Barbara Potthast
Profossor of Iberian and Latin American History
Institute of History
Iberian and Latin American Department
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
D-50923 Cologne
Germany
Office: Philosophikum, room 0.015
Phone: + 49 221 / 470 2446 (secretary's office -5657)
Email: barbara.potthast(at)uni-koeln.de
Key Publications
- Von Müttern und Machos. Eine Geschichte der Frauen in Lateinamerika, Wuppertal: Peter Hammer 2010 (erweiterte und korrigierte 2. Auflage).
- "Paraíso de Mahoma" o "País de las Mujeres"? El rol de la mujer y la familia en la sociedad paraguaya durante el siglo XIX, Asunción 1996. Neuauflage Fausto Ediciones, Asunción 2011.
- Hensel, Silke / Potthast, Barbara (Hg.): Das Lateinamerika Lexikon, Wuppertal (Peter Hammer Verlag) 2013.
Main Research Topics
- History of family and gender relations in Latin America
- Ethnicity and intersectionality
- History of Paraguay and Argentina
Prof. Dr. Barbara Potthast, Professorin für Iberische und Lateinamerikanische Geschichte, wurde beim Neujahrsempfang des Rektors mit dem Universitätspreis 2018 in der Kategorie „Forschung“ ausgezeichnet. Sie erhält den Preis für ihre wissenschaftliche Lebensleistung auf dem Gebiet der Frauenforschung.
Curriculum Vitae
| 1975-1982 | Studies of History and Hispanistic in Cologne and Sevilla |
| 1982 | First state examination for the teaching profession in History and Spanish |
| 1986 | Phd at the Institute for Iberian and Latin-American History at the University of Cologne |
| 1986-1992 | Research Fellow in the Department of Iberian and Latin American History at the University of Cologne |
| 1992 | Postdoctoral lecture qualification |
| 1992 | Professorial chair at the University of Bielefeld |
| 1996 - 2016 | Member and vice chairwoman of the directorate and vice-president of the interdisciplinary “German Association of Research about Latin America” (ADLAF) (chairwoman from 2004 -2006) |
| WS 2000 - WS 2022/23 | Professor at the University of Cologne and director of the Institute for Iberian and Latin-American History |
| 2003 - 2022 | President of the Centro Latinaméricano de Colonia (CLAC) and ASPLA |
| Since 2010 | President and network coordinator of the Network Latinamerica |
| 2014 - 2021 | Speaker for the Global South Study Center Cologne |
| Since 2017 | Co-Speaker for the Maria Sibylla merian centre: Conviviality-inequality in Latin America |
| 2021 - 2023 | Member of the Board of Directors for the Global South Study Center Cologne |
| Since SS 2023 | Seniorprofessor at the Institute for Iberian and Latin-American History |