Benjamín Nahum (born 2 February 1937) is a Uruguayan historian, professor, and researcher. He is professor of

Economic History Economic history is the study of history using methodological tools from economics or with a special attention to economic phenomena. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the Applied economics ...

at the

University of the Republic The University of the Republic (, sometimes ''UdelaR'') is a public research university in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is the country's oldest and largest university, as well as one of the largest public universities in South America in terms of en ...

, in

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

, the oldest and largest university in the country, as well as the second largest public university in South America In 1979 he was awarded the

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon Guggenheim, Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon indiv ...

. His daughter was television journalist and writer Ana Nahum.

Works

*''Escritos de Historia Económica y Documental'' (13 vol.) *''Manual de Historia del Uruguay (1830–1990)'' *''Series de documentos de diplomáticos extranjeros'' (27 vol.) *''Bases económicas de la Revolución Artiguista'' (1964, with José Pedro Barrán) *''Historia social de las revoluciones de 1897 y 1904'' (1967, with José Pedro Barrán)) *''Historia Rural del Uruguay Moderno'', 7 vols. (1967–1978, with José Pedro Barrán) *''Batlle, los estancieros y el Imperio Británico'', 8 vols. (1979–1987, with José Pedro Barrán) *"Historia Uruguaya", Ediciones de la Banda Oriental: **vol. 6: ''La época batllista, 1905–1929'' (1975) **editor of vol. 7: ''Crisis política y recuperación económica, 1930–1958'' (1988) **editor of vol. 8: ''El fin del Uruguay liberal, 1959–1973'', (1990) *''La evolución de la deuda externa del Uruguay: 1875–1939'' (1995) *''La crisis de 1890'' (1998) *''Breve historia del Uruguay independiente'' (1999) *Colección ''El Uruguay del siglo XX'' (recopilador y editor) (2001)

References

1937 births 20th-century Uruguayan historians Uruguayan Jews Academic staff of the University of the Republic (Uruguay) Jewish historians Living people Recipients of the Delmira Agustini Medal {{Uruguay-historian-stub