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Hanni Jalil-Paier

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Latin American History


Graduate Student
B.A. History, Cal State Northridge, M.A Latin American History, UC San Diego

Office: HSSB 3214
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Advisor: Gabriela Soto Laveaga
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My research interests examine the intersection of science and society. Previous research has explored the relationship between public health campaigns against alcoholism, tuberculosis and venereal disease in early twentieth-century Colombia and the emergence and consolidation of a modern state. (more...)

Teaching Assistantships

  • History 17A
    The American People 1492-1830
  • History 8
    Introduction to Latin American History
  • History 2C
    World History, 1700-Present

Publications

Awards

  • Graduate Opportunity Fellowship
    UCSB
  • Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship 2006-2008
    UCSD

Conference Presentations

  • "Sin Salud no es posible cultivar la tierra": The role of Sanitary Units and Rural Health Commissions in 1930s Colombia
    Presented at RMCLAS in Park City Utah, March 28-31 2012
  • “Mujeres en la Colonia, Normas culturales y mecanismos institucionales”
    Presentation at the international seminar, “La Cuestion Colonial”, Bogota, November 23-27, 2009. Sponsored by Universidad Nacional
  • “Legislating morality, Eradicating Vice: Public Health, Alcoholism and Prostitution in Bogota, 1880-1930”
    Presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Social Science Association, in Las Vegas on April of 2008.
  • "Colombia, Land of Contrasts: Travelers perceptions (1860-1899)”
    presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Social Science Association, 2006. San Antonio, TX.