Christian Büschges is professor of Iberian and Latin American history at the Institute of History of the University of Bern (Switzerland) and a member of the Center for Global Studies of that university. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cologne (Germany). He has been a professor of history at the University of Bielefeld as well as a visiting professor of history at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar in Quito (Ecuador). His main focus of work is the political and social history of Latin America from the colonial period to the present day in a transregional and global perspective. He is a specialist in the study of the Hispanic monarchy of the modern age, Latin American (post-) colonial social elites as well as social movements and identity politics in Latin America. His research areas are concentrated in the Andean region and Mexico.