#160. The Concept of Race in Latin America

Iñigo García-Bryce is a history professor at New Mexico State University and the director of NMSU’s Center for Latin American and Border Studies from 2011-2016. His research focuses on Latin American social and political history. He is the author of Crafting the Republic: Lima’s Artisans and Nation-Building in Peru, 1821-1879, published in 2004 and Haya de la Torre and the Pursuit of Power in Peru and Latin America, published in 2018. García-Bryce speaks English, Spanish and French fluently, and also has proficiency in Quechua, Latin, Italian, Portuguese and German.  He has presented his research in England, Germany, Peru and Argentina.  He has lived in Lima (Peru), Prague (Czech Republic), Berlin and Munich (Germany), Paris (France) and Colombo (Sri Lanka).  He has also worked as a journalist and a Spanish interpreter and translator.Recorded 4/28/20. (Note that the recording is occasionally a bit choppy, due to a sub-optimal internet connection.)