Ximena Urbina
Ximena Urbina | |
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| Nationality | Chilean |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Known for | Colonial history of fjords and channels of Patagonia |
| Awards | Premio Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal (2003) Premio de Historia Colonial Silvio Zavala (2009) |
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| Influences | Héctor Herrera Cajas • Rodolfo Urbina • Francisco Morales Padrón • Luis Navarro |
María Ximena Urbina Carrasco is a Chilean historian. She is best known for her work on the colonial era in the fjords and channels of Patagonia. She did her undergraduate studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso (PUCV), and her Ph.D. at the University of Seville.
Her work has earned her various history awards. Since 2015 she is a full member of the Naval and Maritime History Academy of Chile and since 2019, of the Chilean Academy of History. She is a full professor at the Institute of History of the PUCV, as well as Editor of its scientific journal named Historia 396.