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Past Member

María Bárbara Zepeda Cortés

John Elliott Member

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

Politics / Eighteenth-Century Spanish Empire
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María Bárbara Zepeda Cortés’ research centers on reformist movements and the Spanish Enlightenment. At IAS, she will be completing the long-awaited biography of José de Gálvez, an eighteenth-century Spanish stateman, who directed a program of wide-reaching reforms that transformed the lives of peoples around the globe.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

University of California, San Diego
Ph.D.
2013
University of California, San Diego
M.A.
2007
El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico
B.A.
2003

Honors

2023–24
Year-Long Membership, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
2023-24
Fulbright-García Robles Social Sciences and Humanities research grant for Mexico (declined)
2023-24
Long-Term Research Fellowship, John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI (deferred to 2024-25)
2016-17
Long-Term Research Fellowship, The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA

Appointments

Lehigh University
2020
Associate Professor
Lehigh University
2013–2020
Assistant Professor
The Huntington Library
2016–2017
Barbara Thom Postdoctoral Fellow