Olga Gonzalez-Silen
Harvard University, History, Alumnus
- Olga Gonzalez-Silen is a historian of the Age of Atlantic Revolution who earned her doctorate at Harvard University i... moreOlga Gonzalez-Silen is a historian of the Age of Atlantic Revolution who earned her doctorate at Harvard University in 2014. Her work on Venezuela has been published in leading journals, including the Hispanic Historical Review and The Americas. The historian also edited a US merchant's diary as a curated, multimedia experience in Twitter (@peyster1812). Her work has been recognized with several awards and fellowships, most notably the Tibesar Prize by the Conference of Latin American History (2013) and the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities (2003).
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Olga González Silén es doctora en historia por la Universidad de Harvard (2014). Su proyecto de libro actual propone un esquema para entender el impacto de las juntas supremas en la América Española durante la Guerra de Independencia por medio del caso de estudio de la provincia de Caracas. Sus publicaciones han aparecido en Hispanic American Review y The Americas, las revistas más reconocidas de historia de América Latina en Estados Unidos. Ha editado también el diario de un comerciante estadounidense que visitó la Primera República de Venezuela en Twitter (@peyster1812). La historiadora ha sido reconocida con premios y becas entre las cuales destacan el Premio Tibesar (2013) otorgado por la Conferencia de Historia Latinoamericana y la beca Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities(2003) otorgado por la Fundación Mellon.edit
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Esta guía de fuentes documentales es un primer intento de ampliar la visión del Cabildo de Caracas durante la crisis de la monarquía hispana. Las fuentes son del período que abarca desde la invasión napolénica hasta el 19 de abril de 1810... more
Esta guía de fuentes documentales es un primer intento de ampliar la visión del Cabildo de Caracas durante la crisis de la monarquía hispana. Las fuentes son del período que abarca desde la invasión napolénica hasta el 19 de abril de 1810 cuando se crea la Junta de Caracas.
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Cristina Soriano’s Tides of Revolution: Information, Insurgencies, and the Crisis of Colonial Rule in Venezuela poses a deceptively simple question as the springboard to redefine an era of revolutionary turmoil in the Spanish Caribbean:... more
Cristina Soriano’s Tides of Revolution: Information, Insurgencies, and the Crisis of Colonial Rule in Venezuela poses a deceptively simple question as the springboard to redefine an era of revolutionary turmoil in the Spanish Caribbean: How did people read in late colonial Venezuela? At first sight, the question seems to concern the privileged few. The opposite is true, however. In this innovative book, Soriano reimagines literacy as a communal experience to rediscover the novel spaces in which people of African descent led the debates of the Age of Revolution.
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I was invited to speak to my daughter’s 4th grade class by her wonderful teacher. This lesson plan is based on my presentation on “The European Exploration and Settlement of the Americas.” My goal was to complement the CA Social Studies... more
I was invited to speak to my daughter’s 4th grade class by her wonderful teacher. This lesson plan is based on my presentation on “The European Exploration and Settlement of the Americas.”
My goal was to complement the CA Social Studies textbook on European exploration and settlement by explaining how the history of California intersected with that of the wider world. In addition, I introduce the children to the bolts and nuts of history.
In their thank you letters, students had to tell me two things that they learned from my lesson. I was happy to see lots of critical thinking. One of them asked why the people in India did not go to Europe to trade their goods. Another proposed that we build a time-machine to sell our modern-day pepper to Queen Isabella--a get-rich-quick scheme with a decisively historical twist.
Feel free to use any of it for your lesson plan.
My goal was to complement the CA Social Studies textbook on European exploration and settlement by explaining how the history of California intersected with that of the wider world. In addition, I introduce the children to the bolts and nuts of history.
In their thank you letters, students had to tell me two things that they learned from my lesson. I was happy to see lots of critical thinking. One of them asked why the people in India did not go to Europe to trade their goods. Another proposed that we build a time-machine to sell our modern-day pepper to Queen Isabella--a get-rich-quick scheme with a decisively historical twist.
Feel free to use any of it for your lesson plan.
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This brief outline seeks to explain the upcoming election of a constituent assembly of July 30, 2017 for those interested but not familiar with the nitty-gritty of Venezuelan politics. It also highlights serious issues with this election... more
This brief outline seeks to explain the upcoming election of a constituent assembly of July 30, 2017 for those interested but not familiar with the nitty-gritty of Venezuelan politics. It also highlights serious issues with this election that undermine its legitimacy beyond repair.