Valentin Figueroa

I am the Class of 1958 Career Development Assistant Professor of Political Science at MIT.

My research sits at the intersection of historical political economy and economic history. It is organized around two principal agendas. The first examines state-building in early modern Europe, focusing on how cities and the Church shaped political, economic, and intellectual development. The second examines state and society in Latin American republics from independence to the age of mass politics.

I received my PhD from Stanford University in 2022.