CURRICULUM VITAE

Last Name: GOMEZ

First Names: Alejandro Enrique
Nationality: Venezuelan
Birthdate : 29/10/1968
E-mail : agomez[at]ehess.fr

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Primary: Connected Histories, Histoires Croisées, and Social History in the Caribbean,
Spanish America and the Atlantic World in the Colonial Period and the Age of
Revolutions.
Secondary: Political and intellectual history in contemporary Venezuela and Latin America.

EDUCATION

2004- École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris, France)

DOCTOR CANDIDATE at the doctoral school of History and Civilizations.
Dissertation subject: “The Syndrome of Saint-Domingue: Perceptions and
representations of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1791-1886”
(Research project, abridged version).
Dissertation supervisor: Dr. Frédérique Langue (CNRS-EHESS/CERMA).

2002-2004 Universidad Simón Bolívar (Caracas, Venezuela)

MAGISTER in Political Science. Thesis: “¿Citizens of Colour?: From the
‘Mulatto Affaire’ in France to the ‘Pardo Question’ in Venezuela, 1789-1812.”
Thesis supervisor: Dr. Carole Leal Curiel.
Referees: Dr. Germán Carrera Damas, Dr. Anibal Romero

1997-2002 Universidad Central de Venezuela (Caracas, Venezuela)

LICENCIATE / B.A. in History, area of concentration: History of the Americas.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude. Thesis: “The Revolution in the French Antilles from
the perspective of some royalist officers who migrated to the Coast of Caracas,
1790-1795.”
Thesis supervisor: Dr. Ramón Aizpurua.
Referees: Dr. María Elena González de Luca, Dr. Luís Felipe Pellicer

1992-1995 Instituto Universitario de Nuevas Profesiones (Caracas, Venezuela)

TÉCNICO SUPERIOR in Business Administration.

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 AWARDS AND GRANTS

2007 RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN NEW YORK CITY, granted by the Gilder

Lehrman Institute of American History (New York, United States).
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN RICHMOND, granted by the Virginia
Historical Society (Richmond, VA, United States).
2006 RESEARCH BURSARY IN OXFORD, given by the David Nichols Memorial
Trust (Oxford, England).
ACCOMODATION GRANT IN SEVILLE, given by the Instituto de Estudios
Hispano-Americanos (Seville, Spain).
2005 MATRICULATION AND INSURANCE GRANT + SCHOLARSHIP to
pursue doctoral studies in France, given by EduFrance (France) and
Fundayacucho (Venezuela) [The Venezuelan government refused to comply its
part of the bi-national agreement].
2004 TRAVEL AND RESEARCH GRANT IN FRANCE, given by the French
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France).
2003 PRIZE TO THE CARIBBEAN [HISTORICAL] THOUGHT (20.000 US$),
awarded by UNESCO and the government of the State of Quintana Roo (Cancún,
Mexico). Composition of jury: Lancelot Cowie (University of the West Indies),
Silvio Torres Saillant (Syracuse University) and Germán Carrera Damas
(Universidad Central de Venezuela).
2002 TRAVEL AND RESEARCH GRANT IN FRANCE given by the French
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France).

PUBLICATIONS

Book / Monograph
2004 “Fidelidad bajo el viento: Revolución y contrarrevolución en las Antillas
francesas, a través de la experiencia de algunos oficiales realistas emigrados
a la Tierra Firme hispana, 1790-1795”. Mexico: Siglo XXI Editores, 2004,
194p. Partially available on line through Google Books

Chapters in collective works

2009 “El ‘mal ejemplo’ haitiano. La revolución de Saint-Domingue en la
‘memoria histórica’ de los virginianos 1831-1865”, in Clément Thibaud,
Federica Morelli and Geneviève Verdo (eds.), Les Empires atlantiques: des
Lumières au libéralisme (1763-1865), Nantes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes.
2007 “Malas y peores noticias en la Capitanía General de Venezuela en tiempos
de la Revolución Haitiana”, in Frédérique Langue and Sandra Jatahy Pesavento
(coords.), Sensibilidades na história: memórias, singulares et identidades
sociais. Porto Alegre (Brazil): Editora da UFRGS, 2007, pp.205-238

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2006 “Del ‘affaire’ de los mulatos, al asunto de los pardos”, in Las Revoluciones en
el mundo Atlántico: una perspectiva comparada. Bogotá: Universidad Externado
de Colombia-Taurus, 2006.
“Haïti : entre la peur et le besoin”, in G. Bonnaci et al. (dir.), La Révolution
haïtienne au delà de ses frontières. París: Karthala (France). Partially available
on line through Google Books
2005 “La reliquia más preciada de la Revolución bolivariana”, in D. Irwin et F.
Langue (Eds.), Militares y poder en Venezuela (Ensayos históricos vinculados
con las relaciones civiles y militares venezolanas). Caracas: Universidad Católica
Andrés Bello (Venezuela), 2005.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

2008 “La Revolución de Caracas 'desde abajo'. Impensando la primera
independencia de Venezuela desde la perspectiva de los Libres de Color, y
de las pugnas político-bélicas que se dieran en torno a su acceso a la
ciudadanía, 1793-1815”, in Nuevo Mundo-Mundos Nuevos, No.8. Paris:
CERMA (France). On line
2006 “El Síndrome de Saint-Domingue: Percepciones y sensibilidades de la
Revolución Haitiana en el Gran Caribe (1791-1814)”, in Caravelle, No.86.
Toulouse: Université de Toulouse-le-Mirail (France), 2006. Partially available on
line through Google Books
“Entre résistance, piraterie et républicanisme: mouvements insurrectionnels
d’inspiration révolutionnaire franco-antillaise dans la Côte de Caracas,
1794-1800”, in Travaux et Recherches de l’UMLV, No. 11. Marne-la-Vallée:
Université de Marne-la-Vallée (France), 2006. On line
“La nueva Historia Atlántica: un asunto de escalas” (with Federica Morelli),
in Nuevo Mundo-Mundos Nuevos, No.6. Paris: CERMA (France), 2006. On line
“La ley de los franceses: una reinterpretación de las insurrecciones de
inspiración jacobina en la costa de Caracas”, in Akademos, Vol. 7, No.1.
Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Humanidades y
Educación (Venezuela), 2006.
“¿Ciudadanos de Color? El problema de la ciudadanía de los esclavos y la
Gente de Color durante la revoluciones franco-antillanas, 1788-1804”, in
Anuario de Estudios Bolivarianos, No.11. Valle de Sartenejas: Universidad
Simón Bolívar (Venezuela), 2006. On line (1) On line (2)
“L’épée du Libertador dans l’idéologie des révolutionnaires bolivariens”, in
Problèmes d’Amérique Latine, No. 60 (Spring). Paris: Institute Choiseul
(France), 2006.
2005 “La Revolución Haitiana y la Tierra Firme hispana”, in Nuevo Mundo
Mundos Nuevos, N. 5. Paris: CERMA (France), 2005. On line
“El papel de los intelectuales en la Venezuela de Hugo Chávez: los
historiadores a la palestra pública”, in L'Ordinaire Latino Américain, No. 207.
Toulouse: IPEALT (France), 2005, pp.83-94.
“El ‘Estigma Africano’ en los Mundos Hispano-Atlánticos, siglos XIV al
XIX”, in Revista de Història, No.153 (2nd. Semester 2005), São Paulo,
Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil), 2005, pp.139-180. On line

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 SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

2009 Paper: “Conflictos étnico-estamentales entre aspiraciones tradicionales

modernizadas de Blancos Criollos y Libres de Color. Provincia de Caracas,
1789-1828”, presented at the Maison des langues et des cultures, Université
Stendhal Grenoble 3 (Grenoble, France), February 2009.
Paper: “The Bourbon Monarch’s Most Loyal and Humblest Servants.
French royalist officers in the Hispanic Caribbean in times of revolution,
1790-1795”, presented at the annual conference of the American Historical
Association, CLAH-AHA, held at the Sheraton Hotel, in New York (NY, United
States), January 2009.
2007 Paper: “Beyond the 'Haitian Fear'”. Presented at the conference: Atlantic
Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1760-1868, held at the University of Leeds
(Leeds, Great Britain), December 2007.
Paper: “My friends Brissot, Raynal and Wilberforce: Francisco Miranda's
position towards slavery in his emancipation projects for Spanish America,
1788-1811.” Presented at the conference: Abolitions, 1807-2007. Ending the
Slave Trade in the Atlantic World held at the King's Manor (University of York,
Great Britain), May 2007.
2006 Paper: “Between Resistance and Republicanism.” Presented at the conference
of the Society of Caribbean Studies at the National Archives (Kew Gardens,
York, Great Britain), June 2006.
Paper: “Les pardos vénézuéliens face à la question de l’égalité sociopolitique,
1795-1814.” Presented in the workshop Colloque étudients, organized by Jean
Hébrard and Myriam Cottias at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
(Paris, France), February 2006.
2005 Paper: “The Pardo Question: Political and ideological struggle on Free
Coloreds equality during the Revolution of Caracas, 1810-1812.” Presented
in the workshop: Atlantic History Workshop. The Age of Revolution in the
Atlantic World at Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI, United States),
May 2005. On line
Paper: “Les élites mulâtres haïtiennes et les ‘pardos beneméritos’
vénézuéliens, et leur aspiration à l’égalité, 1789-1812.” presented in the
seminar Déuxième Seminaire d’Histoire des sensibilités, at the École des Hautes
Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris, France), March, 2005. On line (in Spanish)
2004 Paper: “Del ‘affaire’ de los mulatos, al asunto de los pardos.” Presented at the
seminar: Las Revoluciones en el Mundo Atlántico: una perspectiva comparada in
the Universidad Externado de Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia), October 2004.
Paper: “Haïti : entre la peur et le besoin.” Presented in the coloque La
Révolution haïtienne au delà de ses frontières at the École des Hautes Études en
Sciences Sociales (Paris, France), June 2004.
Paper: “The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Coast of Caracas.”
Presented in the congress Re-interpreting the Haitian Revolution and its cultural
aftershocks’ at the University of the West Indies (St. Augustine, Trinidad and
Tobago), June 2004.

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 INVITED PRESENTATIONS

2009 Seminar paper: "In pursue of the Haitian Fear, 1791-1886", presented at a
graduate seminar at the Università degli studi di Torino (Torino, Italia), March
2009.
2008 Seminar paper: "Un argument fort convaincant: réferences et usages de la
révolution à St.Domingue dans le Monde Atlantique, 1791-1880", presented
at the graduate seminar Histoire et anthropologie des Sensibilités, held at the
Institut des hautes études de l'Amérique latine (Paris, France), in November
2008.
2005 Lectured session: "Entre résistance, piraterie et républicanisme", presented at
a course of Capes d'histoire, University of Marne-la-Vallé (Champs-sur-Marne,
France), November 2005.
2004 Book Talk: "Fidelidad bajo el viento", presented at the School of History,
Universidad Central de Venezuela (Caracas, Venezuela), October 2004.

BOOK REVIEWS

2007 Manuel Hernández González, Francisco de Miranda y su ruptura con España,

Las Palmas, Ediciones Ideas, 2006, 213 p.”, Nuevo Mundo-Mundos Nuevos,
No.7. Paris: CERMA (France). On line
Jacques de Cauna (ed.), Toussaint Louverture et l’indépendance d’Haïti, Paris,
Karthala/SFHOM, 2004, 296 p., Nuevo Mundo-Mundos Nuevos, No.7. Paris:
CERMA (France). On line
2006 Matthew Brown, Martín Alonso Roa (comp.), Militares extranjeros en la
independencia de Colombia. Nuevas Perspectivas, Bogotá, Museo Nacional de
Colombia, 2005, 311 p., Nuevo Mundo-Mundos Nuevos, No.6. Paris: CERMA
(France). On line
Domingo Irwin, Luís Alberto Buttó y Frédérique Langue, Control Civil y
Pretorianismo en Venezuela, Caracas, UPEL-Universidad Católica Andrés Bello,
2006, 228 p., Nuevo Mundo-Mundos Nuevos, No.6. Paris: CERMA (France). On
line
María Dolores González-Ripoll, Consuelo Naranjo, Ada Ferrer, Gloria García y
Josef Opatrný, El rumor de Haití en Cuba: Temor, Raza y Rebeldía, 1789-1844,
Madrid, CSIC, Col. Tierra Nueva e Cielo Nuevo, No.50, 2004, 444 p., Nuevo
Mundo-Mundos Nuevos, No.6. Paris: CERMA (France). On line
Álvarez Cuartero, Izaskún; Sánchez Gómez, Julio (Eds.), Visiones y revisiones de
la independencia americana (México, Centroamérica y Haití). Salamanca:
Ediciones de la Universidad de Salamanca; Aquilafuente, 84, 2005., Nuevo
Mundo-Mundos Nuevos, No.6. Paris: CERMA (France). On line

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 TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2009-2010 TEMPORARY ASSISTANT PROFESOR (A.T.E.R.) at the department of

Latin American and Iberian Studies (E.I.L.A.), of the Université Sorbonne
Nouvelle-Paris III.
2006 Taught Undergraduate Course, as part of the program ‘L’invention de la
liberté dans l’Amérique espagnole. Un essai d’histoire croisée’ (Structured
syllabus, directed/lectured sessions and administered grades), TD in the LH13
teaching unit at the University of Paris-Est / Marne-la-Vallée (Champs-sur-
Marne, France), Nov.-Dec. 2006
2003 Taught Undergraduate Course, ‘El Caribe en Tierra Firme’ (Structured
syllabus lectured the sessions and administered grades) at the School of History
School, Universidad Central de Venezuela. Jan.-June 2003
2002 Teaching Assistant to professor Ramón Aizpurua in his course ‘Problemas de
historia caribeña’ (Led discussions and lectured some sessions) at the School of
History School, Universidad Central de Venezuela. Sept.-Dec.2002

OTHER ACADEMIC / LABORAL ACTIVITIES

2009-2010 COORDINATION OF WORKSHOP, Les empires du monde atlantique en

révolution. Une perspective transnationale (1763-1865), along with Dr. Clément
Thibaud and Dr. Federica Morelli. This workshop will be held at the EHESS
(Paris, France) in June 2010.
2009-2011 PARTICIPATION TO AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT: Independencia y
comunicación. Mexico en las redes de información atlánticas, 1810-1821,
coordinated by Dr. Johanna von Grafenstein (Instituto Mora, Mexico) and funded
by CONACYT.
2008, 2009 COORDINATION OF DOSSIER, "INDEPENDENCIAS" in the e-journal,
Nuevo Mundo-Mundos-Nuevos, along with Dr. Federica Morelli. On line (1), On
line (2)
2005- MEMBER OF THE REDACTION COMITEE of the e-journal, Nuevo
Mundo-Mundos Nuevos (http://www.nuevomundo.revues.org).
ASSOCIATED MEMBER of the Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
(CERMA).
2004- PARTICIPATION TO AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT: “The History of
Sensibilities: Another way of writing the History of the Americas, the Caribbean
and Europe", coordinated by Dr. Frédérique Langue (CERMA/CNRS, France)
and Sandra Jatahy Pesavento (UFRGS, Brazil).
2002-2006 PARTICIPATION TO A BINATIONAL PROGRAM, ECOS-NORD.
Project: “Republicanisms in France and Venezuela: transatlantic models and
tropisms”. Scientific agreement between the University Simón Bolívar (Caracas)
and the University of Marne-la-Vallée (Champs-sur-Marne, France).

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2002-2004 ADJUCT RESEARCHER at the Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas
BOLIVARIUM, Universidad Simón Bolívar (Caracas, Venezuela).
1992-2001 Different positions and responsibilities at the Sales Department and the
Marketing Department of the company Bautemédica, C.A. (Caracas, Venezuela).

LANGUAGES

Native language: Spanish.

Reading, writing and speaking competence in English and French.
Basic reading and basic speaking competence in Italian.

Paris, September 1st, 2009