Heilman, Jaymie
Dr. Jaymie Patricia Heilman
(Assistant Professor)
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison (2006)
M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison (2000)
B.A, University of Alberta (1998)
2-23 Tory Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton AB T6G 2H4
Tel. (780) 492-0609
Email: jaymie.heilman@ualberta.ca
| Expertise and Research Interests |
My research focuses on rural and indigenous politics in twentieth-century Peru. I am especially interested in questions of race and racism, political radicalism, and agrarian history.
My first book considered the historical precursors of Peru’s Shining Path war, focusing on indigenous peasants’ political projects from the 1920s until 1980. My current book project explores the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, an indigenous political activist who headed the Peruvian Peasant Confederation in the 1960s. Methodologically, I combine oral history interviews with archival research.
| Teaching Interests |
My second-year courses offer a broad introduction to colonial and post-colonial Latin American and Caribbean history, paying particular attention to popular politics and to issues of race, class and gender. At the third and fourth-year level, my courses focus on issues of state violence, indigenous history, and revolutionary politics. My upper-level courses often concentrate on the histories of Bolivia, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru, but I encourage my students to pursue research on any Latin American or Caribbean region that intrigues them.
| Courses |
History 241: Colonial Latin America
History 242: Modern Latin America
History 441: Topics in Latin American History to 1850
| Selected Publications |
Books:
Before the Shining Path: Politics in Rural Ayacucho, 1895-1980. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010.
Articles:
“Under Civilian Colonels: Indigenous Political Mobilization in 1920s Ayacucho, Peru.” The Americas April 2010 66(4): 501-526.
“Family Ties: The Political Genealogy of Shining Path’s Comrade Norah.” Bulletin of Latin American Research 2010 29(2): 155-169.
“We Will No Longer Be Servile: Aprismo in 1930s Ayacucho.” Journal of Latin American Studies August 2006 38(3): 491-518.
“A Movement Misconstrued? A Response to Gabriela Ramos’s Interpretation of Taki Onqoy.” Colonial Latin American Review June 2002 11(1): 123-138.
“The Demon Inside: Madre Conchita, Gender, and the Assassination of Obregón.” Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos Winter 2002 18(1): 23-60.