Peter F. Klaren

Peter F. Klaren specializes in the socio-political history of twentieth century Latin America, particularly Peru and the Andean region. The recipient of post-doctoral fellowships from the Social Science Research Council, the Andrew Mellon Foundation and the American Philosophical Society, he was the co-founder and convener of the GW University Seminar on Andean Culture and Politics (1986-1991) and recipient of the 1995 Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Teaching Prize at GWU. During the 2007-08 academic year, he served as Visiting Professor of History at the University of California in Irvine. Professor Klaren has also taught at Washington State University, Dartmouth College, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and Georgetown University. He also consults occasionally with the US Department of State on matters concerning Peru. He is working on a new book, tentatively entitled From Peron to Chavez: A Century of Latin American Populism. (Complete C.V.)

Selected Publications

Peru: Society and Nationhood in the Andes. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. (Spanish edition: Nacion y sociedad en la historia del Peru. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2004.)

Modernization, Dislocation and Aprismo. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1973. (Spanish edition: La formacion de las haciendas azucareras y los origenes del APRA. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 1970, 2nd rev. ed. 1976).

Promise of Development: Theories of Change in Latin America. Boulder: Westview Press, 1986. Co-edited with T. Bossert.

"Time of Fear (1980-2000), Modern Violence and the Long Sweep of Peruvian History." In Historizar el pasado vivo en America Latina/Historicizing the Living Past in Latin America, ed. Anne Perotin-Dumon. Ford Foundation bilingual e-publication, 2007.

Courses Taught

IA 190W: Latin American Polulism in Comparative Perspective
Hist 163: History of Latin America, 1492-1820
Hist 164: History of Latin America since 1820
Hist 261: Comparative Revolutions in 20th Century Latin America
Hist 262: Latin American Populism in Comparative Perspective

Education

Ph.D., 1968, University of California, Los Angeles.