Kirsten Schultz, professor of history at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, has been awarded the Warren Dean Memorial Prize from the Conference on Latin American History for her book, From Conquest to Colony: Empire, Wealth, and Difference in Eighteenth-Century Brazil (Yale University Press, 2023). The annual award recognizes the best book on the history of Brazil published in English during the previous year.
Dr. Schultz is a scholar of Latin American and Iberian Atlantic history. She has conducted extensive research on Brazil and the Portuguese empire from 1500 to the 1820s, specifically how people understood, affirmed, and contested the exercise of political authority. As a professor, she teaches a broad range of courses on Latin American history and culture. In addition to her most recent book, she has authored several other publications, including Tropical Versailles: Empire, Monarchy, and the Portugese Royal Court in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1821 (Routledge, 2001).
Dr. Schultz is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where she double-majored in history and political science. She holds a master’s degree and Ph.D. in history from New York University.