Jorge Canizares-Esguerra
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Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra is an historian
at the University of Texas at Austin
, where he holds the Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professorship in history. He is most notable for his work in Atlantic history
, the history of science
in the early modern Spanish empire
, and the colonizing ideologies of the Iberian
and British
empires. He was born in Ecuador
. He is probably one of the most important historian of the Hispanic World in Colonial Period.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
at the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
, where he holds the Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professorship in history. He is most notable for his work in Atlantic history
Atlantic history
Atlantic history is a specialty field in history that studies of the Atlantic World in the early modern period. It is premised on the idea that, following the rise of sustained European contact with the New World in the 16th century, the continents that bordered the Atlantic Ocean—the...
, the history of science
History of science
The history of science is the study of the historical development of human understandings of the natural world and the domains of the social sciences....
in the early modern Spanish empire
Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire comprised territories and colonies administered directly by Spain in Europe, in America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It originated during the Age of Exploration and was therefore one of the first global empires. At the time of Habsburgs, Spain reached the peak of its world power....
, and the colonizing ideologies of the Iberian
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
and British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
empires. He was born in Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
. He is probably one of the most important historian of the Hispanic World in Colonial Period.
Selected Books by Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
- Puritan Conquistadors: Iberianizing the Atlantic, 1550-1700 (Stanford University Press, 2006)
- Nature, Empire, And Nation: Explorations of the History of Science in the Iberian World (Stanford University Press, 2006)
- How to Write the History of the New World: Histories, Epistemologies, and Identities in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World (Stanford University Press, 2002)
External links
- Professor Cañizares-Esguerra Faculty webpage at UT Austin