Heider Tun

Heider Tun is from Merida, Mexico. His undergraduate work was done at the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan where he graduated as a cultural anthropologist. Since 2011 he has been working for a Human Rights Organization in El Salvador called The Committee of Mothers and Family-Members of the Imprisoned, Disappeared, and Politically Assassinated of El Salvador “Monseñor Oscar Arnulfo Romero” (CoMadres) where he actively works to preserve civil war archives, document women’s testimonies, and promote human rights. In addition, Heider has done fieldwork in Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru and is interested in topics such as: violence, memory, peace, women, human rights, global change, colonial history, and popular culture. His interdisciplinary work seeks to bring the history of disadvantaged minority groups to academic discussions. He is currently seeking a Ph.D. in History at the University of Minnesota.