Nelson Vásquez

Nelson Vásquez Lara is a Chilean historian who is the current chancellor of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.

After serving as a lecturer and staff member at the PUCV Institute of History (PUCV) during the 1990s and 2000s, in 2009 he was promoted to Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Education of that university. Afterwards, he assumed the position of Vice-Rector between 2010 and 2022, credentials that later allowed him to reach the Rectorship of his alma mater.

He has been a columnist for media outlets such as El Mostrador and the “Observatorio de Historia y Política,” a platform connected to the current affairs division of the Institute of History of his alma mater. In these spaces, he has frequently reflected on the role that universities should play in the 21st century amid the digital era that defines their context. Provided by Wikipedia