Ricardo Alvarez Pimentel

Ricardo is a PhD candidate in twentieth-century Latin American History. He is currently returning to his dissertation after leave of absence, having celebrated the birth of his first child in September of 2018. Ricardo received a B.A. in History from the University of Chicago and an M.A. from Yale in the same field. Ricardo’s academic interests include the history of revolutions and upheavals, international relations, nationalism, religion, and race relations as they pertain to Latin America and the Caribbean region.

Ricardo’s doctoral project analyzes the makings of “counterrevolutionary Mexico.” Ricardo examines Catholic opposition to secularist state projects and explores the precarious relationship between Mexico, the United States, and Europe between 1917 and 1949. Specifically, Ricardo studies the rise of anti-communism and international conservative opposition to Mexico’s post-revolutionary state. He focuses on radical press outlets as mechanisms whereby Mexico’s conservative Catholics and their allies— specifically, women and student groups— expressed dissent against the Mexican government’s “Revolutionary” program.

Ricardo’s work has been made possible thanks to the following generous awards from Yale University: David Coles Fellowship, MacMillan Center International Dissertation Research Grant, John F. Enders Research Fellowship, Research and Travel Award in International History and Security, Gayer G. Dominick Fellowship, Angelo Bartlett Giamatti Fellowship, Howard Futhey Brinton Fellowship, CLAIS Tinker Summer Research Grant, and MacMillan Center International Pre-Dissertation Research Grant.