Nicolás Becerra Urrego is a PhD student in the History Department as the University of California, Santa Barbara. He holds a BA in East Asian and African Studies (Autonomous University of Madrid), and a MA in Transcultural Studies (Kyoto University / Heidelberg University). His work focuses on modern Japanese agriculture and migration, and their intersection to the processes of empire expansion and nation-building, with a particular interest to the Japanese diaspora in Colombia. His work has been previously funded by the UCSB History Associates, the Latin American and Iberian Studies Program, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies.

TAed for:

HIST 5: History of the Present

HIST 88: Introduction to South Asian History (Spring 2026)

HIST 8A: Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Periods in Latin America (Winter 2026)

HIST 87: Japanese History Through Art (Fall, 2025)

HIST 87 A: Japanese History through Art and Literature (Summer Session A, 2025)

HIST 8B: The History of Latin America, the National Period (Spring, 2025)

HIST 87: Japanese History through Art and Literature (Winter, 2025)

Reader for:

HIST 187S: The Samurai, Japan 1100-1868 (Fall, 2024)