Javier Villa-Flores
Curriculum Vitae 
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June 1992 Organizator of seminar "Historia, narrativa y evidencia", coordinated by professor Carlo Ginzburg. June 22, 23 and 24. CICS. Universidad de Guadalajara
September 1988 Moderator to the seminar "Los métodos del conocimiento II". Sept. 1988. Centro Regional de Tecnologia Educativa. University of Guadalajara, Mexico
September 1997 Moderator to the seminar "Los métodos del conocimiento I". Centro Regional de Tecnologia Educativa. University of Guadalajara, Mexico
September 1986 Moderator to the seminar "Revueltas a destiempo". Bookstore "El Kiosko". Organized by "Teoria y Politica, A.C." Guadalajara, Mexico

Awards, Scholarships, Grants, and Fellowships:  


May 2003 Grant from Harvard University to attend the International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World "Transatlantic Networks, 1500-1825," August 11-20, 2003
February 2003 Grant-in-Aid. Institute for the Humanities, University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2002 Research Award from The Office of the Vice Chancellor (OVCR-AAH), University of Illinois at Chicago
Februrary 2002 Grant from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UIC to attend The Summer School of Criticism and Theory, Cornell University, June 16-July 25
April 2001 Short-Term Research Fellow, the Newberry Library, Chicago
January 2001 Faculty Fellowship, Institute for the Humanities. University of Illinois at Chicago
July 2000 Society for Values in Higher Education. Mellon Foundation grant to participate in the annual "New Teachers Workshop." The University of Colorado, at Colorado Springs
July 1999 Center for New World Comparative Studies Fellow, The John Carter Brown Library. Providence, Rhode Island
March 1999 Brian Bertoti Prize for best paper at the Second Annual Conference on Innovative Perspectives in History, Virginia Technological University, Blacksburg
July 1998 Mrs. Francis J. Weber Research Fellow in Roman Catholic History, The Huntington Library. San Marino, California
1997 Dissertation Research Fellowship, Department of History. Univeristy of California, San Diego
1997 Research Support Grant, Department of History. University of California, San Diego
July 1996 U-C Mexus Dissertation Grant
June 1996 Summer Research Grant. Department of History, University of California, San Diego
April 1995 Friends of the International Center Graduate Studies Grant, University of California, San Diego
1994-1997 Graduate Studies Scholarship, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Mexico
1994 Grant to participate in the Summer Seminar in U.S. Studies for Latin American Scientists and Non-Academic Professionals, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. University of California, San Diego (declined)

Professional Experience:  


August 2001-- Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago