Gastón Antonio Zapata Velasco (born October 25, 1951) is a Peruvian

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and

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, known for his investigations and articles about the history and sociopolitical reality of Peru.

Biography

Son of the director of the

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, Gastón Zapata de la Flor. He studied Letters at the Pontificial Catholic University of Peru, after that he obtained a

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at the

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. He also studied

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in History in the

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from

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. Back to Columbia University he studied a

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(Ph.M) and obtained a

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(Ph.D) in Latin American History. He is professor in the Humanities Department from the Pontificial Catholic University of Peru and from the Social Sciences Department from the National University of San Marcos. He is columnist for newspaper ''

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'' and political analyst. He is

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from the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP), specialized in

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. He was director and presenter from the history programme "Sucedió en el Perú", from TV Perú.

Publications

* ''Cultura, diversidad y conocimientos ante los tratados de libre comercio''. Lima: ITACAB, 2005. * ''El joven Belaunde: historia de la revista El Arquitecto Peruano, 1937-1963''. Lima: Minerva, 1995. * ''La crónica del cólera en el Perú''. Lima: DESCO, 1991. * ''Pensando a la derecha''. Lima: Planeta, 2016 * ''La guerra senderista.'' Lima: Taurus, 2017

References

External links

* Antonio Zapata's semanal column in La República.
Sucedió en el Perú: La Guerra del Pacífico 1879-1883 Sucedió en el Perú: La Guerra del Pacífico 1879-1883
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru alumni Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Academic staff of the National University of San Marcos Peruvian essayists Peruvian columnists 20th-century Peruvian historians 21st-century Peruvian historians 1947 births Peruvian television presenters Academic staff of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Living people {{Peru-historian-stub