Faculty

Lina Del Castillo

Assistant Professor

649 Ross Hall
Dept. of History
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-5620
Email: linadel@iastate.edu

Education
Ph.D. 2007, University of Miami
M.A., University of Miami
B.A., Cornell University
 
Research and Teaching Interests
Latin American History
19th Century Colombia History
U.S. – Latin American Relations
Science, Technology, and Medicine in Latin America
Gender, Race, and Class in Latin American History
History of Geography and Cartography

Selected Publications
"‘Prefiriendo siempre á los agrimensores científicos.' Discriminación en la medición y el reparto de resguardos indígenas en el altiplano cundiboyacense, 1821-1854." Historia Crítica 32 (Bogotá July/Dec. 2006).

"Cabeza de Vaca and the Reconstruction of American Identity." Terrae Incognitae: The Journal of the Society for the History of Discoveries 35 (2003).

"Women-Modern Spanish America," and "Science and Scientists-Modern Latin America," in Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, ed. Michael J. Francis (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2006), p. 1084-1089 and p. 928-932.

"Mapping Power: Agustín Codazzi's Scientific Expeditions and the Formation of Nineteenth Century Venezuela and Nueva Granada," in Humboldt y otros viajeros en América Latina, ed. Lourdes de ItaRubio y Gerardo Sánchez Díaz (México: Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, 2006).

Profesional Activity
Conference on Latin American History, American Historical Association
Colombia Section, Latin American Studies Association                                                 
Society for the History of Technology
Razón Cartográfica: Network for the History of Cartography and Geography