Description: The latest volume in the Writing History series, Writing Conceptual History provides History students with an overview of, and easy access to, the central concepts of conceptual history and its practical applications.
Brief description: Lizette Jacinto holds a BA in History from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico (2001), MA studies in History by the Institute f or Social Sciences and Humanities "Alfonso Vélez Pliego" (ICSyH) of the Benemeritus Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), Puebla, Mexico (2003), and the Dr.-Phil. degree in History from the Witten-Herdecke University, Witten, Germany (2010), obtained under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jörn Rüsen, and in collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Cultural Studies (KWI), Essen, Germany. She has taught at the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, and the Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, and has also been a guest lecturer at different universities in Europe and Latin America. Since 2015 she has been the lead trainer for Latin America of the research proposal writing courses Dies-ProGRANt, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), Germany. Since December 2015 she is a full Research Professor of the Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities "Alfonso Vélez Pliego" (ICSyH) of the BUAP university in Puebla, Mexico. Since 2017 she is a member of the National System of Researchers, SNI Level I, in Mexico. She is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the journals Historia da Historiografía, Brazil, and the electronic journal iMex - México Interdisciplinario, of the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. Since 2020 she is Member of the Board of Advisors of Bloomsbury Publishers, England, for the collection Theory and Method. In 2022, she was the organizer of the IV Congress of the International Theory of History Network (INTH), held in Puebla, Mexico. She has coordinated the books Género y Ciencia, Editorial Velvuert, 2011, and Racismo, cuerpo y violencia en América Latina, BUAP-Ediciones del Lirio, 2019. Her lines of research are associated with Theory of History (microhistory, cultural history and conceptual history), Social Movements, Feminism, History of Mexico in XX-XXI centuries, as well as Mexico-German Relations, especially the German-speaking left-wing Exile in Mexico.
Review Quotes:
"This book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in conceptual history. It provides clear, practical guidance on how to write conceptual history, filling a gap that has been missing in the field until now." --Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen, Professor of Philosophy, University of Oulu, Finland
"This volume offers a lucid exposition of what makes Conceptual History different from rival approaches to ideas together with eight case-studies in which the authors reflect on their methods as they employ them. It should be essential reading for intellectual historians." --Peter Burke, Emmanuel College Cambridge, UK "The editors have assembled a wide-ranging collection of essays that perambulate the boundaries shared by conceptual history with other approaches to intellectual history, including Cambridge School contextualism and newer approaches such as the histories of emotions and of knowledge. The authors explore both the promise and pitfalls of digitalization and AI, while drawing attention to the genealogy of highly topical terms such as "climate crisis". Anyone interested in the history of ideas will want to read this book." --Daniel Woolf, Professor, Queen's University, USA "This brilliantly conceived analysis of the various approaches to conceptual history is by far the best introduction to that expanding field of knowledge. Through invaluable theoretical overviews and illuminating case studies, the contributors lucidly and engagingly provide insights into the always contested temporal and spatial nature of social and political language." --Michael Freeden, Professor of Politics, University of Oxford, UK