# Forrest Hylton Fall 2026 Santo Domingo Visiting Scholar ![Forrest](/sites/g/files/omnuum12451/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-04/4.png?itok=3LA88x1D) Forrest Hylton’s research focuses on the Wayúu in the Colombian-Venezuelan Caribbean in the 18th century and the Aymara in the Bolivian Andes in the 19th century. At DRCLAS, he will be completing a manuscript on state formation, property rights and law, Indigenous projects of self-government, and collective land tenure, entitled *Ghosts of “Race War”: Aymara Communities, the Federal War of 1899, and the “Regeneration of Bolivia.”* Hylton earned his PhD in Latin American History from New York University. He has taught at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Harvard University, Northwestern University, the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Medellín), and, most recently, the Universidade Federal da Bahia in Salvador, Brazil. He has held fellowships at New York University, Harvard University, and Linnaeus University (Sweden). His scholarly essays have been published in *Atlantic Studies*, *Mundos do Trabalho*, *Dialectical Anthropology*, *South Atlantic Quarterly*, and *Tinkazos*, as well as in various edited volumes. He is the author of *Evil Hour in Colombia* (Verso, 2006) and co-author of *Revolutionary Horizons: Past and Present in Bolivian Politics* (Verso, 2007). He has also published on U.S.–Latin American relations. He is co-producer of the 2014 documentary film *Espíritus guerreros: Las resistencias de los Wayúu en el siglo XVIII*. He writes about Latin American history, politics, and U.S. empire for the *London Review of Books* and is a frequent guest on KPFA Radio’s *Behind the News* and *Voces ancestrales*. - ## Academic Year [2026-2027](/academic-year/2026-2027) - ## Location [Cambridge](/locations/cambridge-office) - ## People [Visiting Scholar](/people/visiting-scholar) - ## Scholars/Fellows [Santo Domingo Visiting Scholars & Fellows](/scholarsfellows/santo-domingo-visiting-scholars-fellows)