Department of History
Dr. Peter B. Villella
Contact Information
Email: pbvillel@uncg.edu
Office: MHRA 2108
Office Phone: 336-334-3986
Education
Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 2009
M.A., University of California-Los Angeles, 2005
B.A., University of Virginia, 2001
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2010–
Lecturer, University of California-Los Angeles, 2009
Teaching Assistant, University of California-Los Angeles, 2004–2006
Courses Taught
- HIS 239: Colonial Latin America
- HIS 240: Modern Latin America
- HIS 320: History of Mexico and Central America
- HIS 321: Latin America and the United States
- HIS 508 seminars:
- Great Debates of Colonial Latin America, 1492-1830
- "Indians" and the Nation in Latin America
Research Interests
- Colonial Spanish and Portuguese America
- Indigenous cultures of the Americas
- Intellectual and legal history of colonial Latin America
- Non-European contributions to Mexican patriotism and nationalism (current project)
Recent Publications
- "Indian Lords, Hispanic Gentlemen: The Salazars of Colonial Tlaxcala," The Americas 69, no. 1 (2012).
- "'Pure and Noble Indians, Untainted by Inferior Idolatrous Races': Native Elites and the Discourse of Blood Purity in Late-Colonial Mexico," Hispanic American Historical Review 91, no. 4 (2011).
Selected Awards and Honors
- Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), 2012-13
- Research Fellow, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, 2011
- Helm Research Fellow, Lilly Library, Bloomington, IN, 2010
- José Amor y Vázquez Fellow, John Carter Brown University, Providence, RI, 2008
- University Fellowship, UCLA, 2003-08
- Other awards listed on Vitae.
