Ximena Urbina

Ximena Urbina
Born
NationalityChilean
OccupationHistorian
Years active1990s–present
Known forColonial history of fjords and channels of Patagonia
AwardsPremio Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal (2003)[1]
Premio de Historia Colonial Silvio Zavala (2009)[1]
Academic background
Alma mater
InfluencesHéctor Herrera Cajas • Rodolfo Urbina • Francisco Morales Padrón • Luis Navarro

María Ximena Urbina Carrasco is a Chilean historian. She is best known for her work on the colonial era in the fjords and channels of Patagonia.[2][3] She did her undergraduate studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso (PUCV), and her Ph.D. at the University of Seville.[1][4]

Her work has earned her various history awards.[1][4] Since 2015 she is a full member of the Naval and Maritime History Academy of Chile[5] and since 2019, of the Chilean Academy of History.[6] She is a full professor at the Institute of History of the PUCV, as well as Editor of its scientific journal named Historia 396.

  1. ^ a b c d "María Ximena Urbina Carrasco". Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  2. ^ "Historiadora Ximena Urbina publica libro sobre el litoral de Aysén durante el Siglo XVIII". Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Ximena Urbina: Los huilliches no son piezas de un museo [entrevista] [artículo] Manuel Cifuentes Salinas". Biblioteca Nacional Digital. Diario Austral de Osorno. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b "María Ximena Urbina Carrasco". grupoestudiopirateria.org. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  5. ^ "Profesora de la PUCV ingresa a la Academia de Historia Naval y Marítima de Chile". Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (in Spanish). 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  6. ^ "Academia Chilena de la Historia". Instituto de Chile. Retrieved 25 December 2023.