Prof. Dr. Mirta Zaida Lobato
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Member of the external scientific advisory board of the GSSC
History
Research Focus
Her research work discusses both the process of formation of a “working class culture” in Argentina during the 20th Century and the gender relations established in the working world. Another focus lies on the relationship between images and gender representations. Geographically, she works primarily on the history of Argentina and Uruguay.
She has published numerous articles in national and international journals. She is the author of La prensa obrera, Buenos Aires, (EDHASA, 2009), Historia de las trabajadoras en Argentina, 1869-1960 (Edhasa, 2007) La vida en las fábricas. Trabajo, protesta y conflicto en una comunidad obrera. Berisso, 1904-1970, (Prometeo libros, 2001 y 2004); co-author of La sociedad del trabajo. Las instituciones laborales en la Argentina (1900-1955) (Edhasa, 2014), La protesta social en Argentina (FCE, 2003) and of Atlas Histórico de la Argentina (Sudamericana, 2000) Director of El Progreso, la modernización y sus límites, 1880-1916 (Sudamericana, 2000) and Editor of Buenos Aires. Manifestaciones, fiestas y rituales en el siglo XX (Biblos, 2011) Cuando las mujeres reinaban. Belleza, Virtud y Poder en la Argentina del siglo XX, (Biblos, 2005).
Short CV
Since 1989
Professor and researcher at the University of Buenos Aires
2009 - 2011
Humboldt-Thyssen Foundation Fellowship
2006
Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for Arts and Science
As member of the external scientific advisory board of the Global South Studies Center Cologne (GSSC) she shall be advising on strategic questions.