Department of History

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying the history of human rights, transnational networks, and international relations. My dissertation, Of “Light and Struggle” in Uruguay: Contesting the International History of Human Rights, examines the origins and evolution of human rights discourse in Uruguay, particularly during its transition back to democratic rule. The work addresses issues of  transitional justice, the rise of the transnational human rights movement, and the shifting terrain of human rights in the 1970s and 1980s.