Andrés Bustamante

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Degree Program: 
Ph.D.

Andrés is a Ph.D. candidate in Latin American History. His dissertation is a social and legal history of archaeology in nineteenth and twentieth century Mexico, which examines the relationship between the subterranean project of archaeology and the territorial politics of state formation. More broadly, his research interests include Indigenous histories, history of the social sciences, and Mesoamerican art. Andrés graduated with a B.A. in History from Yale College and received an M.Phil in Archaeology and History of Art from the University of Cambridge.  At Yale, he is a graduate affiliate of Berkeley College and former co-coordinator of the Latin American Studies Working Group and the Latin American History Speaker Series.

Department: 
History
Expected Year of Graduation: 
Class of 2024