History Faculty
Dr. Stephen E. Lewis
Latin America and Mexico
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1997
Professor
Office Phone: 530-898-6244
e-mail: slewis2@csuchico.edu
Research Interests
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.
Honors and Awards
Dr. Lewis is the recipient of a Lantis Endowment Professorship for 2007-2008, receiving an award of $40,000 to implement his proposal for "Internationalizing Chico State." His The Ambivalent Revolution: Forging State and Nation in Chiapas, Mexico, 1910-1945 was named winner of the Hubert Herring Award for the best book published in Latin American History in 2007. In 2000, Dr. Lewis was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, as well as a Spencer Foundation Small Research Grant. During summer 2005, he was visiting professor at Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile, and in fall 2002 at Universidad del País Vasco, San Sebastián, Spain.
Courses Taught
HIST 380: Colonial Latin America
HIST 381: Modern Latin America
HIST 382: Mexico: History and Politics
HIST 480: Social Revolutions in Latin America
HIST 680: Historiography of Latin America
LAST 495: Proseminar in Latin American Studies
If you have any questions about the Department of History and its academic programs, please do not hesitate to call at (530) 898-5366.