Ana Maria Bidegain

WSRP Research Associate 2003–04

Home institution

Universidad Nacional de Colombia Directora

Research project

Recovering the Historical Memory of Women in Religious Apostolic Life in Latin America, 1959-1999

This project examines profound changes in the lives and sense of identity of Latin American religious women in the wake of the Second Vatican Council, when many of those who left convents became missionaries among the poor.

WSRP lecture

Concealment and Illumination: The Transformation of Catholic Women's Congregations in Latin America, 1959-1999

Course

HDS 2326: Female Religious Identity in Latin America, 1930-1985: Seminar (Spring 2004)