Cultural, religious and political history of modern and colonial Latin America, particularly MexicoAssociate Professor
Ph.D Texas 1997 Office: 301C LeConte
Office Hours: No office hours
Phone: (706) 542-5376 voekel@uga.edu Pamela Voekel's first book demonstrated that the scientific Enlightenment in Mexico and the
country's Liberal Party had deep religious roots. Alone before God: the
Religious Origins of Modernity in Mexico (Duke, 2002) won the Thomas McGann
Memorial Prize. She is the co-founder of the Tepoztlán
Institute for the Transnational Study of the Americas and a member of the Institute's organizing collective. She is also a member of the editorial board of History Compass. In addition to her work on Mexico, she has published on religion in Latin America and on the theory and practice of transnational history. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Voekel's new book project focuses on the interplay of gender, race, religion, and politics in Mexico and the larger Atlantic world, 1750-1870. Her teaching interests include modern and colonial Latin America; the history of capitalism; the Enlightenment; power, piety, and politics in the Atlantic world; theory and methods in history; and race, gender, and revolution in the Americas. | 
