Matthew Casey-Pariseault is a Clinical Assistant Professor of History in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies. He teaches graduate seminars on historical methods, Latin America, and religious history. As Associate Director of Online Programs, he supports the continued excellence of SHPRS' faculty-led, student-centered online degree programs.
Matthew's research focuses on religion as a force for social change in modern Latin America. His current project, Peru's Religion Question: Faith and Activism in the Long Cold War, uses internal church documents, testimonies, and missionary correspondences to follow Catholic and Protestant activists as they mobilized across the polarized political spectrum throughout the twentieth century.
Matthew's public-facing work on religion in Latin America has been featured by NPR's Latino USA, The Washington Post, Salon, and Indian Country Today.
Dr. Casey-Pariseault is an affiliated faculty member with the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict. He serves on the steering committee for the Religions in the Latina/o Americas unit of the American Academy of Religion. In addition to archival research, he has conducted ethnographic fieldwork on public religious performance in the United States and Peru in collaboration with funding agencies that include the Henry Luce Foundation and the University of California Humanities Research Institute.
Religious Activism, Modern Latin America, Peru, Politics and Religion
Transnational Latin American Studies, Institute for Humanities Research, ASU
"Fringe religious party gains power in crisis-stricken Peru." The Conversation, February 18, 2020. Picked up by Salon, and the Washington Post. https://www.salon.com/2020/02/23/fringe-religious-party-gains-power-in-crisis-stricken-peru_partner/
“Christus versus Pachamama.” Welt-sichten: Magazin für globale Entwicklung und ökumenische Zusammenarbeit, February 2020. https://www.welt-sichten.org/artikel/37258/christus-versus-pachamama
“Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous leader,” The Conversation, Novermber 19, 2019. Picked up by Latino USA (NPR), and Indian Country Today. https://www.latinousa.org/2019/11/20/oldreligioustensions/
“The Multiple Meanings of el Señor de los Milagros,” Global Religious Festivals, 2015. http://religiousfestivals.ucr.edu/portfolios/senor-de-los-milagros/
Researcher, Noche de Altares: Discovering the Day of the Dead in Mexican California. 2015. Documentary Film by James Ault and Jennifer Scheper Hughes. https://vimeo.com/141662642
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HST 598 | Special Topics |
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HST 597 | Capstone |
HST 644 | Area Studies in History |
Fall 2021 | |
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HST 640 | Historical Methods |
Summer 2021 | |
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WWS 597 | Capstone |
Spring 2021 | |
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HST 597 | Capstone |
HST 644 | Area Studies in History |
Fall 2020 | |
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HST 591 | Seminar |
HST 640 | Historical Methods |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HST 598 | Special Topics |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HST 597 | Capstone |
HST 640 | Historical Methods |
Fall 2019 | |
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HST 591 | Seminar |
HST 643 | Global History |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HST 640 | Historical Methods |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HST 591 | Seminar |
HST 597 | Capstone |
HST 643 | Global History |
Fall 2018 | |
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HST 642 | European History |
HST 643 | Global History |