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Associate Professor, Member of the Academic Committee
Fields of expertise
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Education
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B.A. with honors (magna cum laude), History, Duke University, U.S.A.
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Ph.D. in International Economic Relations, London School of Economics, England
Other current posts
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Professor, Chair of Contemporary Latin American History and Civilization, University of Paris X-Nanterre.
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Member of the Académie Française du Chocolat et de la Confiserie; President (since 2004) of the Academy's Chocolate and Confectionery Dictionary Commission
Previous experience
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Professor, Chair of Contemporary Latin American History and Civilization, University of Rouen (1996-2002)
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Associate Professor, Chair of Contemporary Latin American History and Civilization, University of Paris X-Nanterre (1994-1996)
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Andrés Bello Fellow, St. Antony's College, Oxford University (1991-1992)
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Associate Professor, "N.D. Dao" Chair of Contemporary Venezuelan History, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas (1990-1994)
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Associate Professor, History Postgraduate Programme, Universidad Santa María, Caracas (1983-1990)
Selected publications
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El modelo económico del Liberalismo Amarillo: Historia de un fracaso, 1888-1908 (Caracas: Universidad Santa María, 1984)
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Formación y crisis de un sistema financiero nacional. Banca y Estado en Venezuela, 1830-1940 (Caracas: Co-published by Fondo Editorial Antonio José de Sucre and Fondo Editorial Buría, 1987)
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Histoire du Chocolat (Paris: Editions Desjonquères - Collection "Outremer", 1992; 2nd revised edition, 2008)
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Asfalto y Revolución: la New York & Bermudez Company (Caracas: Co-published by Fundación para el Rescate del Acervo Histórico Venezolano and Monte Avila Editores, 1992)
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'L'iconographie du consensus: les illustrations des manuels scolaires d'histoire nationale en Amérique latine', in: Image et Transmission des Savoirs dans les Mondes Hispaniques et Hispano-Américains, Jean-Louis Guereña (s.l.d.), (Tours: Presses Universitaires de Tours, Série 'Ếtudes Hispaniques', XIX, 2007), p. 465-484.
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'De l'Officine à l'Office : Métamorphoses Progressives du Chocolat en France au XVIIIe siècle', in: Tomate et chocolat. Usages alimentaires et créolisation culturelle, Pascale Budillon Puma (S.l.d.), (Paris : Michel Houdiard Ếditeur, 2008), p. 41-52 + ill. h.t..
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Dr. Nikita Harwich collaborates with the European Center for the Promotion of History
April 16, 2009
On April 15th, 2009, Dr. Nikita Harwich gave a lecture in Orléans, France, on the topic "Crossed exchanges between the New and the Old World", in a series organized by the European Center for the Promotion of History.
Second edition of Dr. Harwich's 'Histoire du Chocolat'
November 9, 2007
Dr. Nikita Harwich is currently working on a revised and updated second edition of his book Histoire du Chocolat (Editions Desjonquères, Paris). The first edition, which is now out of print, has become a standard reference on the subject. The new edition will be published by the end of February 2008 and will be presented at the March 2008 'Salon du Livre' in Paris. Dr. Harwich already published several books on the subjects of : foreign investment in nineteenth and early twentieth century Latin America; the development of national identities in Latin America; trade and development in Latin America.
The 'AGS experience' is about travelling through various places, spaces, contexts, perspectives, theories, approaches and ideas, colored in different nationalities, accents, cultures and identities, all at one place. The AGS corridors may be short but they are wide if you let your minds roam free.