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Kathleen Kole de Peralta
Biography:
Dr. Kole de Peralta is a clinical assistant professor of global history. Her research integrates the history of medicine and environment on early-modern Iberia and Peru to 1) capture the intrinsic, and historical relationship between environment and health in urban areas; 2) demonstrate the evolution of health as a fluid, changing concept depending on the cultural context within which it was produced; and 3) use the digital humanities and open-access platforms to make enviro-health history accessible to English- and Spanish-speaking audiences.
Education:
2015 Ph.D. Latin American History, University of Notre Dame
2012 M.A. Latin American History, University of Notre Dame
2009 M.A. American History, University of North Florida
2007 B.A. History, University of North Florida
2007 B.A. Spanish, University of North Florida
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Research Interests:
Environmental Health, Peru, Colonial Latin America, Foodways, Migration, Science, Technology, and Medicine
Publications:
Co-authored books
2011 Murder and Martyrdom in Spanish Florida: Don Juan and the Guale Uprising of 1597. With J. Michael Francis. New York: American Museum of Natural History.
Peer-reviewed Articles and Chapters
2019 . "Mal Olor/Bad Air’ and Colonial Latin American History: Smellscapes in Lima, Peru, 1535-1614,” Hispanic American Historical Review 99:1
2017 “Building the City of Kings: Environmental Consciousness and the Construction of Colonial Lima, Peru, 1535- 1625,” in Peru: Political, Social and Environmental Issues. Karla Santiago, ed. New York: Nova Science Publishers: 1-24.
2016 “Public Health and Municipal Water Policies in Colonial Lima, Peru, 1535-1635,” Journal of Water History 8:2 (2016): 115-136.
Public-Facing and Opinion Pieces
2019 “Gastronomic and Medicinal Traditions of the Andean cuy in Peruvian Cuisine,” for The Recipes Project: Food, Magic, Science, and Medicine.
2019 “Noxious Natures: Global Perspectives on Environmental Racism, an Introduction,” for Environmental History Now.
2018 “Dying to Heal: Women and Syphilis in Colonial Lima, Peru.” Guest Blog Post for Nursing Clio website.
2018 “4 Reasons Slack Will Change How You Teach.” Inside Higher Education. With Sarah Robey.
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| HST 494 | Special Topics |
| HST 580 | Practicum |
| HST 591 | Seminar |
| HST 643 | Global History |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 580 | Practicum |
| HST 591 | Seminar |
| HST 643 | Global History |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 580 | Practicum |
| Spring 2020 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 591 | Seminar |
| HST 643 | Global History |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| HST 643 | Global History |
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