Ana Schaposchnik

Ana Schaposchnik serves as Associate Professor in the Department of History at DePaul University's College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, where her scholarship centers on colonial Latin American history with specialized expertise in the Tribunal of the Inquisition and Crypto-Jewish experiences in seventeenth-century Peru.

Her academic credentials include:

• Licenciatura en Ciencias Antropológicas from Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
• MA in Latin American History from University of Wisconsin Madison
• PhD in Latin American History from University of Wisconsin Madison

Dr. Schaposchnik's research explores religious persecution and cultural survival mechanisms under Spanish colonial rule, particularly through her analysis of the Lima Inquisition. Her 2015 monograph The Lima Inquisition: The Plight of Crypto-Jews in Seventeenth Century Peru established foundational scholarship in this niche, complemented by articles examining punitive practices and prison conditions. Current projects include a second book expanding on these themes, while earlier work investigated Argentine ethnohistory and Indigenous resistance to Spanish conquest. Collectively, her publications reveal intricate power dynamics between colonial authorities, religious institutions, and marginalized communities.

She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses covering colonial Latin American history, Inquisition studies, Jewish history in the Americas, and historical research methodologies.