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About
I am an LSE Fellow in Latin American and Caribbean History and I hold a PhD in International History from the London School of Economics.
My current research project is a transnational account of mid-20th century Colombian state formation, and findings from this have been published in Bulletin of Latin American Research, Journal of Latin American Studies and The Americas.
I also have a BA in Spanish from the University of Bristol and a MSc in Theory and History of International Relations from the London School of Economics.Prior to my current position, I was a Predoctoral Fellow at the Universidad del Rosario (2022) and Vault Associate for The Americas (2024-25).
Expertise
20th century Latin America; anti-communism; transnational history; history of gender; history of race
- 'Aspectos internacionales de los años 30 en Colombia’, Historia de Colombia, Universidad del Rosario, April 2021
- ‘The British Government and the Evacuation of the Basque Children, 1937’ presented at Conference on Refugees and Exile: Commemorating the Eightieth Anniversary of the End of the Spanish Civil War, University of Leeds, 27 March 2019
Research
2025
Royal Historical Society Early Career Fellowship Grant
2022
Universidad del Rosario Predoctoral Fellowship
2021
Society for Latin American Studies Harold Blakemore Prize
2019-25
LSE PhD Studentship
Teaching
Charlotte teaches the following courses:
Undergraduate level:
HY239 People, Power and Protest in Latin America, c.1895 to the present day
Postgraduate level:
HY444 Latin America in the Cold War
HY491 Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1930s
Engagement and impact
- Podcast: Communication Revolutions (producer, 2021)
- Podcast: Scottish Centre for Global History, "Graduate Roundtable: The Spanish Civil War's Impact in the Americas" (guest, 26 March 2021)
2026
Dr Charlotte Eaton has published a new article in the Journal of Latin American Studies
Dr Eaton has published a new article entitled, ‘El peligro rojo’: Republican refugees and the construction of the ‘undesirable immigrant’ in Colombia, 1936–42.
The article examines the national and international context within which Colombian immigration policy developed in the mid-twentieth century, as well as the multiple actors who contributed towards its formulation. Focussing on Republican refugees from the Spanish Civil War, it traces how and why policymakers and public opinion in Colombia began to see these groups as potentially harmful to society. It also explores the various actions that these émigrés took to circumvent the various restrictions placed against them.
Read the article HERE