Soliz, Carmen
Soliz, Carmen
Dr. Carmen Soliz
Assistant Professor of Latin American History
Carmen Soliz is a historian of Latin American History, with a specific focus on modern Bolivia and the Andes. She is currently writing a book that examines Bolivian agrarian reform and sees the role that Indians and peasants played in consolidationg one of the most radical and redistributive reforms in Latin America. Her works focus on peasant politics, agrarian reform, rural state formation, nation building, citizenship and social movements in Latin America. Professor Soliz received her PhD from New York University in 2014. She has a Masters Degree in Political Science (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain) and a Masters Degree in Andean Studies (Universidad de la Cordillera, Bolivia).
Publications
Book Project
Fields of Revolution: Agrarian Reform and Rural State Formation in Bolivia, 1936-1971
Articles
Soliz, Carmen. “Fotografías del pre y post 1952.” In Bolivia en blanco y negro. La Paz: Plural, 2013.
Soliz, Carmen. “La modernidad esquiva: debates políticos e intelectuales sobre la reforma agria en Bolivia (1935-1952).” Revista Historia y Cultura (La Paz, Bolivia) 19: 23-50, 2012.
Soliz, Carmen. “El otro rostro de América Latina. En diálogo con La emerbencia indÍgena en América Latina, de José Bengoa.” Nueva Sociedad: Democracia y Política en América Latina. Nueva Sociedad (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 238: 126-137, 2012.
Barragán, Rosanna and Carmen Soliz. “Etnografía de la justicia estatal: La violación como prisma de las relaciones de género.” In Justicia y diversidad en América Latina. Pueblos indígenas ante la globalización. Edited by Chenaut, Victoria, Magdalena Gómez, et al. Mexico D.F.: CIESAS, FLACSO, 2012.
Barragán, Rosanna and Carmen Soliz. “Indígenas urbanos: Wl caso de los aymaras en la ciudad de La Paz y El Alto.” In ¿Indígenas u obreros?: La construcción polítoca de identidades en el altiplano boliviano. Edited by Arnold, Denise, Rossana Barragán, et al. La Paz: UNIR, 2009.
Soliz, Carmen. “Repensando la formación de los Distritos Municipales Indígenas.” Revista de Análisis Político (La Paz, Bolivia) 10: 6-23, 2005.
Book Reviews
Marc Becker, Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador’s Modern Indigenous Movements. In Boletín del Instituto Francés de Edtudios Andinos 39, No. 1, 2010.
Fundación Tierra, Reconfigurando territorios: Reforma agraria, control territorial y gobiernos indígenas en Bolivia. I A Contracorriente 8, No. 1, 2010.
Courses Taught
Modern Latin America
Popular Politics and Rebellion in Latin America and the Caribbean Indigenous Politics and the State in Latin America
Grants and Fellowships
Faculty Research Grant (FRG), 2015-2016
GSAS Mellon Dissertation Fellowship, 2012-2013
NYU- Global, London (Declined), 2013
SSRC- International Dissertation Research Fellowship, 2010-2011
NYU-CLACS, Tinker Foundation Summer Fellowship, 2009
NYU-CLACS, Tinker Foundation Summer Fellowship, 2008
NYU, Henry M. MacCracken Fellowship, 2007-2013
Universidad de Salamanca, Fundación Carolina, 2005-2006