I am a historian of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic World. Currently, I am a postdoctoral fellow at The Institute of Historical Studies in The University of Texas at Austin. I study the Age of Revolution and Modern Latin American History. By focusing on the trajectories of loyalist exiles from the Spanish American Revolutions, my research examines the reconstitution of empire in the Caribbean as a political alternative to the nascent republican nation-states of Spanish America and the United States in the 19th Century.
I hold a Ph.D and a M.A in History from The University of Texas at Austin as well as a M.A. in Cultural Studies from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. I was born and raised in Colombia. I am big fan of fútbol, Pearl Jam, and Roberto Bolaño.
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Soy historiador de América Latina, el Caribe, y el Mundo Atlántico. Actualmente, soy investigador posdoctoral del Institute of Historical Studies en la Universidad de Texas en Austin. Estudio la Era de las Revoluciones y la historia moderna de América Latina y el Caribe. Siguiendo la trayectoria de exiliados realistas de las revoluciones hispanoamericanas, mi investigación examina la reconstitución imperial en el Caribe como una alternativa política al nacimiento de los estados republicanos en Latinoamérica y los Estados Unidos en el siglo XIX.
Soy Doctor y magister en Historia de la Universidad de Texas en Austin. Así mismo, soy magister en estudios culturales e historiador de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Nací y crecí en Colombia. Soy un gran fan del fútbol, Pearl Jam, y Roberto Bolaño.
Ph.D. in History
The University of Texas at Austin
M.A. in History
The University of Texas at Austin
M.A. in Cultural Studies
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
B.A. in History
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Unlike most of the American continental territories, the Caribbean islands – except Haiti – maintained their loyalty to the European Crowns during the Age of Atlantic Revolutions (1775–1825). The Spanish, British, French, and the Dutch Caribbean mostly opposed revolutionary movements, supported slavery, and aided royalist causes in the Atlantic World. Although the Caribbean was resistant to revolutionary changes, it was deeply involved in the conflicts ignited throughout the continent. Indeed, both royalists and insurgents built some of their most prominent networks of support in this area. The Caribbean became a critical theater for the success of the revolutions on the mainland. Insurgents recruited privateers and adventurers that provided extensive logistical support for patriot armies on the continent. However, the region remained under colonial rule during that period. Why did this trans-imperial space that participated in the continental and the Haitian revolutions remain so committed to royalism and slavery during the Age of Atlantic Revolutions?
“Preservando Cuba de “la manía de la independencia”: autonomía, esclavitud y emigrados en el Caribe durante la disolución de la Monarquía Española (submitted).
Nicolás González-Quintero and Rupali Warke awarded Internal Postdoc Fellowships in 2020-21, Institute for Historical Studies, May 11, 2020, https://tinyurl.com/y5b9g86h
Episode 123: Scientific, Geographic & Historiographic Inventions of Colombia (Host), 15 Minute History, Interview with Lina del Castillo, October 2, 2019, https://tinyurl.com/y2qdp8wu
Los olvidados, Columna bicentenaria, El Tiempo, 3 de septiembre de 2019, https://tinyurl.com/y52hqzw4
Graduate Student Spotlight: Ernesto Mercado-Montero and Nicolás González Quintero, Institute for Historical Studies, May 15, 2018, https://tinyurl.com/y6onqxoy