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Office Hours:
Mondays 11:00 am - 12:30 pm and 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Wednesdays 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
and by appointment
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Darién Davis
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Associate Professor of History
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Axinn Center at Starr Library 335
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Phone: 802.443.3167
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Email: davis@middlebury.edu
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Degrees, Specializations & Interests:
A.B., St. John's College; M.A., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., Tulane University.
Latin American History
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Areas of Specialization
Topics relating to Latin American history and U.S.-Latin American relations, intellectual and cultural history, issues of nationalism, national identity and struggles against colonialism.
Courses Taught
Colonial Latin America; Modern Latin America; Readings in Latin American Intellectual History; Writing and Research in Latin American History; Readings in Latin American History: Caribbean Revolutions; Readings in Latin American Politics and Culture; Voices From Colonial Enclaves; Modern Brazil; Using Latin American Film as a Historical Text; The Atlantic World; Readings in Latin American History: Human Rights, Civil Rights and Citizenship in Latin America; Brazil and it's Neighbors
Publications
Avoiding the Dark: Race, Nation and National Culture in Modern Brazil (Aldershot, England: Ashgate International/Center for Research in Ethnic Studies, 1999).
Afro-Brazilians: Time for Recognition (London: Minority Rights Group, 1999).
"Nationalism and Civil Rights in Cuba: A Comparative Perspective: 1930-1960," The Journal of Negro History. Fall, 1998.
"The Brazilian-Americans: Demography and Identity of An Emerging Latino Minority," The Latino Review of Books. Spring/Fall, 1997, pp. 8-15.
Ed., Slavery and Beyond: the African Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean. (Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources).