Sonia Jaimes-Penaloza

Adjunct Professor, Universidad Icesi, Ph. D. Candidate at Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar

I am a historian of Latin America’s political, social history, and business history as well. On my PhD dissertation Empresarios, azúcar y poder en el Valle del Cauca (Colombia, 1901-1959) I study the transformation process of the agrarian economy into an agro-industrial one. Indeed, I examine the entrepreneurial role in this productive transformation.

My research interests are focused on Latin America's State building issues like political culture and the relationship between business history. Recently I have been studying the football universe as a scenario where new urban policies and new forms of business interaction are played simultaneously. Now, I also work as a lecturer on capitalism history at Universidad Icesi and on business history at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Cali.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2293-7702

Email: sonmil@gmail.com

Service to the BHC

Kerr Prize Committee 2023 - 2025 [Chair 2024 - 2025]

Recent Conference Participation

2024 BHC Meeting: Presenter, "Neither Heroes nor villains: Entrepreneurial Actions as Stakeholders in The Valle del Cauca 1930-1945"
2023 BHC Meeting: Presenter, "Women Entrepreneurs Empowering Women: The case of WWB-Foundation Colombia (1980-2022)"
2022 BHC Meeting : Presenter, "Empresas colombianas con manos y ojos de mujer (1956-2010). Estudio de tres casos. Women hands and eyes on three Colombian companies (1956-2021)"
2021 BHC Virtual Meeting: Presenter, "La noticia como empresa. El caso del periódico Relator- Diario liberal (Cali, 1918-1960)"