Hilda Varela-Barraza

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	Mexico
Title	Professor
Affiliation	Center for Asian and African Studies, El Colegio de Mexico
Email	hvarela@colmex.mx
Mailing Address	Camino al Ajusco No. 20, C.P. 10740 Mexico D.F.
Phone/Fax Number(s)	(55 52) 54 49 30 25
Countries of Specialization	Sub Saharan Africa
Education	P.H.D. Political Science/International Relations, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexco) Diplome Avancée en Recherche en Etudes du Développement, Institut Universitaire d'Etudes du Développement, Université de Genéve (Switzerland)
Research Interests	African contemporary political history (mainly Southern Africa) Political change in Africa: democratization and political violence Africa and World Politics African Foreign Policies Mexican Foreign Policy toward Africa
Teaching Interests	African political processes Geography of Africa African Political Thought African history Political Economy of Africa
Publications	""La cultura de la violencia en la última fase del apartheid: Sudáfrica c. 1984-1994", Estudios de Asia y Africa (forthcoming) "Zimbabwe: treinta años de vida independiente", Estudios de Asia y Africa, no. 150, 2013 "La política exterior de México hacia Africa, 2006-2012: ¿el fin de las medidas coyunturales?", Foro Internacional, no. 213-214, 2013 "Los procesos de cambio politico en Túnez y Libia" in Luis Mesa (ed.) El pueblo quiere que caiga, México: El colegio de México, 2012
Keywords	African political history, Political culture and political change,Africa in World Politics