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Dr. Jose Carlos de la Puente

  • Professor - History
Portrait of Dr. Jose Carlos de la Puente
  • de la Puente, Jose Carlos. Fellowships Open Book Program (FOBP), National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $6600. (Funded: July 9, 2024 - April 9, 2025). Grant.
  • de la Puente, Jose Carlos. Wilson Latin American Research Award, Center for International Studies, Texas State University, $500. (Funded: June 1, 2024 - June 16, 2024). Grant.
  • Puente Luna, José Carlos de la (Principal). Research Enhancement Grant Award, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 7, 2022). Grant.
  • de la Puente, Jose Carlos (Co-Principal). Producing a Manageable Historical Archive for Andean Communities, Arts And Humanities Research Council; Global Challenges Research Council; University of Exeter, Institutional (Higher Ed), $15420. (Submitted: May 30, 2022, Funded: September 9, 2022 - August 8, 2023). Grant.
  • de la Puente, Jose Carlos. Wilson Latin American Research Award, Center for International Studies, Texas State University, $1500. (Funded: March 3, 2019 - September 1, 2019). Grant.
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  • Puente Luna, J. C. de la. (2024). Customs Apart: Rethinking Inheritance and Competing Land Claims Among Commoner Women in Colonial Andean Villages. Colonial Latin American Review, 33(1), 79–104. https://doi.org/10.1080/10609164.2024.2311607
  • Puente Luna, J. C. de la. (2022). En los reinos de España: viajeros y pretendientes andinos en la corte de los Austrias. Lima, Peru: Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos.
  • Puente Luna, J. C. de la. (2021). Of Widows, Furrows, and Seed: New Perspectives on Land and the Colonial Andean Commons. The Hispanic American Historical Review, 101(3), 375–407.
  • Puente Luna, J. C. de la. (2019). Calendars in Knotted Cords: New Evidence on How Khipus Captured Time in the Andes. Ethnohistory, 66(3), 437–464. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-7517868
  • Puente Luna, J. C. de la. (2018). Andean Cosmopolitans: Seeking Justice and Reward at the Spanish Royal Court. Austin, TX, USA: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/314432
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Paul Vanderwood Prize, Conference on Latin American History. October 3, 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Flora Tristán Book Prize, Peru Section of the Latin American Studies Association. March 7, 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: José María Arguedas Best Article Prize, Peru Section of the Latin American Studies Association. April 3, 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Tibesar Prize, Conference on Latin American History. December 10, 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Scholarly / Creative Activities, Texas State University. August 23, 2025
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  1. Other

    Institute of Andean Studies

  2. Member

    The Howard F. Cline Memorial Prize

  3. Other

    Histórica. Special Issue "Indigenous Jurisdictions in New Spain and Peru"

  4. Member

    The James Alexander Robertson Prize Committee of the Conference on Latin American History

  5. Other

    Southwest Seminar on Colonial Latin American History

  6. Member

    History Research Fund Commmittee

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