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Ramon A. Suarez New York University I am currently completing my PhD dissertation on the sociopolitical evolution and role of the US Army in twentieth century Puerto Rican state-formation. As such, I would love to engage in concerted discussion with scholars interested in exploring the connections between militarism, nationalism and citizenship in the Americas. Likewise, I am also very interested all interdiscplinary collaborations which combine historiographical and ethnographical methodologies together to explore popular politics and social histories from below. |
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List Affiliations: | Reviewer for H-LatAm |
Interests: | American History / Studies Anthropology Latin American and Caribbean History / Studies Military History Political Science Sociology World History / Studies |
Bio: EDUCATION New York University. New York, NY Ph.D. Candidate in History (ABD), fall 2002 - present Academic Interests: historical and contemporary political economy in Latin America and Caribbean; nationalism; colonialism; state theory; theories of militarism; transnational histories Dissertation: “Citizen/Soldier: The United States Army and the Culture of Consent in Puerto Rico” College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ B.A. in History-Liberal Arts, May 2001 TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE New York University. New York, NY. Teaching Assistant. 2003-present Colonial Latin America, Sinclair Thomson, fall 2005 Modern South Africa, Richard Hull, spring 2005 Modern Latin America, Greg Grandin, fall 2004 The Haitian Revolution, Ada Ferrer, spring 2004 Atlantic Migrations, Robert Scally, fall 2003 PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS “Plena and Nation Building in Post Emancipation Puerto Rico,” presented at the Caribbean Soundscapes Conference in Tulane University’s Cuban and Caribbean Studies, March 12, 2004 “Everyday Forms of Militarization: El Morro Newsletter and Army Public Affairs in Cold War Puerto Rico” presented in CLACS Department in NYU December 2, 2004 “Ft. Buchanan and the Culture of Consent in Puerto Rico” as part of the “Mapping Military Power and Local Subjectivities in Puerto Rico and the Diaspora” panel, presented in the Puerto Rican Studies Association Conference October 2, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico AWARDS, LANGUAGES & OTHER ACTIVITIES • Tinker Field Research Grant, New York University-Summer 2004 • Member of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at New York University, 2003-2004 • Henry M. MacCracken Fellow, New York University, 2002 - present • Dean’s Fellowship Award, 2002 • Leadership Public Affairs Research Fellow, 2001-2002 • Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers Fellow, 2001 • Minority Academic Careers Program Fellow, 2001-2002 • Proficiency in Spanish |