Background
Zavala, Silvio was born on February 7, 1909 in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. Son of Arturo Zavala Castillo and Mercedes Vallado García. Disciple of Rafael Altamirano.
Studied under Daniel Cosío Villegas.
researcher Hispanic American Section
Zavala, Silvio was born on February 7, 1909 in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. Son of Arturo Zavala Castillo and Mercedes Vallado García. Disciple of Rafael Altamirano.
Studied under Daniel Cosío Villegas.
Preparatory studies at the University of the Southeast, Mérida, Yucatán. Law degree, National School of Law, National Autonomous University, 1931. Doctor of Laws from the Central University of Madrid, 1931-1933, on a fellowship.
Professor, History of Social Institutions of America, School of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University, 1945. Founder, Director and Professor, Center of Historical Studies, Colegio de México, 1940-1956. Lectured at Columbia University, Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania under a grant from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Guggenheim Fellow, Library of Congress, 1938-1940. Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, 1944.
Founder and director Revista de Historia de America (review of Pan-American Institute of Geography and History) 1938-1965. President Historical Commission, of Pan-American Institute of Geography and History 1946-1965. Professor, of History of Social Instituts of America, University Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
Visiting Professor Mexico City College.
Professor Smith College, Mexico. Director National Museum of History, Chapultepec 1946-1954.
Chief, Section of Education, Science and Culture of United Nations 1947. Visiting Lecturer Harvard 1953, Visiting Professor Washington (Seattle) and Ghent 1956.
Permanent delegation to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 1956-1962.
Executive Council 66, Vice-President 1962-1964. Vice-President Institute Council of Human Sciences and Philosophy 1959-1965, President 1965-1971. Ambassador to France 1966-1975.
President Colegio de Mexico 1963-1966.
Executive Council, Institute Committee for Historical Sciences.
Roman Catholic
Colegio de Mexico 1940, Emeritus Professor since 1981. El Colegio Nacional 1947. National Academy, of History and Geography, Mexican Academy, of History, Mexican Academy, of Language 1976.
Numerous Academies of History, et cetera
Historical Association England 1956, Royal Historical Society, London 1957, American Historical Association, Washington, District of Columbia 1959, Academia Portuguesa da Historia 1987.
Married Huguette Joris in 1951.