Karen Robert

Department of History
Associate Professor, (2000)
Honours BA (Queen's), MA and PhD (University of Michigan at Ann Arbor)

email: robert@stu.ca

Research Interests

Contemporary Argentina; automobility; labour; human rights; memory; global history

Courses Taught

Introduction to World History (HIST 1006)
Colonial Latin America (HIST 2613)
Modern Latin America (HIST 2623)
Gender and Power in Latin American History (HIST 3613)
History Workshop (HIST 3553)
Twentieth Century Latin America (HIST 4606)
Topics in Global History (HIST 4216)

Selected Publications

“Remembering the Falcon: State Power and Corporate Power in Argentina, 1960-Present,” paper presented to the Latin American Studies Association conference, Toronto, Oct. 6-9, 2010.

“Falcon” Documentary film treatment approved for funding by the National Film Board of Canada (2008)

New Year in Cuba: Mary Gardner Lowell’s Travel Diary, 1831-1832 Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2003.

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