Department of Latin American History

Established in 2019，as its research focus with modern history of Latin America, Department of Latin American History also exploresancient and contemporary history, and carriesout monographic studies based on general, national and regional history, and oriented towardpractical problems.

In 2009, the Latin American History Discipline was established as the funded discipline of the Special Disciplines Construction Project of CASS. The IWH is responsible for the construction and management of this Discipline, and Hao Mingwei was invited as the academic leader. The Discipline undertook the Innovation Projects of CASS and other projects of IWH, published 5 translated works and more than 10 academic articles. In 2015, the Latin American History Discipline was confirmed as the funded discipline of Special Disciplines Construction Project of CASS.

Currently, thedepartment has2 full-time researchers, including 1 Research Fellow and 1 Associate Research Fellow. We areundertaking one project funded by National Social Science Fundof China and one Innovation Project of CASS.

The departmenthopes to strengthen cooperation and exchange with colleagues in and outside the country, and sincerely invites young talents who are interested in the study of theLatin Americanhistory to join us.

Chair: Wang Wenxian

Member: Du Juan