Ismael Pardo

Ismael earned his B.A. in both History and Religious Studies from Oregon State University where he focused mostly on religious histories of Colonial Latin America and the Caribbean. He earned his M.A. in History at the University of Michigan where he has continued his studies of Colonial New Spain, Indigenous Histories, and Afro-indigenous Histories.

Ismael is a historian of colonial Mexico, focusing especially on the histories of Afrodescendant and Indigenous American peoples. His current dissertation project examines how multiethnic peoples engaged in their own creating and recreating of space within the region contemporary known as la Huasteca, through their belifes, practices, and lifeways within and against colonial rule.