Clara Estow

Background

Clara Estow was born on April 20, 1945 in Cali, Colombia, became U.S. citizen.

Education

Clara graduated from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with a B.A. in 1965. The she graduated from Brandeis University wirh a M.A. in 1967 and with a Ph.D. in 1975.

Career

Clara worked at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst as an instructor from 1968 until 1971, as an assistant professor from 1974 until 1982, as an associate professor from 1982 until 1994, as professor of Hispanic studies since 1994, as department head between 1989 and 1992, as department head at Harbor Campus, Boston since 1995, as director of Latin American studies program from 1995 until 1998. She was member of executive committee at the Center for World Languages and Cultures. She worked as director of executive committee at the International Institute Foundation in Spain from 1989 until 1990. She was a liaison for international faculty exchange at Colombia Consulate, Boston. Estow was also workshop leader of the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities from 1992 till 1995. She is currently Professor Emerita of the University of Massachusetts, Boston since 2008.

Achievements

• Estow authored several widely respected books in her field as well as dozens of articles and essays on a number of topics. She was UMass Boston’s first Hispanic to lead the University Faculty Council.

Works

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  • Pedro the Cruel of Castile (1350-1369) (Mediaeval Mediterranean) (Medieval Mediterranean) by Clara Estow (1995-06-01)

Membership

She has been a member of American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain, Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art.