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Details for Professor Matthew Brown
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| Name | Professor Matthew Brown | ||||||
| Job title | Professor in Latin American History |
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| Department | Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies University of Bristol |
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| Personal web page | http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/people/matthew-d-brown/index.html | ||||||
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| Qualifications | M.A.(Edin.), Ph.D.(Lond.) | ||||||
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| Membership of professional bodies | Society for Latin American Studies Royal Historical Society |
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| Keywords | Colombia Venezuela Cycling Latin America politics history Sport Footbsll |
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| Areas of expertise | My 2014 book 'From Frontiers to Football: An Alternative History of Latin America' analyses Latin America's relationship with the rest of the world since 1800. I have published widely on the histories of Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil. My current research projects include the history of sport in South America, the peace process in Colombia, and innovations in digital storytelling. |
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| Media experience | Regular contributor to BBC on sport in Latin America. Regular radio/TV interviews on Venezuelan history and politics. |
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