Gastón Antonio Zapata Velasco

Peruvian historian, professor and columnist

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Gastón Antonio Zapata Velasco
Gastón Antonio Zapata Velasco in 2014.
Born	25 October 1951 Lima, Peru
Nationality	Peruvian
Alma mater	Pontificial Catholic University of Peru
Occupation	Historian

Gastón Antonio Zapata Velasco (born October 25, 1951) is a Peruvian historian, professor and columnist, known for his investigations and articles about the history and sociopolitical reality of Peru.

Biography

Son of the director of the Civil Guard, Gastón Zapata de la Flor.

He studied Letters at the Pontificial Catholic University of Peru, after that he obtained a Master of Arts in Latin American History at the Columbia University.^[1] He also studied diplomatics in History in the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences from Paris, France.

Back to Columbia University he studied a Master's Degree (Ph.M) and obtained a Doctorate (Ph.D) in Latin American History.

He is professor in the Humanities Department from the Pontificial Catholic University of Peru and from the Social Sciences Department from the National University of San Marcos.

He is columnist for newspaper La Republica^[2] and political analyst. He is Research Associate from the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP), specialized in contemporary history.

He was director and presenter from the history programme "Sucedió en el Perú", from TV Perú.

Publications

Cultura, diversidad y conocimientos ante los tratados de libre comercio. Lima: ITACAB, 2005.
El joven Belaunde: historia de la revista El Arquitecto Peruano, 1937-1963. Lima: Minerva, 1995.
La crónica del cólera en el Perú. Lima: DESCO, 1991.
Pensando a la derecha. Lima: Planeta, 2016
La guerra senderista. Lima: Taurus, 2017

References

^ "Directorio de Recursos Humanos afines a la CTI". Archived from the original on 2020-01-10. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
^ LR, Redacción (2012-04-05). "Antonio Zapata: No se necesitaba un golpe de Estado para llevar al Perú hacia el neoliberalismo" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2018-08-16.

External links

Antonio Zapata's semanal column in La República.
Sucedió en el Perú: La Guerra del Pacífico 1879-1883 Sucedió en el Perú: La Guerra del Pacífico 1879-1883