Oscar Osorio
Student
Université Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Paris Saclay
FR
Biography
Born in Peru, I've made a bachelor degree in History at the San Marcos University. The, I move to Europe and made an Erasmus Mundus program in industrial heritage. Currently I'm doing a master degree in social history and human exchange between Europe and South America during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Articles (2)
Pan Americanism
The US-led Pan American Union, created in 1890, is generally understood as a form of soft power serving Washington’s interests abroad. Until the end of WWII, it also meant educating US citizens about their new hemispheric responsibilities by promoting Latin American culture, through scientific cooperation, language teaching, art and literature.
South Atlantic
South Atlantic is approached as a space of circulation over three distinct periods. The first begins in 1500, when the Portuguese Admiral Álvares Cabral reached the South American coast. This period ends with the end of the bilateral slave trade between Brazil and Africa (1850). The independence of African nations started a third period.