Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara, a Chilean historian, was born on 31 January 1936. The historian is well-known in the nation for his research into historical and cultural studies and the interpretations that accompany social movements, particularly protests by students in the year 2006 and 2011-12. Salazar was raised by a low-income family. He pursued a degree in sociology, philosophy, and history at Universidad de Chile. He was also an assistant for Mario Gongora, a classical historian, and Hector Herrera Cajas, a historian. Salazar was a member of the Revolutionary Left Movement from 1971 until 1973. He was also tortured by the military at Villa Grimaldi that same year. He was released in the year 1976 from the military prison and was exiled to the United Kingdom. He was given a grant for further studies in Hull University. University of Hull. He was awarded the PhD from the department of Economic and Social History from the university in 1984. Then he returned to Chile in the year following. Salazar made a breakthrough in 1985. His work is largely inaccessible. Salazar's research subjects included peons, labourers and children huachos[A] as well as women. Salazar is one of the founding members of Nueva Historia Social which is a historical current. Salazar considers history as a useful tool for political action. In interview he has declared himself a "leftist, critical historical socialist" and has rejected the term "Marxist"