历史 Department Faculty

María de los Ángeles Picone

Assistant Professor

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María de los Ángeles Picone

Ph.D.

联系

Stokes Hall S309

Telephone: 617-552-1196

电子邮件: 洛杉矶.picone@dienmayhikaru.com

Education

  • Ph.D., Emory University

电子游戏正规平台 Interests

Nation-making, border regions, spatial history, 和 environment.

Personal Website Curriculum Vitae

Department

历史

Biography

I am a historian of Modern Latin America specializing in the southern cone. I am interested in the intersection of nature and nation-making in border regions. Particularly, I am drawn to questions on how people experienced a shared sense of community through their spatial practices.

My forthcoming book, Landscaping Patagonia: Spatial 历史 and Nation-Making in Chile and Argentina, examines how explorers, migrants, authorities, and visitors constructed their versions of ‘Chile’ and ‘Argentina’ in the Northern Patagonian Andes. I argue that between the 1890s and 1940s, these groups created shared versions of nationhood through regional, often cross-border, interpretations and transformations of the natural environment. This study shows how different actors – namely explorers, settlers, authorities, visitors, and bandits – sought to make Patagonia their own by transforming a collection of geographical sites into a landscape that evoked a shared past and a common future.

At Boston College, I teach courses on Modern Latin America, Spatial 历史, Environmental 历史, Sports 历史, and Borderlands. My teaching frequently includes unessay assignments and digital projects, from board games to websites.

Beginning in the Fall 2024, I will be co-director of the 电子游戏正规平台生 Certificate in Digital Humanities. I am also affiliated faculty in the Environmental Studies 程序 和 CloughCenter for the Study of Constitutional Democracy (2023-2025).

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