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Joshua Savala

Assistant Professor
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Office Building: Liberal Arts Building
Office Room: 225
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Email: jpsavala@utep.edu

Bio

Born and raised in San Bernardino, California, I completed my PhD at Cornell University and taught at Rollins College before moving to the University of Texas at El Paso.

Awards and Honors

Best Book (Social Sciences) on the Southern Cone (Honorable Mention) - Southern Cone Studies, Latin American Studies Association (04/01/2023-04/30/2023)
Flora Tristán Book Prize (Honorable Mention) - Peru Section, Latin American Studies Association (03/13/2023)
José María Arguedas Prize - Peru Section, Latin American Studies Association (03/17/2020)

Education

Ph D in History, Cornell University (2019)
MA in History, Cornell University (2015)
MA in History, Tufts University (2012)
BA in History and Sociology, University of California, Davis (2007)

Publications

Medicina y el Pacífico: Circulación, desconexión y cólera en Chile y Perú, 1880s / Medicine and the Pacific: Circulation, Disconnection, and Cholera in Chile and Peru, 1880s Macrohistoria 7 (2024), Joshua Savala.
Más allá de la guerra: historias de cooperación en el Pacífico peruano-chileno, 1856-1929 Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2024), Joshua P. Savala.
An axis, not a line of division: Cooperative planning and development on the U.S.-Mexico border, 1960s Journal of Historical Geography 84 (2024), Joshua Savala.
Beyond Patriotic Phobias: Connections, Cooperation, and Solidarity in the Peruvian-Chilean Pacific World University of California Press (2022), Joshua Savala.

Presentations

Medicine and the Pacific: Transnational Circulation and Collaboration in nineteenth century Peru and Chile (2024), Volume Virtual, Joshua P. Savala.
A Geography of Slavery in 1830s Callao, Peru (2024), Volume Bogotá, Colombia, Joshua Savala.
Peru, Chile, and the Pacific: Anarchism and Collaborative Histories (2024), Volume Syracuse, New York, Joshua Savala.
A Geography of Slavery in 1830s Callao, Peru (2024), Volume Asheville, North Carolina, Joshua Savala.
Peru and Chile through the Pacific (2024), Volume San Francisco, CA, Joshua Savala.
Más allá de las fobias patrioteras: Historias de colaboración entre Peru y Chile (2023), Volume Viña del Mar, Chile, Joshua Savala.
Peru, Chile, and the Pacific: Toward Collaborative and Parallel Histories (2023), Volume Los Angeles, CA, Joshua Savala.
Labor and Solidarity in Chile and Beyond (2023), Volume Irvine, CA, Joshua Savala.
Anarcho-syndicalism, Ships, and Maritime Workers in the Chilean Pacific (2023), Volume Antigua, Guatemala, Joshua Savala.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2025	HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar	10755
Fall 2025	HIST 6352 - Lit/Meth Mex/L. Amer. History	17647
Fall 2025	HIST 5309 - Studies in Latin American Hist	13486

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar	10755
Fall 2025	HIST 6352 - Lit/Meth Mex/L. Amer. History	17647
Fall 2025	HIST 5309 - Studies in Latin American Hist	13486
Spring 2025	HIST 3347 - South America Since 1810	27230	Syllabus
Fall 2024	HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar	10905	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Spring 2025	HIST 3347 - South America Since 1810	27230	Evaluation
Fall 2024	HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar	10905	Evaluation

Bio

Born and raised in San Bernardino, California, I completed my PhD at Cornell University and taught at Rollins College before moving to the University of Texas at El Paso.

Awards and Honors

Best Book (Social Sciences) on the Southern Cone (Honorable Mention) - Southern Cone Studies, Latin American Studies Association (04/01/2023-04/30/2023)
Flora Tristán Book Prize (Honorable Mention) - Peru Section, Latin American Studies Association (03/13/2023)
José María Arguedas Prize - Peru Section, Latin American Studies Association (03/17/2020)

Ph D in History, Cornell University (2019)
MA in History, Cornell University (2015)
MA in History, Tufts University (2012)
BA in History and Sociology, University of California, Davis (2007)

Publications

Medicina y el Pacífico: Circulación, desconexión y cólera en Chile y Perú, 1880s / Medicine and the Pacific: Circulation, Disconnection, and Cholera in Chile and Peru, 1880s Macrohistoria 7 (2024), Joshua Savala.
Más allá de la guerra: historias de cooperación en el Pacífico peruano-chileno, 1856-1929 Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2024), Joshua P. Savala.
An axis, not a line of division: Cooperative planning and development on the U.S.-Mexico border, 1960s Journal of Historical Geography 84 (2024), Joshua Savala.
Beyond Patriotic Phobias: Connections, Cooperation, and Solidarity in the Peruvian-Chilean Pacific World University of California Press (2022), Joshua Savala.

Presentations

Medicine and the Pacific: Transnational Circulation and Collaboration in nineteenth century Peru and Chile (2024), Volume Virtual, Joshua P. Savala.
A Geography of Slavery in 1830s Callao, Peru (2024), Volume Bogotá, Colombia, Joshua Savala.
Peru, Chile, and the Pacific: Anarchism and Collaborative Histories (2024), Volume Syracuse, New York, Joshua Savala.
A Geography of Slavery in 1830s Callao, Peru (2024), Volume Asheville, North Carolina, Joshua Savala.
Peru and Chile through the Pacific (2024), Volume San Francisco, CA, Joshua Savala.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2025

Course

HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar

Section

10755

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

HIST 6352 - Lit/Meth Mex/L. Amer. History

Section

17647

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

HIST 5309 - Studies in Latin American Hist

Section

13486

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2025

Course

HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar

Section

10755

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

HIST 6352 - Lit/Meth Mex/L. Amer. History

Section

17647

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

HIST 5309 - Studies in Latin American Hist

Section

13486

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

HIST 3347 - South America Since 1810

Section

27230

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar

Section

10905

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

HIST 3347 - South America Since 1810

Section

27230

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

HIST 4325 - Junior-Senior Seminar

Section

10905

Evaluation

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