Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia
- Associate Professor Political Science, Law, History, and Anthropology College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- brizuelagare@montclair.edu
- Phone
- (973) 655-7561
- Location
- Montclair > Dickson Hall > 423
- Office Hours (Fall)
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Tuesday: 10:00 am - 11:00 am, These hours are available for in-person or remote meetings. Please contact me to request online meetings outside of these hours.
Tuesday: 12:40 pm - 2:00 pm, These hours are available for in-person or remote meetings. Please contact me to request online meetings outside of these hours.
- Office Hours (Spring)
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Tuesday: 10:00 am - 11:30 am, In Person or Virtual
Friday: 9:30 am - 11:00 am, In Person or Virtual
Biography
Dr. Brizuela-Garcia was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She received a BA in History (Licenciatura en Historia) from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and completed an MA in Area Studies (Africa) and a PhD in African History at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Her research interests include African historiography, Ghana's intellectual and constitutional history, and the philosophy and ethics of history. She teaches courses on African history, the history of science, historical methodology and historical theory, and public and digital history. She is the co-author of African Histories. New Sources and Techniques for Studying African Pasts (Pearson, 2012).
Education
- BA, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
- MA, University of London
- PhD, University of London
Resume/CV
Research
Intellectual History of Africa, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
Africanist Historiography
African constitutionalism
Philosophy and ethics of History