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Enrique Arias Aróstegui

Academic Career

Academic Career

  • 11/2020-currently PhD student at the Justus Liebig University Gießen
  • 2018: Master of History (Outstanding Thesis) at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
  • 2011: Bachelor of Social Sciences. Major in Political Science and Government at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

 

Academic-professional activities

  • 03/2021-2022: Teaching Assistant at Universidad Peruana de Ciencia Aplicadas, Peru
  • 10/2021-02/2022: Part-time at the Justus Liebig University Gießen
  • 09-12/2020: Research Assistant at the Justus Liebig University Gießen
  • 2017-2018: Senior Advisor and Head of Cooperation and International Affairs at the Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil, Perú
  • 2016 - 2017: Senior Consultant at the Minster of Defense, Perú
  • 2011/ 2017: Teaching Assistant at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

 

Research priorities

  • Contemporary history, politics of crises, crime and prison history, natural disasters, memories studies, and social inequalities.
  • Regional focus: Latin America

 

Publications

  • LOVATÓN, D y ARIAS, E (2010) Informe Anual de Seguridad Ciudadana del Instituto de Defensa Legal 2010: El legado de Alan García un país más inseguro. Lima, Instituto de Defensa Legal.
  • ARIAS, E y JIMENEZ, A (2011) Informe Anual de Seguridad Ciudadana del Instituto de Defensa Legal 2011: No al populismo punitivo. Lima, Instituto de Defensa Legal.
  • ARIAS, E (2019) “La construcción del sistema nacional peruano en la primera mitad del siglo XX” in Cesano, Núñez and González Una historia de las prisiones sudamericanas. Entre experiencias locales e historia comparada entre experiencias: siglos XIX y XX”. San Miguel de Tucumán: Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas Leoni Pinto, pp. 507 – 553
  • ARIAS, E. (2020) Review: A Global History of Convicts and Penal Colonies, por Clare Anderson. Revista de Historia de las Prisiones, 11, pp. 188-192
  • Arias Aróstegui, E. (2021) “Neoliberal Values and Traditional Gender Roles: The Construction of Resilience After 3.11 Japan”. KULT_online, no. 64 (December). https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2021.1244.
  • Arias, E., González, R., Kemner, J. y Peters, S. (eds.) (2023) VIOLENCIAS Y RESISTENCIAS: América Latina entre la historia y la memoria. Ediciones Doce Calles
  • Arias Aróstegui, Enrique (2023): “Disaster Risk Management: The Global Paradigm and the Gray Areas in Its Adaptation in Peru”. En: Working Paper Series Puentes Interdisciplinarios, 03. Bonn: Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Latinoamericanos/ Interdisziplinäres Lateinamerikazentrum (ILZ), Universidad de Bonn. (forthcoming)

 

Thesis abstract

 Shaping the Danger: Politics, Disasters, and Memories in Peruy

 Many authors agree that disasters are not solely natural but are inherently political (Guggenheim, 2014; Horowitz & Remes, 2021). Political struggles impact the consequences of disasters, and pre-existing vulnerabilities to natural hazards result from political arrangements. Politicians play a crucial role in defining what constitutes a disaster and the necessity and nature of subsequent relief efforts (Hilhorst, 2013). However, despite the extensive literature, insufficient attention has been given to the impact of politicians’ memories, experiences, and ideas. Most studies exclude politicians’ voices and focus on policies or structural causes of disasters.

My project analyzes the relationship between disasters, politics, and memory in Peru. I argue that to comprehend disasters, one must investigate the political culture surrounding disasters in each country. Due to its geographical conditions, Peru experiences persistent climate anomalies such as floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis, which frequently lead to disasters.

I argue that disaster preparedness and prevention are not necessarily outcomes of a recurrent hazard. Indeed, political cultures of disaster are imbued with inequalities tied to ethnicity, race, geography, and economy. These inequalities influence the construction of the political culture around disasters and continually reshape it. For this reason, I seek to determine how social aspects of inequality played a role in forming this political culture.

 

Keywords: Latin America, natural disaster, politics of crisis, social inequalities, climate change, memories.