Steve Stern

Professor, Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program
Professor and Chair, Department of History

Education

• Ph.D., Yale University
• M.A., Yale University
• B.A., Cornell University

Area
Latin America

Specialization
Latin America (esp. colonial, Andes, Mexico, Chile)

Research and Teaching Interests
I teach and research Latin American history. My research and teaching interests vary widely, but often focus on the various ways people cope with problems of power and social conflict in their societies. Specific research themes have included Amerindian responses to colonialism, gender relations, political economy, social acquiescence and rebelliousness, and memories of trauma and political violence. My regional interests focus especially on the Andes, Mexico, and Chile/Southern Cone. I think of students, both undergraduate and graduate, as potential colleagues and teach accordingly.

Selected Publications

• Reckoning with Pinochet: The Memory Question in Democratic Chile, 1989-2006; the completed revised manuscript (625 pages) was finished in 2008; reader reports are favorable; Duke University Press Editorial Board meets for decision on publication, 2/09; expected date of publication if accepted, Spring 2010.
• Battling for Hearts and Minds: Memory Struggles in Pinochet’s Chile, 1973-1988 (Durham: Duke University Press, 2006). Cloth and paperback. xxxi + 538 pages. Bolton-Johnson Prize, 2007; also Bryce Wood Award, Honorable Mention, 2007.
• Remembering Pinochet’s Chile: On the Eve of London 1998 (Durham: Duke University Press, 2004). Cloth and paperback. xxxi + 247 pages. Printings: 2004, 2005, 2006. Bryce Wood Award, Honorable Mention, 2006; all time “Top Ten” on Latin America list, History Book Club. Spanish-language edition forthcoming: Recordando el Chile de Pinochet: En las vísperas de Londres 1998 (title tentative; Santiago: Universidad Diego Portales, scheduled for 3/09).
• Shining and Other Paths: War and Society in Peru, 1980-1995 (Durham: Duke University Press, 1998).
• The Secret History of Gender: Women, Men, and Power in Late Colonial Mexico (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995).
• Confronting Historical Paradigms: Peasants, Labor, and the Capitalist World System in Africa and Latin America (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993)

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