Robert Clemens Schwaller

Robert Schwaller
  • Associate Professor
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, History
  • History

Contact Info

Wescoe Hall 3650
Lawrence
1445 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS 66045

Biography —

His interests include: Latin America (Mexico, Central America, Caribbean); history of race (intellectual and social development); African Diaspora in Latin America, indigenous history (ethnohistory of Mesoamerica).

Research —

Research interests:

  • Latin America
  • History
  • Latin American Studies
  • Colonial
  • African Diaspora
  • Indigenous studies
  • Race
  • Ethnicity

Teaching —

Teaching interests:

  • Latin America
  • History
  • Latin American Studies
  • Colonial
  • African Diaspora
  • Indigenous studies
  • Race
  • Ethnicity

Selected Publications —

Schwaller, Robert C. 2016. “Géneros de Gente in Early Colonial Mexico: Defining Racial Difference.” Other. University of Oklahoma Press.

Schwaller, Robert C, ed. 2012. “A Language of Empire, a Quotidian Tongue: The Uses of Nahuatl in Colonial New Spain.” Journal Articles. Ethnohistory 59 (4).

Grants & Other Funded Activity —

Early Afro-Indigenous Frontiers in the Southern Caribbean. $5888.00. (7/1/2015 - 8/31/2015). The GRF provided funds that allowed me to conduct research at the Archivo General de la Nacion in Bogota Colombia. This research allowed me to access archival documents concerning Africans and Native Americans in early Spanish America. This outcomes of this research has already been presented at several conferences and is part of a larger project that will culminate in a historical monograph.. University (KU or KUMC). Status: Funded

Franklin Research Grant, "Early Afro-Indigenous Frontiers in the Southern Caribbean (16th and 17th c.)". American Philosophical Society. $6000.00. (7/1/2014 - 8/31/2015). Not-for-Profit (not Foundation). Status: Funded

Craig Anthony Arnold Faculty Research Stipend. $1200.00. (7/1/2014 - 6/30/2015). University (KU or KUMC). Status: Funded