GSS Andean Semester - Lecture: The Great Andean Rebellion: Túpac Amaru II, Micaela Bastidas, and 18th-Century Indigenous Uprisings
nov 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
@MSUB Liberal Arts Building, Room 205
free
The Great Andean Rebellion (1780-83), also known as the Túpac Amaru Rebellion, was the largest uprising in Colonial Spanish-American history. The large-scale revolt, led by Indigenous husband and wife duo Túpac Amaru II and the Micaela Bastidas, was an explicit fight for the freedom of Indigenous and enslaved peoples. This talk explores the early lives, personal and logistical correspondence, and gruesome public executions of the movement's leaders in order to highlight the broader historical significance of this ultimately unsuccessful revolution.
Dr. Rachel De La Cruz is an assistant professor of Latin American history and the Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Center at Montana State University Billings. She earned her Ph.D. in history from University of California, Irvine (2020) and has published articles in The Americas, The Journal of Caribbean History, and American Behavioral Scientist. Her forthcoming book on refugee reception in 1980s Central America is under contract with the University of Wisconsin Press.
