Dr. Irving Walter Levinson
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Department of History
(956) 665- 3574
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
PhD, The University of Houston, 2003
Major: History
Dissertation Title: Wars within Wars: Mexican Guerrillas, Domestic Elites, and the
United States of America 1846 - 1848
MA, The University of Houston, 1997
Major: History
MBA, Temple University, 1976
EMPLOYMENT
Associate Professor, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley (2015 - 2017)
Associate Professor, University of TexasÐPan American (2007 - 2015)
Lecturer, University of Tennessee at Knoxville (2004 - 2007)
Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin ( 2004)
Research Assistant, Dr. James Kirby Martin-University of Houston (2003 - 2004)
Lecturer, University of Houston (2002 - 2003)
Adjunct Instructor, Houston Community CollegeÐCentral Campus (2001 - 2002)
Guest Lecturer, Universidad de Veracruz (March 2001)
PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters
Irving Levinson. "Mexico's Role in the U.S. Civil War." Peace and War in the Rio Grande Valley.
College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 2017:
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College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 2017:
Irving Levinson. "Positively Disasterous: The Comtian Legacy in Mexico." Latin American
Positivism: Theory and Practice. Irving W. Levinson and Gregory Gilson (Ed.) Lanham, Maryland:
Rowman and Littlefield, 2013:
Journal Articles
Irving Levinson. Spanish Policy on the Northern Frontier: Limited Resources and Varied Responses.
The Journal of the West. 49, no. 3 (2011)
Irving Levinson. A New Paradigm for an Old Conflict: The Mexico-United States War. The Journal
of Military History. 73, no. 20 (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2009)
Irving Levinson. The Contours of a Very Special Border: The Rio Grande Valley. The Journal of the
West.
Other
Irving Levinson. The U.S.-Mexican War: A Bi-National Reader. Christopher Conway (Ed.) The New
Mexico Historical Review. (2017)
Irving Levinson. We Never Retreat: Filibutering Expeditions into Spanish Texas. Lexington,
Virginia: The Journal of Military History. 81.1, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2016)
Irving Levinson. Irving W. Levinson Web Site. (2013)
Irving Levinson. Latin American Positivism. Latin American Positivism: Theory and Practice.
(2013)
Irving Levinson. Myths of Demilitarization in Post-Revolutionary Mexico. East Landsing, Michigan:
H-Net Online Reviews. Not applicable, (2013)
Irving Levinson. A New Prospective on Mexican Pronunciados: The Politics of Insurrection in
Nineteenth Century Mexico. East Lansing, Michigan: H-Net Review. (August 2013)
www.-h-net.msu.edu
Irving Levinson. War with Mexico! America’s Reporters Cover the Battlefront. Tom Reilly (Ed.)
The Journal of Military History. 75, no. 3 (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2011)
Irving Levinson. War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S. – Mexican War. Brian
DeLay (Ed.) The Pacific Historical Review. 78, no. 4 (November 2009)
Irving Levinson. The Agrarian Dispute: The Expropriation of American-Owned Rural Land in
Postrevolutionary Mexico. John J. Dwyer (Ed.) The Americas. The Americas. 65, no. 4 (April (2nd
Quarter/Spring) 2009)
Irving Levinson. Recollections of the War with Mexico. Gary F. Kurutz (Ed.) The Journal of
Military History. 73, no. 1 (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2009): 271-272.
Irving Levinson. Cortina: Defending the Mexican Name in Texas. Jerry Thompson (Ed.) The
Journal of Southern History. 74, no. 4 (November 2008)
Irving Levinson. A Glorious Defeat: Mexico and its War with the United States. Timothy J.
Henderson (Ed.) 113, no. 2 (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2008)
Irving Levinson. Wars within War: Mexican Guerrillas, Domestic Elites, and the United States of
America, 1846-1848. Texas Christian University Press. (2005)
Irving Levinson. Sueñan las piedras: Alzameineto occurido en la ciudad de México, 14, 15, y 16 de
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Irving Levinson. Sueñan las piedras: Alzameineto occurido en la ciudad de México, 14, 15, y 16 de
septiembre de 1847. Luis Fernando Granados (Ed.) The Hispanic American Historical Review. 85,
no. 1 (February 2005)
Irving Levinson. Schemers & Dreamers: Filibustering in Mexico 1848-1921. Joseph A. Stout (Ed.)
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 106, no. 4 (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2003): 155-156.
Irving Levinson. ABC-CLIO Encyclopedia of the Mexican American War. : 6800+.
Irving Levinson. Sage Encyclopedia of Military Science. : 7000+.
Irving Levinson. Trailing Clouds of Glory: Zachary Taylor’s Mexican Campaign and His Emerging
Civil War Leaders. Felice Flanery Lewis (Ed.) The Journal of Military History.
Irving Levinson. The Mexico - United States War. The Oxford OnlineEncyclopedia of Latin
America. New York City, New York: Oxford University Press. in process
Under Submission
Book Chapters
Irving Levinson. (2017). Mexico's Role in the U.S. Civil War. Peace and War in the Rio Grande
Valley. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press.
Media Contributions
Newspaper
The Monitor. (June 01, 2013)
TV
Univison. (December 01, 2012)
Hector Galan Productions. (March 01, 2004)
AWARDS AND HONORS
Faculty Travel Support Program Grant, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley (February 2017)
Moncado Prize, Society for Military History (2010)
Departmental Research Grant, History Dept. - Univ. of Texas - Pan American (2009)
Course Development Stipend Award, The University of Texas - Pan American (June 2008)
Faculty Research Council Grant, The University of Texas - Pan American (June 2008)
Murray Miller Dissertation Research Fellowship, The University of Houston - History Department
(2000)
Doctoral Research Grant - 2000 to 2001, J.W. Fulbright Scholarship Board (June 2000)
Murray Miller Dissertation Research Fellowship, The University of Houston - History Department
(1999)
International Education Scholarship, University of Houston (August 1999)
Fellowship, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (June 1999)
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Fellowshp, William and Flora Hewlett Foundatoin (June 1998)
PRESENTATIONS
Irving Levinson. "Lazaro Cardenas' Other Nationalization: Mexican Railroads and the Consequences
of Change," 51st SCOLAS Conference, Southwest Council of Latin American Studies, Campeche,
Campeche state, Mexico. (March 2017)
Irving Levinson. "Mexico's Role in the United States' Civil War 1861-1867," The El Ranchero
Community, El Ranchero Community Center, Weslaco, Texas. (January 2017)
Irving Levinson. "Mexico's Role in the United States' Civil War 1861-1867," Public Lecture Seriers,
The Weslaco Museum, Weslaco, Texas. (November 2016)
Irving Levinson. "Major Native Peoples of Mexico," Valley Roots Series, McAllen Public Library,
McAllen, Texas. (November 2016)
Irving Levinson. "Trans Border Conflict During a Critical Decade 1867 - 1877," Annual Meeting of
the Texas State Historical Association, Texas State Historical Association, Corpus Christi, Texas.
(January 2016)
Irving Levinson. "The Rio Grande Valley During the Civil War and Reconstruction," CHAPS
McAllen Teaching Center Conference, Community History and Archeology Project, McAllen,
Texas. (January 2016)
Irving Levinson. "Transnational Convergences on a Frontier." 2014 Rocky Mountain Conference of
Latin American Studies, Durango, Colorado. (April 2014)
Irving Levinson. "Contested Sovereignties on a Transnational Frontier: A Historiographic
Consideration," 2013 Rocky Mountain Conference of Latin American Studies, Rocky Mountain
Conference of Latin American Studies, Durango, Colorado. (April 2013)
Irving Levinson. "Many Borders in One Place: Twenty-Seven Decades of History in the Valley of
the Rio Bravo," 2012 Meeting - Southwest Council of Latin American Studies, Southwest Council
of Latin American Studies, Santa Fe, New Mexico. (March 2012)
Irving Levinson. "Twenty seven presentations on Latin American Topics," Heritage Village
Retirement Center, McAllen Texas. (April 2011)
Irving Levinson. "The Mexican Revolution," Weslaco Museum, Weslaco Museum, Weslaco, Texas.
(November 2010)
Irving Levinson. "La frontera noreste en conflicto militar, economico, étnico y nacional de 1861 a
1876." XIII Reunión de historiadores de México, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Santiago de Querétaro,
Querétaro, México. (October 2010)
Irving Levinson. "One Cause Won, Two Causes Lost, a Fourth Cause Continued, a Fifth Bribed
Away and a Sixth Defined Out of Existence: Conflicts in the Rio Grande Valley 1836-1880," Annual
Meeting of the Society for Military History, Society for Military History, Lexington, Virginia. (May
2010)
Irving Levinson. "Crisis and Recovery in the Rio Grande Valley 1860-1876." Southeastern Council
of Latin American Studies 2009 Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. (April 2009)
Irving Levinson. "A Review of Vamos con Pancho Villa and Rio Escondido," Annual Festival of
Books and the Arts, University of Texas – Pan American, Edinburg, Texas. (March 2009)
Irving Levinson. "Reconciling Irreconcilable Differences: Church and State in the Mexican
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Irving Levinson. "Reconciling Irreconcilable Differences: Church and State in the Mexican
Constitution of the Twentieth Century." First International Conference on Literature, Culture, and
Religion in the Hispanic World, San Antonio, Texas. (February 2009)
Irving Levinson. "Mexico in 1836: A Perspective," Region 1 Education Service Center, Region 1
Education Service Center, Edinburg, Texas. (January 2009)
Irving Levinson. "Exerting Limited Control with Limited Resources: Spanish Policy on the North
American Frontier," Annual Meeting of the Society for Military History, Society for Military
History, Ogden, Utah. (April 2008)
Irving Levinson. "Three Wars in the Valley: 1860-1867." Festival of International Books and Arts,
Edinburg, Texas. (March 2008)
Irving Levinson. "Mexican Militias during the War of the North American Intervention," Annual
Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Rocky Mountain Council for
Latin American Studies, Denver, Colorado. (February 2006)
Irving Levinson. "From Military Victories to Political Stalemate: The United States and the Mexican
Revolution." Combat Studies Institute of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas. (August 2004)
Irving Levinson. "Desafiando instituciónes: rebeliónes populares durante 1846-1848," XI Conference
of the Mexican, United States, and Canadian Historians of Mexico, Mexican, United States, and
Canadian Historians of Mexico, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. (October 2003)
Irving Levinson. "Stability Dilemmas of the Mexican War: Origins and Solutions." Combat Studies
Institute of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. (August
2003)
Irving Levinson. "Wars within War: Civilian Responses to the Conflicts of 1846-1848," Annual
Meeting of the Society for Military History, Society for Military History, Knoxville, Tennessee.
(May 2003)
Irving Levinson. "Social Crisis and Conflict: Mexico during the 1846-1848 Conflicts," Annual
Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Latin American Studies Association, Dallas,
Texas. (March 2003)
TEACHING
Courses Taught
American Heritage I
Carrb & Cen Am
Colonial Latin America
Contemporary Mexico
Hist Mexican Culture
Hist of Mexican Cinema
History of Mexican Culture
Mex 1st Cent as Republ
Mex Preconquest to Pres
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Mex Preconquest to Pres
Mex from Pre-Conquest-Present
Mex's 1st Cent as Indep Repub
Readings Latin Am Hist
Sem-History Middle Ame
Senior Research Seminar
Sp Topics Lat Am History
U.S. History I
U.S. History II
Directed Student Learning
Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Luis Buonatello, , Department of History. (January 2017)
Master's Comprehensive Exam Committee Member. Lizbeth DeLeon, (September 2016)
Master's Thesis Committee Member. Manuel Chavez, (March 2016)
Master's Thesis Committee Member. Benjamin Rios, (October 2014)
Master's Thesis Committee Member. Mike Marino, (May 2014)
Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Benjamin Rios, , History and Philosophy (UTPA). (January 1,
2015 - August 1, 2016)
Dissertation Committee Member. Jorge Hernandez, (December 2015)
Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Jorge Hernandez, , History and Philosophy (UTPA). (December
2015)
Master's Comprehensive Exam Chair. Ramiro Garza, (May 2014)
Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Jesus Perez, "Manuel Guerra and the Politics of Starr County,
Texas 1880 - 1920" (April 2014)
Master's Thesis Committee Member. Jesus Ramos, "From Laredo to Matamoros: The
Constitutionalist Battles Along the Ro Grande 1913-1914" (April 2014)
Master's Comprehensive Exam Committee Member. Sarah Garza, (December 2013)
Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Alfredo Aguilar, (December 2013)
Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Alfredo Aguilar, (December 2013)
Master's Thesis Committee Member. Mario Vallejo, "Land Tenure and the Transformation of the
Rio Grande Valley" , Other (within UTPA). (December 2013)
Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Veronica Duran, "African Slavery in Colonial Veracruz" (July
2012)
Master's Thesis Committee Member. Rudolfo Arriago, "Early History of the U.S. Border Patrol"
(August 2010)
Master's Comprehensive Exam Chair. Constance Perez, (May 2010)
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Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Robert Kerwin, "Juan Nepumecino Seguin" (November 30, 2008)
SERVICE
Department Service
Committee Chair, Outreach Committee. (August 2016 - August 2017)
Committee Member, Graduate Committee. (August 2008 - July 2017)
Other, History Department. (August 2010 - May 2017)
Committee Member, Hiring Committee. (August 2015 - July 2016)
Committee Member, Outreach Committee. (August 2015 - July 2016)
Committee Member, Policy Committee. (August 2015 - July 2016)
Committee Member, Workload Committee. (August 2013 - June 2014)
Committee Chair, Outreach Committee. (August 2013 - May 2014)
Committee Member, Outreach Committee. (August 2011 - August 2013)
Committee Member, Hiring Committees (two ). (August 2012 - February 2013)
Committee Chair, Hiring Committees (two). (August 2011 - February 2012)
Committee Member, Undergraduate Committee. (August 2010 - June 2011)
Committee Member, Merit Committee. (August 2009 - June 2010)
Committee Member, Policy Committee. (August 2007 - June 2010)
Committee Chair, Hiring Committee. (August 2009 - February 2010)
Committee Member, Hiring Committees (three). (August 2007 - February 2008)
College Service
Other, College Council. (August 2012 - June 2014)
University Service
University Senate Service, University Senate. (January 2017 - January 2019)
Committee Member, University Admissions Committee. (September 2009 - August 2011)
Professional Service
Member , Texas State Historical Association (2012 - 2017)
Member , United States Fulbright Association (2010 - 2017)
Committee Member , Society for Military History/Moncado Prize Committee , Lexington , (January
2011 - May 2017)
Member , American Historical Association (2007 - 2016)
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Committee Member , Mexican Studies Committee of the Conference on Latin American History
(2007 - 2016)
Member , Rocky Mountain Conference of Latin American Studies (2012 - 2014)
Professional Memberships
Society for Military History
Society for Military History Moncado Prize Committee
Texas State Historical Association
United States Fulbright Association
United States Commission on Military History (January 2013)
Southwest Conference of Latin American Studies (SCOLAS) (March 9, 2017 - March 12, 2017)
Public Service
• Other , University of Texas - Pan American .
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , Edinburg , (May 2012)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (April 2011)
• Guest Speaker , El Ranchero Community Center , Weslaco , (January 13, 2017)
• Guest Speaker , Weslaco Public Library , Weslaco , (November 2016 - November 2016)
• Member , International Museum of Art and Science , McAllen , (2012 - 2014)
• Member , Museum of South Texas History , Edinburg , (2011 - 2014)
• Member , Casa de la Cultura de Reynosa, A.C. , Reynosa , (2009 - 2014)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (May 2013 - May 2013)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (April 2013 - April 2013)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center . (March 2013 - March 2013)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center . (February 2013 - February 2013)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center . (January 2013 - January 2013)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center . (December 2012 - December 2012)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center . (November 2012 - November 2012)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (September 2012 - September
2012)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (August 2012 - August 2012)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (July 2012 - July 2012)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (June 2012 - June 2012)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (April 2012 - April 2012)
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• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (March 2012 - March 2012)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (February 2012 - February 2012)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center . (January 2012 - January 2012)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (December 2011 - December
2011)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center . (November 2011 - November 2011)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (October 2011 - October 2011)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center . (September 2011 - September 2011)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center . (August 2011 - August 2011)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (July 2011 - July 2011)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (June 2011 - June 2011)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center , McAllen , (May 2011 - May 2011)
• Guest Speaker , Heritage Village Retirement Center . (April 2011)
• Guest Speaker , Unity Hall - University of Texas - Pan American , McAllen , (September 2008 September 2008)
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