Lawrence A. Clayton
Professor Emeritus
Education
- PhD, Tulane University, 1972
About
Research Interests
- Latin America
- Conquest and Early Settlement
- Andean Region
- Cuba
- History of the Christian Church
Current Projects
- Apostle to the Indians: The Life of Bartolomé de las Casas for Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Bartolomé de las Casas in Documents for Bedford/St. Martin’s.
- The Air War over the Bay of Pigs, April, 1961.
Courses Taught
- The Spanish Frontier in North America (HY 429/529)
- History of the Christian Church to 1500 (HY 235)
- History of the Christian Church Since 1500 (HY 236)
- Age of Exploration and Conquest (HY 471/571)
- History of Religion in Latin America (HY 476/576)
- The Iberian Atlantic World (HY 670)
Awards and Honors
- Pew Evangelical Scholars Program Fellowship, 1999-2000.
- Fulbright Senior Research/Lecturing Award, University of Lima, Aug.-Dec., 1988.
- Fulbright Senior Lecturing Award, University of Costa Rica, Aug.-Dec., 1983.
- Choice, Outstanding Academic Book, 1995, The De Soto Chronicles.
Selected Publications
- Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas. New York: Wiley Blackwell, 2011.
- W. R. Grace & Co., los aʼnos formativos, 1850-1930. Lima, Peru: Thalassa, 2008.
- History of Modern Latin America. Co-authored with Michael L. Conniff. Fort Worth, Texas: Harcourt, Brace, 1999. 2nd edition, 2004 by Thomson, Wadsworth.
- Los EE.UU. y el Perú: 1800-1995. Lima, Peru: Centro Peruano de Estudios Internaciones y Xerox del Peru, 1998. 2nd edition, June 2002.
- Peru and the United States: The Condor and the Eagle. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1999.