, Satire, and Censorship in Mexico' (2018). Currently, Gillingham is developing a history of Mexico since 1511 and directs the Mexican Intelligence Digital Archives project (MIDAS), which provides open access to documents from Mexico's security agencies. His academic involvement extends to the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program at Northwestern University.
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