Reinhard Liehr is a German historian. He was professor of Latin American history at Berlin Free University’s Institute for Latin American Studies (LAI). His research activities and publications focus on the history of Latin America from the 18th to the 20th century, in particular the social and economic history of Mexico.

Material:

• 52 ring-binders: materials on the emergence and development of German-language historical research on Latin America.
• documents on the discipline of history at German universities
• documents on Bielefeld University’s specialization in Latin American Studies
• documents on the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft’s (German Research Foundation) Mexico project

Keywords: Mexico, institutions