You are invited to attend and participate in the oral doctoral examination of Maria Fernanda Boza Cuadros, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, which will be held on Thursday, July 18, at 10 a.m. in 205A Maxwell Hall.

Boza Cuadros’s advisor is Professor Christopher R. DeCorse. The dissertation examining committee will be composed of Professors Douglas V. Armstrong, Guido Pezzarossi, Hans C. Buechler, Robert A. Rubinstein and Jeffrey Quilter. Professor Edward Anselm Aiken will serve as chair of the defense. The title of the candidate’s dissertation is: “Southern Landscapes: Coastal Arequipa and the Republic of Peru (1821-1879).”