Center for InterAmerican Studies
E-Mail: lorena.albornoz@uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: +49 521 106-2477
Office: Gebäude X A3-252
EDUCATION
May 2026 Defense of the doctoral thesis in Ibero-American History, Bielefeld University
2020–2025 Doctoral program at the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology
2019–2021 Master’s degree in Human Rights, Interculturality and Development. Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
2014–2016 Master’s degree in Anthropology, Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano. Santiago, Chile
2010 Master’s (candidate) in Management, Access and Conservation of Species in Trade: The International Framework, Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, Baeza, Spain
2009 Law degree, University of Chile
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2026 Lecturer, University of Bielefeld, "Zwischen Frieden und Krieg: Fuentes hispanas del mundo colonial y republicano en Latinoamérica"/ Winter Semester 2026/27
2026 Development of a commissioned digital educational project for the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB) on Mapuche photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries
2026 Member of the Editorial Team, CALAS Handbook: The Anthropocene in Latin America/Mining and Energy. Bielefeld University
2023–2024 Research Assistant, Faculty of Education: Migration education and criticism of racism. Bielefeld University
2013–2019 Legal adviser, Human Rights Office, Servicio Médico Legal (SML). Santiago, Chile
2010–2013 Legal adviser, National Institute of Human Rights (INDH). Santiago, Chile
MAIN AWARDS
2026 Awarded by the DGEJ–Gale Digital Humanities Fellowship, German Society for 18th-Century Studies/Gale Digital Scholar Lab
2024 Awarded Procope Mobility Grant by the French Embassy in Germany for a research stay at IE2IA, University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour. France
2022 Awarded by the Slicher van Bath de Jong Foundation grant. Centre for Latin-American Research and Documentation. University of Amsterdam. CEDLA
2020 Beca Chile-DAAD to pursue a PhD in History at Bielefeld University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Global History of Diplomacy, History of law, Indigenous history, Indigenous rights, Human Rights, Memory, Legal anthropology, Decolonial approaches