Nicolás A. González Quintero

Nicolás A. González Quintero is a historian specializing in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic World. He currently holds a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Modern History, University of Tübingen, and a FAPESP-funded postdoctoral position (on leave) at the University of São Paulo’s History Department and Lab-Mundi research group.

• Ph.D., History, University of Texas at Austin (2013)
• M.A., Cultural Studies, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2009)
• B.A., History, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2004)

His research examines the Age of Revolutions through the lens of loyalist exiles from the Spanish American Revolutions, focusing on the reconstitution of empire in the Caribbean as an alternative to republican nation-states. His work bridges imperial history, 19th-century political transformations, and transnational exile networks.

The majority of his publications analyze themes of imperial resistance, constitutional monarchism, and ethnic conflict in post-independence Spanish America. His geographic scope spans the Atlantic World, with specific emphasis on Latin America, the Caribbean, and U.S.-Latin American interconnections.

• FAPESP fellowship

González Quintero has taught at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Duisburg-Essen. He actively contributes to edited volumes and journals like Revista Almanack, The Americas, and Itinerario, while also engaging in public intellectual work through columns in El Tiempo and book reviews.