Expertise

Professor Díaz has published articles on the history of Venezuela, the Spanish Caribbean, and Brazil.

Keywords:

  • 19th century
  • 20th century
  • Latin American History
  • African Diaspora History
  • Citizenship and Belonging
  • Cultural History
  • Digital History
  • Empire and Colonialism
  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Historical Teaching and Practice
  • Military History and Warfare
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Slavery and Postemancipation

Research Interests:

  • Spanish-Cuban-American War
  • Citizenship
  • Race and Gender in Latin America
  • Caribbean History
  • Digital Humanities

The book project is significant in its use and analysis of a large quantity of untapped reports from secret agents—effectively a spy archive—and in its use of digital humanities methods to uncover key narratives, issues, and information that have not yet received the attention they warrant in histories of the Spanish-Cuban-American War.


Subject Area: History


Keywords:

  • Cuba Initiative
Communities
Chicano/a Studies, History
Degrees
MA, University of Minnesota, 1997
PhD, University of Minnesota, 1997
BA, University of Puerto Rico, 1987
Keywords
caribbean islands brazil venezuela latin america sugar history economic history history of law urban history cultural history historical documents latin american history iberian studies jurisprudence