Our mission is aimed at promoting the academic debate related to the theoretical and methodological problems of Social History, designing problems and research projects aligned with the lines of work of the group. For this, among our goals are building a space for academic discussion characterized by rigor, open-mindedness, and respect; that favors the creation of international networks allowing the circulation of academic information, participating in academic meetings organized by other institutions and hosting our own; promoting the comparative method in the studies of Social History and maintaining a system of publications that account for the production and trends studied.
Research Lines and/or Areas
Comparative Studies in History and Society
Medieval Studies
Colonial History
Business and Institutional History
Regional and Local History
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Group Coordinator
Yirla Marisol Acosta Franco
Candidate for a PhD in History from the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris.
Master’s degree in history from Universidad de Antioquia.
Research Group on Historical-Educational Policies, Sociabilities and Representations
Research Group on Modern History of America: Domination, Resistance, and Cultural Creation
Latin American and Iberian Association of Social History
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Universidad EAFIT
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana unidad Cuajimalpa (Mexico).
Highlighted Projects
Domínguez Mejía, Marta Isabel. "Corporal Artistic Practices and Performing Arts in processes of reconciliation, memory building, and peace in 4 municipalities of Chocó and the Middle Pacific" December 2018. Research and development.
Saldarriaga Escobar, Gregorio. "Order and Anomalies. The taxonomy of American foods according to Europeans. 1492-1640". April 2021. Research in development.
Calvo Isaza, Oscar. "Connected with Democracy: 30 Years of Region". October 2019 - April 2020. Extension and CTI social responsibility.
Gómez González, Juan Sebastián. "Smuggling, war and society in the New Kingdom of Granada, 18th century" August 2015. Research and development.
Key Research Findings
Book chapters:
"La mar es ancha, la costa larga". Comercio ilícito y medidas reformistas en Santa Marta y Riohacha, 1750-1805" DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvm204n5
“Comunidades negras rurales de Antioquia: discursos de ancestralidad, titulación colectiva y procesos de “aprendizaje” del Estado” ISSN: 0121-5167. Estudios Políticos, núm. 46, enero-junio, 2015, pp. 101-123. https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=16433765006
Books:
Del chontal al ladino: hispanización de los indios de Antioquia según la visita de Francisco de Herrar Campuzano, 1614-1616. ISBN-10: 9588890810
Traslados y abandonos de ciudades y villas, Nuevo Reino de Granada y Popayán, siglos XVI y XVII. ISBN: 9789585596733
Services and/or Products Portfolio
The Research Group offers the academic community and society in general high-impact research under the gaze of Social History; we study groups and social processes in long periods of time. Its members carry out business and institutional research. We offer seminars, colloquiums, conferences on problems of social history both of Colombia and Latin America, from the sixteenth century to the contemporary period.
We have a Research Hotbed for students, which aims to strengthen the GIHS (Social History Research Group) as a learning community that brings together teachers and students to acquire research competencies through the production and permanent debate of papers on History and Social Sciences; enhance collective work and academic debate among undergraduate students, graduate students and research teachers; teach peer assessment and socialize, among undergraduate students, the standards of specialized scientific production; disseminate the results of undergraduate research work through presentations at events and publications of high academic quality; favor autonomous organizational mechanisms among undergraduate students and strongly support their academic initiatives.
