CURRICULUM VITAE Peter Louis Blasenheim Born: Peekskill, New York, December 1946 William R. Hochman Professor of History, 2005-2010 A.E. and Ethel Irene Carlton Professor of History, 2003-05 Professor of History, The Colorado College, 1993- Visiting Professor of History, UNICAMP (Campinas, São Paulo), 1988 Fulbright Visiting Professor of History, University of Brasília, 1986 Associate Professor History, The Colorado College, 1985-1993 Assistant Professor of History, The Colorado College, 1977-85 Ph.D., Stanford University, 1982 (History) Instructor in History, The Colorado College, 1973-77 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship (Brazil), 1971-73 M.A., Stanford University, 1969 (Latin American Studies) B.A., The City College of the City University of New York, 1968 (concentration in Luso-Brazilian Studies) Certificate in Portuguese History, University of Lisbon, 1968 Certificate in Intermediate Portuguese, University of Lisbon, 1966 Gulbenkian Scholarship for study at the University of Lisbon, 1966, l967-68 Courses Taught at The Colorado College History 110: Topics in Latin American History History 221: Africa and Europe to 1885 History 222: Emergence of Modern Africa, 1885-1975 History 236: Argentina, Chile and Uruguay Since Independence History 238: Colonial Hispano-America History 330: History/Political Science Colloquium History 340: History of Brazil History 224: Survey of Latin American History History 104: Culture, Society and History History 105: Civilization in the West: Atlantic World History 406: Research Workshop History/Political Science 330: Colloquium on Various Topics General Studies 128 (Half Block): Studies in Portuguese Colorado College Summer Session Courses in Brazil: A New World in the Tropics, June-August 1991; June/August 1995) Elizabeth Bishop s Brazil, May-June 2005
Courses Taught at Newberry Library, Chicago (ACM Short-Term Seminars): Iberian Expansion; The Portuguese Empire: 1415-1821; The Spanish Empire: 1492-1826 2 Courses Taught in Brazil: History of Africa--(Campinas, 1988) Diplomatic History Argentina/Brazil (Brasília, 1986) History of the United States (Brasília, 1986; Campinas, 1988) Arts and Humanities Institute at Colorado College--Master of Arts in Teaching Program "Food for Thought"--1992" "High Brow Low Brow: Taste in 20th Century America"-- director--1990 "North America: Canada, Mexico and the United States"--1989 "Native and Stranger: Perception of Place" 1988 Colorado College (service, committees, organizations, etc. since 1990...selected) Co-Chair of the Spanish Department (2008-1) Director of the Writing Program (2006-2009) 2) Committee on Advancement (2006-2009) 3) History/Political Science Oversight 2006-4) Curriculum Committee (2005-06) 5) Ad hoc Committee on Chairing Issues (2005-06) 6) Chair of the History Department (2000-2003) 4) Personnel Subcommittee of the Faculty Executive Committee (1999-2001; chair, 2001-2002) 5) Latin American Studies, Chair (1973-; 2002-[CJE Funds]) 6) Foreign Student Scholarship Committee (2002-04) 7) African Studies (2001-) 8) Acting Chair of the History Department (1991-92; 1995-96) 9) Social Science Executive Committee(1993-96) 10) International Studies Oversight Committee (1994- ) 11) The Portuguese Table (mid-1990s-) 12) Cosgrove Seminars (1994- ) 13) Co-Founder and Faculty Sponsor for the Latin American JUNTA, a student discussion group (1990- )
3 Special Projects ACM Conference in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais (Brazil), April 2011. Site visit to Salamanca, Spain to assess summer session program: 2009 ACM Consulting for Brazilian Exchange Program: 2008- External Review team: Grinnell College History Dept: April 2007 Alumni Half Block, Understanding and Misunderstanding Latin America, January 2005 Colorado College-Federal University of Juiz de Fora Exchange Program: 2000- Mentoring Program: Sarah Hautzinger, Ibrahima Wade, Eric Popkin, Alberto Hernández-Lemus, Roberto Irizarry, Pedro de Araújo Edited Book, Articles, Scholarly Activities Forthcoming Chapter: A Zona da Mata em Minas Gerais, 1888-1904: Dimensões Políticas. Edited Book: O Código Morse, Edited with Beatriz Dominguês (Belo Horizonte: Imprensa da UFMG), August,2010. Articles: Percursos de um novo-iorquino pela Zona da Mata mineira, POTLATCH, vol. 3 (Cataguases, Brazil), 2012. Defendendo a intuição de Morse, in O Código Morse, August, 2010. Revisiting Richard Morse s Theory of Spanish American Government for Classroom Use, LOCUS, vol. 23 (Juiz de Fora, Brazil), 2008. As Ferrovias de Minas Gerais no século XIX, LOCUS, vol. 7 (Juiz de Fora, Brazil), 1996. "Railroads in Nineteenth-Century Minas Gerais," Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 26, no. 2 (1994).
4 "Brasília--A City of Contradictions," The Colorado College Bulletin, June 1987. "Snakes in the Streets," Leviathan, spring 1983. "Rascunho duma história regional da Zona da Mata mineira," Quinto seminário de Estudos Mineiros (Belo Horizonte [Brazil], 1982). "Politics in Portugal," Leviathan, spring 1975. Consultative Council of Editorial Board: LOCUS: Revista de História (1999- ) Papers and Lectures: Panel Discussion on Richard Morse and O Código Morse, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais (Brazil) August 18, 2010. Zona Proibida: possibilidades e desafios no estudo da Mata Mineira, Cataguases, Minas Gerais, (Brazil, August 16, 2010. Revisiting Richard Morse s Theory of Spanish American Government for Classroom Use, BRASA, New Orleans, March 29, 2008. Richard Morse s Towards a Theory of Spanish American Government as a Teaching Tool, National Association of Hispanic and Latin Studies, Baton Rouge, Feb. 17, 2006. Colorado College s Brazil Exchange Program, ACM Conference on Latin American Studies, Grinnell College, November 2005. Informal discussions: Brazil Exchange Program, AACLASP Conference on Study Abroad Programs in Latin America, New Orleans, spring 2000. Teaching Latin America in Liberal Arts Colleges, ACM Conference on Latin American Studies, Wabash College, November 1999. Historia Regional da Zona da Mata, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil Depto. de História, August 1997. Latin American History in the United States, ICBEU, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1995. Argentina and the Enlightenment, Humanities Program, UCCS, February 1994. "Nineteenth-Century Mexican History," Social Science Education Council, Boulder, Co., 1990. "Política da educação nos EEUU," V Semana de Estudos de História de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, 1988. "Populismo e progressivismo nos Estados Unidos," Conference of Brazilian Historians of the United States, Pontífica
Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, 1986. "Brazil, Britain and the Abolition of the Slave Trade: A Case Study in Neo-Colonialism," Western Conference of British Historians, Las Cruces (New Mexico) 1984. "Historia regional da zona da mata mineira," Quinto seminário de estudos mineiros, Belo Horizonte 1977. "North American Research on Brazilian History," Federal University of Juiz de Fora, January 1973. 5 Panel Discussions, Special Lectures, Civic Activities, Awards (selected): Understanding and Misunderstanding Latin America, Lecture for PILLAR (Colorado Springs Lecture Program for Seniors), July 2011. Boettcher Award for Faculty Excellence, May 2004. Three Lectures for Three-Day Workshop on Latin America for PILLAR (Colorado Springs Lecture Program for Seniors), April 2004. Six Lectures on Portuguese history as historian-in-residence for Stanford University s Portuguese Harvest College tour of Lisbon and the Douro Valley in Portugal, September 2003. Commencement Keynote Address: The Colorado Springs School, May 2002 Three Lectures on Latin America at Timberview Middle School, spring 1999. Panel Discussion on Brazil s Ongoing Economic Crisis, Hot Thursday, spring 1999. Panel Discussion on Redemocratization in Brazil (with Sarah Hautzinger), April 1998. Internationalizing the Curriculum, Lecture to Parents of Alums and Students in Chicago (with President Mohrman), April 1996. Working Sessions of the CICALS conference on Latin America/Africa in New Orleans, November 1995. Working Sessions of the Colorado Department of Education Conference, Ft. Collins, October 1995. Lecture to Chicago Alums on Summer Program in Brazil, April 1995. Lecture on CC's Program of Study Abroad in Brazil/Collor's Impeachment to New York Alumni, 1992. Lecture on CC's Program of Study Abroad in Brazil to Colorado Springs alumni, CC, 1991. Lecture on Latin American Attitudes Towards the Bill of Rights, Founders Day (Colorado Rocky Mountain School), Carbondale,
Co. 1990. Lecture on Brazilian Education, International Crossroads, CC, 1991. Lecture on Brazilian Perceptions Towards the Crisis in the Amazon, Founders Day (Colorado Rocky Mountain School), Carbondale, Co., 1989. ACM conference: Teaching Latin American History, Chicago, 1987. Lecture on a semester at the University of Brasília to CC alumni in New York, 1987. "Redemocratization in Brazil," Thursday-At-Eleven Series, CC, 1986. "Borges within the context of Argentine History," Spanish Dept., UCCS, 1985. Lecture on United States/Latin American relations to CC alumni in Chicago, 1985. Organized four Hewlett-Mellon Seminars with visiting scholars on faculty foreign exhange programs, research in colonial archives and contemporary Brazilian politics, CC, 1984-85. Three-day seminar on contemporary Brazil: faculty coordinator, CC, 1984. Lecture and discussion on El Salvador and US/Latin American relations, First Congregational Church, Colorado Springs, 1984. Lecture on Liberation Theology in Latin America, 1983. Discussion of the Falklands crisis from an Argentine perspective, CC, 1982. Consulting for the Center on International Education, Denver, 1981. "Contemporary Politics in Brazil," Thursday-At-Eleven Series, CC, 1977. Lecture on the Angolan crisis from an Angolan perspective, CC, 1975. Urban problems in Contemporary Brazil, Sociology Dept. of UCCS, 1974. Panel discussion on the fall of Salvador Allende, CC, 1974. 6