Sekretariat: Katharina Hilbich
Prof. Dr. Hans Werner Tobler (Vorsteher)
Dr. Stephan Scheuzger; Lic.phil.hist. Mirjam Bugmann
Laufende Projekte:"Comparative Analysis of Great Revolutions: China and Mexico in the 20th Century State Development in North and Latin America, 18th to 20th Century", "Der Andere in der ideologischen Vorstellungskraft. Die Linke und die indigene Frage in Mexiko", "Die mexikanische Linke und die nationale Identität", "Latin American Peasants's Under the Conditions of Modernity", "El factor étnico en la formación nacional en Centroamérica", "Legitimacy of Domination and Use of Violence in Guatemala", "Indian Peasant Resistance in Guatemala", "Regional Economic Networks and Local Government in North and Latin America".