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Curriculum Vitae
Matthew Rothwell
October 2015
Education:
University of Illinois at Chicago, PhD, 2009
Dissertation: “Transpacific Revolutionaries: The Chinese Revolution in Latin
America”
Dissertation Committee: Christopher Boyer (co-chair), Bruce Calder (co-chair), Nils
Jacobsen, Javier Villa Flores, James Searing
University of Illinois at Chicago, MA, History, 2003
Northeastern Illinois University, BA, History, 1998
Research Interests:
Revolutionary Movements in Latin America
Latin American Maoism
Cold War in Latin America
The Global 1960s
International Communism in Latin America and Asia
Academic Experience:
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Iowa, fall 2015-spring
2016
Assistant Professor, Department of History & Geography, Texas Southern University, fall
2012-spring 2014
Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Southern Indiana, fall 2009-spring
2012
Instructor, Loyola University Chicago, fall 2008
Instructor, University of Illinois at Chicago, spring 2005
Publications:
Book:
Transpacific Revolutionaries: The Chinese Revolution in Latin America (New York:
Routledge, 2013).
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Articles and Book Chapters:
“Secret Agent for International Maoism: José Venturelli, Chinese Informal Diplomacy and
Latin American Maoism.” Forthcoming in Radical Americas no. 1 (fall 2015).
“Metodología para el análisis de la historia inmediata” and “La Revolución China y
Latinoamérica: El impacto de redes comunistas globales en movimientos sociales y grupos
guerrilleros latinoamericanos” in Resquicios (Cochabamba, Bolivia), enero 2013.
“The Chinese Revolution and Latin America: The Impact of Global Communist Networks on
Latin American Social Movements and Guerrilla Groups” in World History Connected,
October 2010.
“Influencia de la Revolución China en América Latina: México, Perú y Bolivia” in Fuentes:
Revista de la Biblioteca y Archivo Histórico de la Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional (La
Paz, Bolivia), agosto 2010.
“Transpacific Solidarities: A Mexican Case Study on the Diffusion of Maoism in Latin
America” in The Cold War in Asia: The Battle for Hearts and Minds, Zheng Yangwen, Hong
Liu and Michael Szonyi, eds., Brill, 2010.
“Revolucionarios transpacíficos: La creación del maoísmo latinoamericano” in Retornos:
Revista de Historia y Ciencias Sociales (La Paz, Bolivia), 2009.
“Transpacific Revolutionaries: The Creation of Latin American Maoism” in New World
Coming: The Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness, Karen Dubinsky, Catherine
Krull, Susan Lord, Sean Mills, and Scott Rutherford, eds., Between the Lines, 2009.
Book Reviews:
Steven Saxonberg, Transitions and Non-Transitions from Communism: Regime Survival in
China, Cuba, North Korea, and Vietnam. Choice, February 2014.
René De la Pedraja, Wars of Latin America, 1948-1982: The Rise of the Guerrillas. Choice,
February 2014.
John Gledhill and Patience A. Schell, editors, New Approaches to Resistance in Brazil and
Mexico. Canadian Journal of History 48, no. 3 (Winter 2013).
Samantha Christiansen and Zachary A. Scarlett, The Third World in the Global 1960s.
Choice, August 2013.
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Encyclopedia Entries:
“Grenada,” “Javier Pérez de Cuellar,” “Peru,” and “Third World” in Encyclopedia of the Cold
War, MTM Publishing, 2008.
“Iran-Contra Affair,” “Iranian Hostage Crisis” and “Socialism: Socialism, Anarchism, and
Communism in East Asia” in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World, Oxford University
Press, 2008.
Presentations:
(* indicates invited lecture)
“The Chinese Revolution and Latin America: Global Communist Networks and the Creation
of Latin American Maoism.” Presented at the Radical Americas Conference, University
College London, January 28-29, 2013.
“How Did Maoism Get to Latin America? Latin American Agency and Chinese Informal
Diplomacy.” Presented at the American Historical Association 127th Annual Meeting, New
Orleans, LA, January 3-6, 2013.
* “La revolución china y Latinoamérica: El impacto de redes comunistas globales en
movimientos sociales y grupos guerrilleros latinoamericanos.” Presented at the Congreso
Internacional de Historia Inmediata: “De la Doctrina de Seguridad Nacional al Cambio Social
del siglo XXI (1970-2012),” Cochabamba, Bolivia, November 28-30, 2012.
“The Chinese Revolution and Latin America: The Impact of Global Communist Networks on
Latin American Social Movements and Guerrilla Groups.” Presented at the conference “Cold
War Encounters: National, International and Transnational History in the 20th Century,”
University of Waterloo, Ontario, October 16, 2010.
* “Comparando la influencia de la revolución china en Bolivia y el Perú.” [Comparing the
Influence of the Chinese Revolution in Bolivia and Peru]. Presented at the Biblioteca del la
Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional [Library of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly], La
Paz, Bolivia, July 8, 2010.
* “La influencia de la revolución china en Bolivia.” [The Influence of the Chinese
Revolution in Bolivia]. Presented at the Universidad Pública de El Alto, El Alto, Bolivia, July
6, 2010.
* “La influencia de la revolución china en Bolivia.” [The Influence of the Chinese
Revolution in Bolivia]. Presented at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia,
June 28, 2010.
“Transpacific Solidarities: A Mexican Case Study on the Diffusion of Maoism in Latin
America.” Presented at the Third Annual Midwest Workshop on Latin American History,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 4-5, 2008.
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“Transpacific Solidarities: A Mexican Case Study on the Diffusion of Maoism in Latin
America.” Presented at the conference “The Cold War in Asia: Beyond Geopolitics and
Diplomacy,” Sun Yat-sen University (co-sponsored by Harvard University and the University
of Manchester), Guangzhou, China, November 1-2, 2007.
“The Origins of Latin American Maoism: A Mexican Case Study.” Presented at the 13th
congress of the Federación Internacional de Estudios sobre América Latina y el Caribe:
“América Latina-Caribe y Asia-Pacífico en el siglo XXI,” Macau, September 25-28, 2007.
“Transpacific Revolutionaries: The Creation of Mexican Maoism.” Presented at the
conference “New World Coming: The Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness,”
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, June 13-16, 2007.
“Transpacific Solidarities: Latin American Maoists and China.” Presented at the conference
“Solidarities Through History,” Columbia University, March 30, 2007.
* “Revolucionarios transpacíficos: La influencia de la revolución china en América Latina”
[Transpacific Revolutionaries: The Influence of the Chinese Revolution in Latin America].
Presented at the Biblioteca del H. Congreso [Library of Congress], La Paz, Bolivia, March 22,
2007.
“Transpacific Encounters, the Chinese Cultural Revolution and the Origins of Mexican
Maoism.” Presented at the First North American Conference on the Study of Global
Radicalism, Michigan State University, January 25-27, 2007.
“Transpacific Revolutionaries: Latin Americans Learn from Maoist China (a Mexican Case
Study).” Presented at the conference “The Fortieth Anniversary: Rethinking the Genealogy
and Legacy of the Cultural Revolution,” City University of Hong Kong, June 9-10, 2006.
“Antonio Díaz Martínez, the Chinese Cultural Revolution and the Creation of Peruvian
Maoism.” Presented at the Regional Mellon Conference in Latin American History,
University of Chicago, April 8-9, 2005.
“Antonio Díaz Martínez and the Creation of Peruvian Maoism.” Presented at the 25th
Conference of the Institute for Latin American Studies Student Association, Austin, TX,
February 10-12, 2005.
Conference Panels Organized:
“Latin America in the Aftermath of the Chinese and Cuban Revolutions.” American Historical
Association 127th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 3-6, 2013.
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Media Appearances:
Conference participation discussed in Claudia Gonzales Yaksic, “Congreso de Historia reúne
masiva audiencia,” Los Tiempos (Cochabamba), November 29, 2012.
Interviewed in Claudia Gonzales Yaksic, “La dictadura militar fue más fuerte en Bolivia,” Los
Tiempos (Cochabamba), November 28, 2012.
Guest on Que No Me Pierda national evening talk show (Bolivia), November 28, 2012.
Guest on ATB Cochabamba “Noticias de la mañana” morning news television show,
November 28, 2012.
Interviewed on radio program “Combates por la historia” in La Paz, Bolivia, March 15, 2007.
Honors and Awards:
External Grant Summer Research Fellowship, University of Southern Indiana, 2012
Faculty Research and Creative Work Award, University of Southern Indiana, 2010
College of Liberal Arts Faculty Development Award, University of Southern Indiana, 2009
Liberal Arts Research Award, University of Southern Indiana, 2009
Dean’s Scholar Award Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007
Albert J. Beveridge Grant for Research in the History of the Western Hemisphere, American
Historical Association, 2006
David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship, National Security Education Program, 2006
Multi-Country Research Fellowship, Council of American Overseas Research Centers, 2006
(declined)
Provost’s Award for Graduate Research, Graduate College, University of Illinois at Chicago,
2006
Judy Curry Endowed Award for Study Abroad, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2006
Graduate Student Council Travel Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2006, 2007
Student Travel Award, Graduate College, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2005, 2006, 2007,
2008
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Courses Taught:
U.S. History since 1877 (fall 2013, spring 2014)
U.S.-Latin American Relations (spring 2013)
World History to 1500 (fall 2012)
Historiography (fall 2011, spring 2012)
Modern Latin American History (spring 2011)
History Seminar: International Communism (spring 2011)
Colonial Latin American History (fall 2010)
Revolution and Revolutionaries in Latin America (spring 2010, fall 2011)
Latin America in the Global Cold War (fall 2009)
World History, 1500-Present (fall 2009-spring 2010, fall 2012, spring 2013, spring 2014)
Latin America in Recent Times (fall 2008)
China Since 1911 (spring 2005)
Graduate Courses Taught:
Readings in Modern Latin American History (fall 2013)
Distance Education Courses Taught:
World History, 1500-Present (fall 2010-spring 2012, spring 2013)
Service to the Profession:
NEH Summer Stipend peer review panel, fall 2015.
Manuscript reviewer, Oxford University Press.
Discussant on “Imperial and Common Histories: The United States and Latin America during
the Twentieth Century” at the 127th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association,
New Orleans, LA, January 3-6, 2013.
Panelist on “The Academic Job Market in World History” roundtable session at the 21st
World History Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 27-30, 2012.
Discussant on “The Final Frontier: Bringing Star Trek into the Classroom” panel at the 21st
World History Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 27-30, 2012.
Editor of H-Latam email list, Feb. 2010 to July 2014. (Main professional listserv for
historians of Latin America.)
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University Service:
Chair, Assessment Committee, Department of History & Geography, Texas Southern
University, fall 2012-spring 2014.
General Education Subcommittee of the University Assessment Council and the University
Curriculum Council, Texas Southern University, fall 2012-spring 2014.
Faculty Advisor, Amalgam: A Multidisciplinary Journal by and for the Students of USI, spring
2012.
Chair, Assessment Committee, Department of History, University of Southern Indiana, fall
2011-spring 2012.
U.S. History Search Committee, Department of History, University of Southern Indiana, fall
2011-spring 2012.
Faculty Development Award Committee, College of Liberal Arts, University of Southern
Indiana, fall 2011-spring 2012.
Curriculum Committee, Department of History, University of Southern Indiana, fall 2009spring 2011.
Faculty Sponsor of Student History Society, University of Southern Indiana, fall 2010-spring
2011.
Oral Histories Committee, Office of the President, University of Southern Indiana, fall 2010spring 2011.
Distinguished Professor Lecture Committee, College of Liberal Arts, University of Southern
Indiana, fall 2010-spring 2011.
McGucken Prize Committee, Department of History, University of Southern Indiana, spring
2010.
Professional Affiliations:
American Historical Association
Latin American Studies Association
Conference on Latin American History
World History Association
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Language Skills:
Fluent in Spanish and Finnish
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