Susan E. Ramírez

Susan E. Ramírez
Known forHistorian of Latin America

Susan E. Ramírez is an American historian and the Neville G. Penrose chair emeritus of history and Latin American studies at Texas Christian University.[1][2] She has worked in academia for over thirty years, with a focus on colonialism in Latin America. In her 2022 publication, In Praise of the Ancestors, Ramírez makes a study of three native groups (the Kazembes, the Iroquois Confederation, and the Andeans), investigating the formation of historical consciousness and identity in pre-modern societies lacking written records.[3]

Selected Publications

  • The World Upside Down: Cross-Cultural Contact and Conflict in Sixteenth-Century Peru (1996)[4]
  • To Feed and Be Fed: The Cosmological Bases of Authority and Identity in the Andes (2005)[5]
  • In Praise of the Ancestors: Names, Identity, and Memory in Africa and the Americas (2022)[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Tumin, Remy (23 November 2022). "A Stolen 1527 Record Signed by Cortés Will Be Returned to Mexico". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Susan Elizabeth Ramirez". University of Nebraska Press. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 Saghar, Amol. "In Praise of the Ancestors by Susan Elizabeth Ramirez (Book Review)". www.worldhistory.org. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  4. ↑ The World Upside Down | Stanford University Press. 1 September 1996. ISBN 978-0-8047-3520-9. Archived from the original on 21 March 2025.
  5. ↑ OpenLibrary.org. "To feed and be fed by Susan E. Ramírez | Open Library". Open Library. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
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