Caterina Luigia Pizzigoni

Department of History 

Research Interest 

Indigeneities 

Latin America

Caterina Pizzigoni specializes in the colonial history of Latin America. Her interests include Indigenous populations, sources in Nahuatl (Indigenous language of central Mexico), social history, household and material culture, religion and gender. You can listen to her interview with Professor Vicky Murillo (Director of ILAS-Columbia) for the podcast series Unpacking Latin America here. And her interview with New Book Network on her book The Life Within can be found here. Her current research focuses on household saints in colonial Mexico, on which you can read this short blog.