History Department

Education

• Ph.D., History, University of Chicago, 1997
• B.A., International Relations, el Colegio de México, Mexico City, 1992

About

Andrés Reséndez grew up in Mexico City where he went into politics for a brief period and served as a consultant for historical soap operas. He has taught at Yale, the University of Helsinki, and UC Davis.

Research Focus

Reséndez specializes on early European exploration and colonization of the Americas, the U.S-Mexico border region, and the early history of the Pacific, particularly the pioneering voyages of discovery and the biological exchanges across the largest ocean on Earth.

Publications

• Reséndez, A. (2021) Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Reséndez, A. (2016) The Other Slavery, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Reséndez, A. (2007) A Land So Strange, Basic Books
• Reséndez, A. (2005) Changing National Identities at the Frontier, Cambridge University Press

Teaching

Reséndez teaches undergraduate courses on Latin America, Mexico, and the history of food; and offers graduate seminars on colonial Latin America and Mexico.

Awards

Ritchie Distinguished Fellowship in Early American History at the Huntington Library, 2022-2023

Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2021

Elected to the American Antiquarian Society, 2021

Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, 2020-2024

The Other Slavery:

Winner of the 2017 Bancroft Prize

Finalist for the 2016 National Book Award