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Fernando Calderon

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My interests include student radicalism in the the context of the Mexican "dirty war" (1962-1981). My dissertation "Contesting Hegemony through Revolutionary Violence: Students Insurgents during Mexico’s “Dirty War,” 1962-1982," traces the origins of five urban guerrilla movements during the Mexican “dirty war,” and evaluates the reasons why and how students and adolescents formed the major part of the revolutionary vanguard. By way of these five cases this dissertation addresses the relationship between student radicalism and revolutioanry violence in the breaking down of the PRI’s hegemony. Advisers: Patrick McNamara and Jeffrey Pilcher

Presentations:

"The Specter of Tlatelolco: Urban Guerrillas in Guadalajara During Mexico's Dirty War"
RMCLAS, Flagstaff, AZ, 2008

"Power Not From the Barrel of a Gun: Unorthodox Maoism in Mexico" NGPHC, Brandon, Manitoba, 2008

"Rebelismo with Cultura: The Culture of Underground Organizations in Mexico, 1968-1981" RMCLAS, Denver, 2006


Specialties

  • Modern Mexico, student radicalism, 1968, Marxism, urban guerrilla insurrections, comparative revolutions, Mexican Dirty War, memory, and politics of violence.
  • Other interests: Modern Peru, The Shining Path, Human Rights, and Cold War in Latin America.

Educational Background

  • MA: History; Advisor: Carlos Aguirre , University of Oregon, Eugene, 2006.
  • BA: Spanish and Latin American Studies, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 2004.

Awards

  • University of Oregon Summer Grant, 2005
  • University of Oregon Graduate Teaching Fellowship, 2004 - 2006
  • Graduate Research Partnership Program, 2008
  • Donovan Graduate Fellowship, 2007
  • University of Minnesota Graduate Fellowship, 2007 - 2010
  • Council of Graduate Students Grant, 2008
  • Council of Graduate Students Grant, 2009
  • International Thesis Grant, 2009
  • Beca Teixidor, National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2009
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