Welcome...
We're under construction!
Check back soon
to explore the new site
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/08e6c5_9b0c9ad7e2424cd4b4fd0a44213d9376~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_111,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/08e6c5_9b0c9ad7e2424cd4b4fd0a44213d9376~mv2.jpg)
W. GEORGE LOVELL
Adjunct Professor Emeritus,
Department of Geography at Queen's University,
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
REFEREED
PUBLICATIONS
ACADEMIC WRITING
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/08e6c5_9b0c9ad7e2424cd4b4fd0a44213d9376~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_123,h_82,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/08e6c5_9b0c9ad7e2424cd4b4fd0a44213d9376~mv2.jpg)
W. GEORGE LOVELL
Professor of Geography, Emeritus
Visiting Professor in Latin American History
Queen's University and Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Kingston, Ontario, Canada and Seville, Spain
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/327a91_9e73965c9c5f4a999fa56ef1eb6f6ade~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_49,h_3,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/327a91_9e73965c9c5f4a999fa56ef1eb6f6ade~mv2.png)
JOURNAL ARTICLES & COMMENTARIES
ARTICLES AND COMMENTARIES
Lovell, W. George. 2022. “Epidemic Disease and Indigenous Survival: Research Findings for Colonial Latin America.” Long Run Health Matters Access online.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2022. “A Peace Resembling War.” Queen’s Quarterly 129 (4): 590-95. Preview here.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2022. “Geographer of Chocolate: An Appreciation of John F. Bergmann, 1928–1983.” The Aztlander, 2, 8 (August): 14-19. Access online. Preview here.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2022. “Una paz parecida a la guerra.” Posted online February 7, Projet Accompagnement Québec-Guatemala. Access online.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2022. “Guatemala: 25 Years Later, ‘Firm and Lasting Peace is Nowhere to be Found.” Posted online January 2, The Conversation. Access online.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2021. “Columbus and Pandemic Infection.” The Aztlander, 1, 1: 4-8. Access online.
Lovell, W. George. 2021. “A Peace Resembling War.” Posted online December 29, Active History. Access online.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2021. “Destroying Generation after Generation: Outbreaks of Smallpox in the Cuchumatán Highlands of Guatemala, 1780-1810.” Storicamente: Laboritorio di Storia 17. Access online.
​
Lovell, W. George and Christopher H. Lutz. 2021. “Perdido nuevamente en tergiversación: Otra réplica a Marco Fonseca y sus críticas de ‘La Patria del Criollo’ ([1970] 2009).” Revista Análisis de la Realidad Nacional de Guatemala 202: 78-95.
​
Lovell, W. George and Christopher H. Lutz. 2021. “Perdido nuevamente en tergiversación: Otra réplica a Marco Fonseca y sus críticas de ‘La Patria del Criollo’ ([1970] 2009).” Revista Análisis de la Realidad Nacional de Guatemala 202: 78-95.
​
Lovell, W. George and Christopher H. Lutz. 2020. “Lost in Misrepresentation: A Rejoinder to Marco Fonseca and his Critiques of La Patria del Criollo ([1970] 2009).” Revista Análisis de la Realidad Nacional de Guatemala, 197: 63-76.
​
Lovell, W. George and Christopher H. Lutz. 2020. “Perdido en tergiversación: Réplica a Marco Fonseca y sus críticas de La Patria del Criollo ([1970] 2009).” Revista Análisis de la Realidad Nacional de Guatemala, 197: 49-62.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2020. “Columbus and Pandemic Contagion: Historical Antecedents to COVID-19.” Royal Society of Canada COVID-19 Series, Publication 52.
Lovell, W. George. 2020. "Colón y la Covid-19: Antecedentes Amerindios de la Pandemia Global." In Americanía: Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos 11: 4-31. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2020. "From Columbus to Covid-19: Amerindian Antecedents to the Global Pandemic." Journal of Latin American Geography 19, 3: 177-185. Access online. Download pdf.
Lovell, W. George. 2020. "In the Wake of Columbus: Amerindian Antecedents to COVID-19." Active History, June 23. Access online.
Lovell, W. George. 2019. “A Rainbow of Spanish Illusions: Research Frontiers in Colonial Guatemala.” Presidential Address. Ethnohistory, 66, 3. pp. 20. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2019. “Latin America on Screen: Film as a Complement to Teaching Regional Geography.” Journal of Latin American Geography 18, 2. pp. 35. Download pdf. Visit multimedia article.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2018. “Patrimony Lost: Hispanic American Treasures in Foreign Collections.” The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History 75, 1: 155-180. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2017. “Fire of Memory: The Geographical Legacy of Eduardo Galeano (1940-2015).” Journal of Latin American Geography. 16, 2: 199-205. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2017. “A Stroll through Seville.” Online contribution to Focus on Geography (https://focusongeography.org). Access online.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2015. “Patrimonio perdido: Tesoros guatemaltecos en colecciones extranjeras.” Americanía: Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos. 2: 186-215. Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2013. “The Archive That Never Was: State Terror and Historical Memory in Guatemala.” The Geographical Review 103, 2: 199-209. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2013. “Patria y paradoja: Conflictos de identidad en la Guatemala colonial." Bajo el Volcán: Revista del Posgrado de Sociología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Año 12, Número 19: 17-28. Acceda en línea.
​
Kramer, Wendy, W. George Lovell and Christopher H. Lutz, 2013. “Pillage in the Archives: The Whereabouts of Guatemalan Documentary Treasures.” Latin American Research Review 48, 3: 153-167. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2013. “In Memoriam, Jan de Vos (1936-2011).” Colonial Latin American Review 22, 1: 152-155. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2012. “A Tale of Two Maps.” Online Contribution to Cartographic Conversation. Providence: John Carter Brown Library (www.jcbl.org). Access online.
​
Kramer, Wendy, W. George Lovell and Christopher H. Lutz. 2011. “Hemorragia en los archivos: Reflexiones sobre la pérdida de documentos coloniales guatemaltecos, tesoros de un país despojado.” Mesoamérica 53: 236-245. Descargar pdf.
​
Huish, Robert L. and W. George Lovell. 2010. “Bajo los volcanes: La influencia de Guatemala en José Martí.” Mesoamérica 52: 87-109. Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2008. “At Peace in the Corn: Maya Narratives and the Vicissitudes of Fieldwork in Guatemala.” Gender, Place, and Culture 15, 1: 75-81. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2008. "A Map of the World." The Geographical Review 98, 1: 103-122. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Huish, Robert L. and W. George Lovell. 2008. “Under the Volcanoes: The Influence of Guatemala on José Martí.” Cuban Studies 39: 25-43. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2008. “Presentación.” Mesoamérica: Índice General 1 (1980) al 50 (2008): vii-viii (with Armando J. Alfonso). Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2008. “Presentación.” Mesoamérica 50: xi-xiv (with Armando J. Alfonzo). Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2007. “A Year by Many Other Names.” The Geographical Review 96, 3: 478-480. Access online. Download pdf.
Lovell, W. George. 2007. “Presentación.” Mesoamérica 49: ix-xi (with Armando J. Alfonzo). Access online (using Queen's login). Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2006. “Memories of Fire: Eduardo Galeano and the Geography of Guatemala.” Geoforum 37: 31-40. Download pdf.
Lovell, W. George. 2006. “Presentación.” Mesoamérica 48: ix-xi (with Armando J. Alfonzo). Access online (using Queen's login). Download pdf.
Denevan, William M. and W. George Lovell. 2006. “CLAG Private Sector and Government Award for 2005: Charles M. Mann.” Journal of Latin American Geography 5, 1: 139-140. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2005. “Presentación.” Mesoamérica 47: ix-x (with Armando J. Alfonso). Access online (using Queen's login). Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2004. “Algunas raices del Chiapas moderno.” Mesoamérica 46: ix-xiii (with Armando J. Alfonso, Stephen E. Lewis, and Jan Rus). Acceda en línea (Queen's login). Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2004. “A Measure of Maturity: Advances and Achievements in Mesoamerican Studies.” Journal of Historical Geography 30, 1: 173-178. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2004. “1491: In Search of Native America.” Journal of the Southwest 46, 3: 441-461 (with Henry F. Dobyns, William M. Denevan, William I. Woods, and Charles M. Mann). Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2004. “CLAG Carl O. Sauer Distinguished Scholarship Award: Joseph L. Scarpaci.” Journal of Latin American Geography 3, 1: 130-131. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George and Christopher H. Lutz. 2003. “Perfil etnodemográfico de la Audiencia de Guatemala.” Revista de Indias LXIII, 227: 157-174 and LXIII, 229: 759-764. Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2003. “Entre dos mares.” Mesoamérica 45: ix-xii (with Armando J. Alfonzo and Carmen Mena García). Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2002. “Requiem for a Friend: Bernard Q. Nietschmann, 1941-2000.” The Geographical Review 92, 1: 110-113. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2002. “Presentación.” Mesoamérica 44: ix-xi (with Armando J. Alfonzo). Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2002. “Presentación.” Mesoamérica 43: ix-xi (with Armando J. Alfonzo). Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2001. “Woodrow W. Borah, 1912-1999.” Colonial Latin American Review 10, 1: 143-148 (English) and Mesoamérica 40 (2000): 253-259 (Spanish). Access online. Download pdf. | Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2002. “Los mayas del altiplano: Supervivencia indígena en Chiapas y Guatemala.” Anuario de Estudios Americanos LIX, 1: 147-192. Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2001. “En busca de Cabeza de Vaca.” Historia de Jeréz 7: 273-277 and Mesoamérica 42: 280-286. Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2001. “Reimaginado a Honduras.” Mesoamérica 42: ix-xiv (with Armando J. Alfonzo and Dario Euraque). Acceda en línea. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2001. “Presentación.” Mesoamérica 41: ix-xi (with Armando J. Alfonzo). Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2001. ““Not a City but a World”: Seville and the Indies.” The Geographical Review 91, 1-2: 239-251. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2000. La Solitut de Solanell. Revista de Catalunya 147: 31-41.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2000. “Presentación.” Mesoamérica 40: ix-xi (with Armando J. Alfonzo). Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2000. “Peninsula de la periferia.” Mesoamérica 39: 221-223 (with Armando J. Alfonzo and Sergio Quezada). Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Burke, Wayne and W. George Lovell. 2000. “Demise at the Edge of Empire: Native Depopulation in Dominica, 1493-1647.” Yearbook of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers 26: 1-16. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 2000. “James J. Parsons, 1915-1997.” Yearbook of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers 26: 179-180. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lutz, Christopher H. and W. George Lovell. 1999. “William L. Sherman: A Fond Recollection.” The Americas 55, 2: 131-135. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1999. “Presentación.” Mesoamérica 38: ix-x (with Armando J. Alfonzo). Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1999. “Nuevos rumbos.” Mesoamérica 37: ix-x (with Armando J. Alfonzo). Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1998. “Disease and Empire.” The Canadian Geographer 42, 4: 397-400. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1998. “Sur les terres du demón.” Le géographe canadien 42, 2: 214-216. Download (Télécharger le) pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1997. “In the Land of the Devil.” Canadian Journal of History 32, 2: 237-240. Access online. Download pdf.
Nolin Hanlon, Catherine and W. George Lovell. 1997. “Huida, exilio, repatriación y retorno: Escenarios de los refugiados guatemaltecos, 1981-1997”. Mesoamérica 34: 559-582. Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George and Christopher H. Lutz. 1996. “‘A Dark Obverse’: Maya Survival in Guatemala, 1520-1994.” The Geographical Review 86, 3: 398-407. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1996. “The Solitude of Solanell.” The Geographical Review 86, 2: 259-269. Access online. Download pdf.
Lovell, W. George. 1994. “The Century after Independence: Land and Life in Guatemala, 1821-1920.” Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 19, 37-38: 243-260. Access online. Download pdf.
Lovell, W. George and Christopher H. Lutz. 1994. “Conquest and Population: Maya Demography in Historical Perspective.” Latin American Research Review 29, 2: 133-140. Access online. Download pdf.
Lovell, W. George. 1993. “Ninety-Two Not Out: Eduardo Galeano and the Columbus Quincentenary.” Journal of Historical Geography 19, 2: 196-204. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1992. “‘Heavy Shadows and Black Night’: Disease and Depopulation in Colonial Spanish America.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 82, 3: 426-443. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1992. “Los registros parroquiales de Jacaltenango.” Mesoamérica 24: 441-453. Acceda al índice en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1992. “Taking Home the Popol Vuh.” Meeting Ground 25: 7.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1991. “Parish Registers in Jacaltenango, Guatemala.” Latin American Research Review 26, 3: 171-178. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1990. “Mayans, Missionaries, Evidence, and Truth: The Polemics of Native Resettlement in Sixteenth-Century Guatemala.” Journal of Historical Geography 16, 3: 277-294. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Kramer, Wendy, W. George Lovell, and Christopher H. Lutz. 1990. “Encomienda and Settlement: Towards a Historical Geography of Early Colonial Guatemala.” Yearbook of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers 16: 67-72. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1990. “Maya Survival in Ixil Country, Guatemala.” Cultural Survival Quarterly 14, 4: 10-12. Access full text online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1989. “Supervivientes de la conquista: Los mayas de Guatemala en perspectiva histórica.” Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos 15, 1: 5-27. Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1988. “Las enfermedades del Viejo Mundo y la mortandad indígena: La viruela y el tabardillo en la Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala, 1780-1810.”. Mesoamérica 16: 239-285. Acceda al índice en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1988. “Surviving Conquest: The Maya of Guatemala in Historical Perspective.” Latin American Research Review 23, 2: 25-57. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Kramer, Wendy, W. George Lovell, and Christopher H. Lutz. 1986. “Las tasaciones de tributos de Francisco Marroquín y Alonso Maldonado, 1536-1541.” Mesoamérica 12: 357-394. Acceda al índice en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1986. “Rethinking Conquest: The Colonial Experience in Latin America.” Journal of Historical Geography 12, 3: 310-317. Access online. Download pdf.
Lovell, W. George. 1986. “El cambio de población en Hispano-América: La dinámica de la congregación en las tierras altas de los Cuchumatanes de Guatemala, 1541-1821.” Anales de la Academia de Geografía e Historia de Guatemala 60: 53-69. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1985. “La tenencia de la tierra en la América Central española: Modelos de propriedad y actividad en las tierras altas de los Cuchumatanes de Guatemala, 1563-1821.” Anales de la Academia de Geografía e Historia de Guatemala 59: 87-101.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1985. “From Conquest to Counter-Insurgency.” Cultural Survival Quarterly 9, 2:46-49. Access full text online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George, Christopher H. Lutz, and William R. Swezey. 1984. “The Indian Population of Southern Guatemala, 1549-1551: An Analysis of López de Cerrato's Tasaciones de Tributos.” The Americas 40, 4:459-478. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1983. “Landholding in Spanish Central America: Patterns of Ownership and Activity in the Cuchumatán Highlands of Guatemala, 1550-1821.” Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 8, 2: 214-230. Access online. Download pdf.
Lovell, W. George. 1983. “Settlement Change in Spanish America: The Dynamics of Congregación in the Cuchumatán Highlands of Guatemala, 1541-1821.” The Canadian Geographer 27, 2: 163-174. Access online. Download pdf.
Lovell, W. George. 1983. “To Submit and to Serve: Forced Native Labour in the Cuchumatán Highlands of Guatemala, 1525-1821.” Journal of Historical Geography 9, 2: 127-144. Access online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. and William R. Swezey. 1982. “The Population of Southern Guatemala at Spanish Contact.” Canadian Journal of Anthropology 3, 1: 71-84. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1982. “Historia demográfica de la Sierra de los Cuchumatanes de Guatemala, 1500-1821.” Mesoamérica 4: 279-301. Acceda en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1981. “La experiencia colonial en los Altos Cuchumatanes de Guatemala.” Mesoamérica 2: 184-188. Acceda al índice en línea. Descargar pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George and William R. Swezey. 1981. “La población del sur de Guatemala al momento de la conquista española.” Antropología e Historia de Guatemala (II Epoca) 3: 43-54. Descargar pdf.
Lovell, W. George. 1981. “Population Change in the Cuchumatán Highlands of Guatemala.” Bulletin of the Society for Latin American Studies 33: 8-44.
Lovell, W. George. 1980. “The Colonial Experience in the Cuchumatán Highlands of Guatemala.” Newsletter of the Union of Socialist Geographers 6: 43-48. Access full text online. Download pdf.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1979. “The Cuchumatán Highlands of Guatemala on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest.” Katunob/Bulletin of Mesoamerican Anthropology XI, 4: 1- 41.
​
Lovell, W. George. 1976. “The Place of Synthesis in Geographical Investigation and the Study of Historical Geography.” The Albertan Geographer 12: 71-81.
Lovell, W. George. 1975. “Market Day in Chichicastenango.” The Albertan Geographer 11: 29-32.
​
​
![Chichicastenango-flower-market_©anniepal](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/327a91_0f0b8c2f0da14ca8994181bfabc6dbd1~mv2_d_1858_1901_s_2.png/v1/crop/x_0,y_44,w_1858,h_1509/fill/w_94,h_76,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Chichicastenango-flower-market_%C2%A9anniepal.png)