Incoming Member
Nicole T. Hughes
Funding provided by the Herodotus Fund
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of study
Early Modern World / Colonial Latin America
Website
Nicole T. Hughes's forthcoming first book argues that missionaries, conquistadors, and Indigenous elites created foundational narratives of New Spain and Brazil by envisioning distant conflicts through theater. At IAS, she will begin a new project on narratives of death and dying, and especially of martyrdom, in the Americas.
Visits
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Spring
Degrees
Columbia University
Ph.D.
2017
Honors
2023
William Nelson Prize for Best Article, Honorable Mention, Renaissance Quarterly
2020
Latin American Studies’ Association Maureen Ahern Award for best dissertation in Colonial Latin American Studies (2017–2020), Finalist
Appointments
University of California Irvine
2025
Assistant Professor
Stanford University
2020–2025
Assistant Professor
Stanford Humanities Center
2017–2020
Andrew W. Mellon Scholar in the Humanities