Overview
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Mignolo’s research and teaching have been devoted, in the past 30 years, to understanding and unraveling the historical foundation of the modern/colonial world system and imaginary since 1500. In his research, the modern/colonial world system and imaginary is tantamount with the historical foundation of Western Civilization and its expansion around the globe. His research stands on four basic …
Current Appointments & Affiliations
William Hane Wannamaker Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Romance Studies
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2023 - Present
Literature,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor Emeritus of Literature and Romance Studies
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2023 - Present
Literature,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Cultural Anthropology
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1995 - Present
Cultural Anthropology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Romance Studies
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2000 - Present
Romance Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
The explosion of globalism and the advent of the third nomos of the earth
Chapter · December 4, 2023 We on the planet are experiencing a change of era, no longer an era of changes. In the era of changes (1500-2000) or the era of the Westernization of the world, changes were linear and within the frame of the colonial matrix of power. The concepts of newne ... Full text CiteColoniality and the State: Race, Nation and Dependency
Journal Article Theory Culture and Society · November 1, 2023 It is of concern that, until now, Western and Southern theories have not been able to provide a full conceptual understanding of the complicity of the elites and states of former colonies outside the West with the political domination they suffer from thei ... Full text CiteThe Colonial Matrix of Power
Chapter · January 1, 2023 Walter Mignolo is an Argentine semiotician, philosopher, and literary scholar who has devoted his career to study the historical foundations of the modern/colonial world system and imaginary since 1500. He is a William Hane Wannamaker Distinguished Profess ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
The Haitian Revolution - A Documentary Film
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Mary Duke Biddle Foundation · 1998 - 1999Globalization and the Relocation of Languages, Cultures
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 1997 - 1998View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
École Pratique des Hautes Études (France) ·
1974
Ph.D.