Daniel Castro Assistant Professor Latin America MA, PhD, Tulane University; BA, Loyola University Location: MBH 211B Phone: 512-863-1511 History Home Page

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD Southwestern: Assistant Professor, 1998-present Scholar in Residence at the Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies of Tulane University Scholar in Residence at the Latin American Studies Department of Cornell University CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS Sam Taylor Fellowship Award, Mundy Grant for Collaborative Research, Cullen Research Grants; Trustee Research Grants from Hartwick College, and a Tinker Foundation Research Grant. RESEARCH AREAS Latin American history with a secondary concentration in Early Modern European history. Of special interest to Dr. Castro is the colonial period, in particular the role of religious reformers and the role of ecclesiastical imperialism; the impact of the Inquisition on the life of colonial women in Peru; Latin American guerrilla movements and armed revolutions. REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS Revolution and Revolutionaries: Guerrilla Movements in Latin American History, editor, Scholarly Resources, 1999 Another Face of Empire: Bartolomé de Las Casas and Ecclesiastical Imperialism, 2001, "The Interminable War: Guerrilla Movements in Latin American History," "The Iron Legions: Women and Armed Struggle in Peru, 1980-1992" (all in Revolution and Revolutionaries, 1999), "Luchando por la otra mitad del cielo: Mujer y política en Amauta" (Simposio Internacional Amauta y su Época, Lima, Peru, 1998), "Bartolomé de Las Casas: Peacemaker in the 'Land of War'" (Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures, 2000), "War is Our Daily Life: Women's Participation in Sendero Luminoso" (Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition: Women in Latin American History, Scholarly Resources, 1994), "Sources for the Study of Latin American History at the Latin American Library of Tulane University" (Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies Bulletin, Fall 1992), "A desalambrar/Tearing Down the Fences," a 1979 film documentary about the Texas Farmworkers Union's drive to organize migrant farm workers. Dr. Castro is also the translator for "The Revolutionary Path" by Luis de la Puente (Revolution and Revolutionaries), "Concerning the Education of Women" by Teresa de Fanning, and "A Comparative Study of Women's Intelligence and Beauty" by Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera (both in Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition). MORE INFORMATION Please visit Dr. Castro's Who's Who from SU profile.