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Mikael Wolfe is an Associate Professor of History at Stanford University, affiliated with the Center for East Asian Studies. His work bridges Latin American history with environmental and technological studies, focusing on water control, agrarian reform, and climate's role in social revolutions. He holds degrees from Columbia University (B.A., 1995), the University of Chicago (M.A., 1999; Ph.D., 2009). His research emphasizes interdisciplinary methods to explore human-environment interactions.
Wolfe’s major work, Watering the Revolution (2017), examines water management in Mexico’s post-revolutionary Laguna region, winning the 2018 Elinor K. Melville Prize. His current project, Rebellious Climates, investigates Cuba’s 1959 revolution through extreme weather’s historical role. He teaches courses on Latin American environmental history, US-Latin American relations, and climate ethics.
His articles analyze drought’s role in revolutions, geopolitical uses of nature, and the intersection of technology with ecological sustainability. Awards include recognition for innovative environmental historiography. Wolfe advises graduate students on Latin American and environmental historical topics, emphasizing engagement with his research themes.
