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Philippe Zacaïr was born and raised in Guadeloupe, in the eastern Caribbean. He received his Ph.D. in 1999 from the University of Paris-Sorbonne Nouvelle in France. He specializes in the history of Caribbean nationalist movements in the nineteenth century.  His research interests also include the history of migrations within the Caribbean basin, as well as race and Caribbean identity.  Zacaïr has published in Cahiers du Monde Hispanique et Luso-Brésilien and Cahiers Charles V.  Since his appointment at Cal State Fullerton in the Fall of 2002, he has taught classes on colonial and modern Latin American history and will be developing new courses such as Race and Revolutions in Latin America and the Caribbean, Introduction to Hispanic Caribbean History and Cuba Through Film.

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