Dana Velasco Murillo
2009 Ph.D., UCLA
2007 C. Phil., UCLA;
2005 M.A. History, UCLA;
2002 M.A. English Literature, CSUN;
1991 B.A. History, Loyola Marymount University
Fax: 310-206-7833
E-mail:
danavem@hotmail.com
Field
Latin America, Colonial Mexico, Indigenous Peoples of Mexico, Zacatecas, Silver-Mining District, Africans, Castas, Race, Class, and Gender
Research Interests
My dissertation, "Urban Indians in a Colonial Silver City, Zacatecas, Mexico, 1546-1806," examines the survival of a corporate indigenous identity in a Spanish town. Using documents and original data from archives in Mexico and Spain, this work highlights the nature of cultural innovation and change in the urban indigenous population.
Publications
"The Creation of Indigenous Leadership in a Spanish Town, Zacatecas, 1609-1752" in Ethnohistory 56.4 (fall 2009)
Grants and Awards
2011-2009 University of California, Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship
2008, 2007, 2004 Ford Predoctoral Diversity Fellowship
2008 UC MEXUS Dissertation Research Grant
2008 Spanish Cultural Ministry Grant
2007 UCLA Latin American Center Doctoral Research Grant
2006 Title VI, FLAS
2005 Mellon Summer Institute
2007, 2005, 2004 Graduate Student Research Mentorship
2002 Masters with Distinction, CSUN
Advisors
Dr. Kevin Terraciano
Dr. Rachel O'Toole
Dr. Susan Deeds
Dr. Jose Moya
Dr. Teofilo Ruiz
Dr. Claudia Parodi
Dr. Robin Derby
Conference Presentations
"Associates and Acquaintances: Afro-Indigenous Relations in a Spanish Silver-Mining Town," American Historical Association
San Diego, CA, January 2010
"Indian Women of a Silver-Mining Town, Zacatecas, Mexico," American Society for Ethnohistory
New Orleans, LA, September 2009
"Love and the Rocks, Afro-indigenous Relations in Colonial Zacatecas"
Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies
Santa Fe, NM, March 2008
"Urbanization and Ethnicity in Colonial Mexico's Near North, Zacatecas"
American Historical Association
New York, NY, January 2009
"Regenerating the Community: Indigenous Migration Patterns in Colonial Zacatecas, 1730-1780"
American Society for Ethnohistory,
Eugene, Or, Nov. 2008
?Migrants and slaves: Afro-indigenous Relations and the Urban Sphere in Puebla and Zacatecas, 1585-1615.?
Tepoztlan Institute for Transnational History of the Americans
Tepoztlan, Mexico, July 2008
?The Creation of Indigenous Leadership in a Spanish Town: Zacatecas, 1566-1806?
Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies
Flagstaff, AZ, April 2008
"From Barrio to Pueblo: The Construction of Zacatecas? Indigenous Townships, 1550 ? 1650"
Colonial Studies in the Americas,
Alberquerque, NM, March 2008
"Recreating Ethnic Identity in the Silver Mining District: Zacatecas, 1566-1600"
American Society for Ethnohistory,
Tulsa, OK, Nov. 2007
Conflict and Accommodation on the Northern Frontier: Indios Flecheros and Colonial Institutions, Colotlán, Mexico, 1693
American Society for Ethnohistory,
Williamsburg, VA, Nov. 2006
"The Urban Indian in Colonial Zacatecas, Mexico," American Society for Ethnohistory,
Santa Fe, NM, Nov. 2005
"'Aqui Hay Muchas Brujas,' Women and the Inquisition, Colonial Zacatecas, Mexico"
Society for the Study of Spanish and Portuguese, Charleston, SC, March 2004
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