Recent History: Outlines on an Expanding Research Field

  • Marina Franco Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales, Universidad Nacional de San Martin / Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina
  • Daniel Lvovich Instituto de Desarrollo Humano, Universidad de General Sarmiento / Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina
Keywords: Recent History, Historiography, Military Dictatorship, Political Violence, Memory

Abstract

This article aims to present what we consider the main characteristics of the field of recent history, which in Argentina developed in the last decade a process of intellectual and institutional consolidation and a remarkable research progress, embodied in PhD. theses, articles, books and papers. In order to do it, we review the main epistemological and political problems that appears in this historiographical area, we present some quantitative data to account for the expansion process, and propose a balance of the main production topics, particularizing the vacancy areas and challenges that confront the field of recent history today.

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Published
2017-06-29
How to Cite
Franco, M., & Lvovich, D. (2017). Recent History: Outlines on an Expanding Research Field. Boletín Del Instituto De Historia Argentina Y Americana Dr. Emilio Ravignani, (47). Retrieved from http://revistascientificas2.filo.uba.ar/index.php/boletin/article/view/6707
Section
Notes and Debates