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Eric ZolovProfessorHistoryCollege of Arts and Sciences
Biography
Eric Zolov is a specialist in Latin American history, with research interests focused on the interplay between culture, politics, and international relations in twentieth-century Latin America, with a particular emphasis on the Cold War period. His book publications include The Walls of Santiago: Social Revolution and Political Aesthetics in Contemporary Chile (2022), The Last Good Neighbor: Mexico in the Global Sixties (2020), Latin America and the United States: A Documentary History (2nd ed., 2011), and Refried Elvis: The Rise of the Mexican Counterculture (1999).
Education
- PhD and MA, University of Chicago
- BA, Colby College
News Highlights
September 21, 2022Turning Art into a Political WeaponPublic SeminarRead ArticleSeptember 21, 2022The Walls of Santiago (Book Excerpt)Public SeminarRead ArticleJune 1, 2022Terri Gordon-Zolov and Eric Zolov with Camilo TrumperThe Brooklyn RailRead ArticleNovember 2, 2021“Puerto Rico Can Teach So Much”: The Hemispheric and Imperial Origins of the Educational
War on PovertyCambridge CoreRead ArticleSeptember 16, 2021Confronting the Youngest Revolution: Cuban Anti-Communists and the Global Politics
of Youth in the Early 1960sCambridge CoreRead Article