Dr. Maria Marsilli Cardozo, Ph.D
Professor
Background
Dr. Marsilli has been at John Carroll University since 2002. Her earlier research focused on Andean traditional religions and their encounter with Spanish Catholicism in the Andes, particularly in Southern Peru-Northern Chile. In this area, she published extensively. Her current research projects focus on the use of the colonial past in the creation of national identity icons in Latin America.Areas of Expertise
Latin American historyGlobal history
Assessment practices
Accreditation practices
Curricular development --interdisciplinary integration
Research Interests
Gender and race in the formation of national identity.Native women as cultural mediators.
Native religious practices.
Education
Ph.D., Emory University, 2002.M.A., UC Davis, 1993
Courses Taught
HS2473 “History of Mexico”, LINKED class
HS2471 “Latin American History and Culture”, LINKED class
EN1250 “Seminar on Academic Writing”
HS1467 "History of the Caribbean", HUM class
HS2071 “World Geography”, EGC class
PJHR 101 “Introduction to Human Rights”, ISJ class
HS 2477 “Empire of Paper,” class LINKED
HS3473, “Women and the Catholic Church in the Americas”, EGC class
HS1475, "Latin American Dictators", ISJ class.
HS2001 "World Civilizations to 1500", EGC class.
HS2478“Cuba: Past and Present”, team-taught EGC class.
Publications
(Last 10 years)Maria Marsilli, Hábitos Perniciosos: Religión Andina Colonial en la Diócesis de Arequipa, siglos XVI-XVIII (Second Edition). Ediciones El Lector, Universidad Católica del Perú, University of Warsaw, 2025. ISBN: ISBN 978-612-5126-83-2
* Maria Marsilli, “La bruja mestiza (pérfidamente) conveniente: ‘La Quintrala”’ en la imaginación política del sur andino. Chile, siglo XIX: en: Alejandro Málaga, coordinador, Que Soles se Acercaban al Pasado. Homenaje a Luis Millones, vol 1, pp.: 417-441. Lima: Editorial Universidad César Vallejos, 2024. ISBN 978-612-51-1434-1
* Gloria Vaquera, Colin Swearingen, John McBratney, Maria Marsilli, “Linked Together: The Benefits of Integrative Teaching in the Liberal Arts”, The Teaching Professor, 2024.
Maria Marsilli, “¿Indias Putas, Indias Conquistadoras, Indias Conquistadas? Análisis para una Reflexión sobre el Rol de las Mediadoras Indígenas en la Creación de Imaginarios Nacionales: La Malinche y Pocahontas en la Historiografía Moderna USA” in Book: Colonialismo en América. Prácticas, Imaginarios y Resignificaciones, Andrea Armijo Reyes, Xochitl Inostroza Ponce, Maximiliano Salinas Campos (eds.) Editorial Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2023, pp. 25-53 ISBN 978-956-303-653-4
Marsilli M. “Gender, colonial past, national identity, and mestizaje in Chile: The many faces of ‘La Quintrala’” History Compass. 2019; e12596.
Hidalgo, Jorge L., María Marsilli C., and Julio Aguilar H. “Redes Familiares, Carreras Eclesiásticas y Extirpación de Idolatría. Doctrina de Camiña, Tarapacá. Siglo XVII” ("Family Networks, Ecclesiastical Careers, and Extirpation of Idolatry. Parish of Camiña, Tarapaca, 17th century"). Chungara. Revista de Antropología Chilena 48.3 (2016)
