Ana María Silva Campo

Ana María Silva Campo is a Carolina Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, specializing in the histories of race, gender, and the law in colonial Latin American cities.

Her educational background includes:

• Ph.D. in History, University of Michigan
• B.A.s, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Dr. Silva Campo's research centers on Colonial Latin American History, with emphasis on racial and gender hierarchies, legal frameworks, and urban spatial dynamics during the colonial era. Her book manuscript Roots in Stone and Slavery investigates how the political economy of the African slave trade in 17th-century Cartagena de Indias shaped competition over urban property and social stratification, integrating urban ecology methodologies to analyze intersections of religion, gender, and racialization.

Her scientific awards include:

• Carolina Postdoctoral Fellowship

No information is available regarding graduate student advising, research grants, laboratory affiliations, or collaborative teams.