Adolfo Atilio Gilly Malvagni (25 August 1928 – 4 July 2023) was an Argentine-born Mexican historian and author of various books on the history of and politics of

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and

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. He served as Professor of History and

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at the School of Social and Political Sciences at the

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, where he taught from 1979. He was well known for his prolific articles in ''

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'', a major Mexico City newspaper. His research particularly focused on

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and the Zapatista movement centered in the southeastern state of

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Biography

Adolfo Gilly was born on 25 August 1928. As a young man, he was part of the Argentine Socialist Party. He obtained a B.A. in Social Science and Law during his time living in

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, and in 1994 he completed his Ph.D. in Latin America Studies with emphasis in

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at the

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where he taught. Gilly lived in an upper middle-class district of

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, Mexico City. He was a visiting scholar at numerous foreign universities including

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, and

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. Some of his works have been translated into English, Japanese, Portuguese, and French. He was a full-time professor at the UNAM where he taught at the School of Graduate Studies. Dr. Gilly was Chief Advisor to the Office of Mexico City's Mayor

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from 1997 to 2000. Gilly died on 4 July 2023, at the age of 94.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilly, Adolfo 1928 births 2023 deaths Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine emigrants to Mexico Naturalized citizens of Mexico Latin Americanists 20th-century Mexican historians Historians of Mexico National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico Political prisoners in Mexico