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Dr. William A. Booth

William Booth is a historian of twentieth century Latin America with a particular focus on Mexico and U.S.-Latin American relations. His research largely focuses on socialism and communism in the Americas, on radical transnational networks, and on the historiography of the Cold War. He has taught at Warwick, Oxford, LSE and Johns Hopkins SAIS as well as previously having taught at UCL History and most recently at the Institute of the Americas.

Major publications

Media appearances/public engagement

Bill appears regularly on radio and television (LBC, BBC News, France24, TRT World) discussing Latin American history and politics. He has contributed to numerous blogs and podcasts as well as hosting the Radical Americas Podcast. At Oxford and UCL he has worked to expand access to higher education to students from historically excluded backgrounds, and to help those students adjust to university life and fulfil their potential.

Teaching

Culture and Revolutions in Latin America (Advanced Seminar)
History, Democracy, Memory (Second Year Thematic)
Crime and Punishment in Latin America (Second Year Research Seminar)
Latin America's Cold War (third-year special subject) 
Latin America in Global Intellectual History (MA Module)
 

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Email: william.booth@ucl.ac.uk

Office: 108, 25 Gordon Square

Student support & feedback hours: Tuesday 12-1 (drop in or by appointment)

Student support & feedback hours are an opportunity for students to chat with their module tutors about their ideas, any support they might need with the module, and to go through feedback from their assessments. 

External roles

Convenor, IHR Latin American History seminar
Editor, Radical Americas Journal

Qualifications

PhD University of London, 2012
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2017