Viviana Grieco

Dr. Viviana Grieco specializes in the history of Spanish America between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries, with an emphasis on the political economy and political culture of eighteenth century Rio de la Plata. She is currently interested in the Digital Humanities and developing a software tool  for managing and analyzing Spanish-American notary records. Additionally, she is working on a new book on the history of emotions tentatively titled Conflict and Voice. Professor Grieco’s first monograph (The Politics of Giving in the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata. Donors, Lenders, Subjects and Citizens. The University of New Mexico Press, 2014) was translated and published in Spanish (La Política de Dar.  Donantes, Prestamistas, Súbditos y Ciudadanos.  Prometeo Libros, 2018). She is also the co-editor (with Fabricio Prado and Alex Borucki) of The Río de la Plata from Colony to Nations: Commerce, Society, and Politics (Palgrave McMillan, 2021). The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), The National Science Foundation (NSF), The John Carter Brown Library, The University of Missouri Research Board, UMKC’s Women and Gender Studies Program, UMKC’s Funding for Excellence Program, UMKC’s Collaborative Data Science Program, and the University of Missouri Strategic Investment Funds have funded her research. Professor Grieco has been invited to present her research and gave keynote addresses at international research centers including the London School of Economics and Political Science in the U.K., the Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. Jose Maria Luis Mora in Mexico, and the Instituto de Historia Argentina y Americana “Dr. Emilio Ravignani” in Argentina.