“It has been said that though God cannot alter the past, historians can; it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence. ”
History Department, CSU, Chico
Stephen Lewis
Research
Dr. Lewis's current research project is an investigation of Mexico’s National Indigenist Institute (INI) with the goal of illuminating the history of indigenismo (official Indian policy) in Chiapas and Mexico in general. He also is working with his co-editor on a collection of essays that is representative of recent historical research on Chiapas.
Publications
Professor Lewis is author of The Ambivalent Revolution: Forging State and Nation in Chiapas, Mexico, 1910-1945 (University of New Mexico Press, 2005). With Mary Kay Vaughan, he co-edited The Eagle and the Virgin: Nation and Cultural Revolution in Mexico, 1920-1940 (Duke University Press, 2006). His articles have appeared in Mesoamérica, Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Radical History Review, and the Journal of Latin American Anthropology. Lewis has contributed articles to five scholarly anthologies and written encyclopedia entries, as well as publishing book reviews in Mesoamerica, Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Social History, Hispanic American Historical Review, Latin American Politics and Society, and Latin American Perspectives.