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Fabrício Prado is an Associate Professor of History at the College of William and Mary, specializing in Colonial Latin America and the Atlantic World. He has held fellowships at institutions such as the Instituto de Historia Nacional y Americana Emilio Ravignani (Buenos Aires) and the School of History at the University of St Andrews. His research focuses on cross-border dynamics, social networks, and the economic history of the Southern Cone, with a particular emphasis on contraband trade, imperial interactions, and the transition from colony to nation.
Prado's notable works include *Edge of Empire: Atlantic Networks and Revolution in Bourbon Rio de la Plata* (2015) and his current project, *Inter-American Connections: Capitalism, Slavery, and the Making of Independent South America*, examining commercial ties between US port cities and Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay during the Age of Atlantic Revolutions. He has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Luso-American Foundation, and others.
His research interests include trans-imperial commerce, the fiscal policies of the Hispanic monarchy, and the role of port cities like Montevideo in transatlantic networks. Prado’s work bridges the study of colonial administration, economic history, and the socio-political transformations of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Awards and Fellowships:
- Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Member of the 2008 International Seminar for the History of the Atlantic World (Harvard University)
- Fellowship from the John Carter Brown Library
Key Research Themes:
- Frontier dynamics and borderland studies
- Contraband trade and imperial governance
- Trans-imperial networks and identity formation
- Economic history of the Southern Cone
