Nikita L. Harwich#
Membership Number: | 3031 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
Elected: | 2011 |
Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Present and Previous Positions
- Emeritus Professor of Latin American History and Civilization, Université de Paris Nanterre, Nanterre
- 2002 - 2020 Professor of Latin American History and Civilization, Université de Paris Nanterre, Nanterre, Languages Faculty, Department of Applied Foreign Languages
- 2010 - 2019 Deputy Director of the research laboratory « Mondes Américains » – UMR 8168 –, (CNRS, EHESS, Université de Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne et Université de Paris Nanterre)
- 1996 - 2001 Professor, Université de Rouen, Humanities and Literature Faculty, Department of Spanish Studies
- 1994 - 1996 Visiting Professor, Université de Paris Nanterre, Nanterre, Social Sciences and Administration Faculty, Department of History
- 1990 - 1994 N. D. Dao Professor, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas, Institute of Historical Studies
- 1991 - 1992 Andrés Bello Fellow, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University
Fields of Scholarship
- History of oil
- Latin American history of ideas
- History of asphalt
- History of commodities
- Latin American historiography
- Latin American economic history
- History of cocoa
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Corresponding Member for France of the National Academy of History of Venezuela
- 2018 Chevalier, ordre national du Mérite, France
- 2002 Member of the French Chocolate and Confectionery Academy (seat n° 8)
- 1993 City of Caracas Literature Prize [Premio Municipal de Literatura]. Mention: « Historical Research »
- 1989 Order of Andrés Bello, grand cordon first class, Venezuela