"It's Worth a Potosí: The Mountain and its Silver Mines as an Icon of Economic and Political Power"

Claudia A. Cornejo Happel is a PhD candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, currently writing her dissertation “The Discordant Iconicity of the Cerro Rico of Potosí.”  She is also a Doctoral Intern and Graduate Consultant at the University Center for the Advancement of Teaching.

Sponsored by the Americas Before 1900 Working Group.