Raquel Gil Montero

Raquel Gil Montero is an Argentine historian. She published several books, including Caravaneros y trashumantes en los Andes Meridionales and Ciudades efímeras (2014). She was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2011 and was president of the Asociación Argentina de Investigadores en Historia from 2019 to 2021.

Biography Gil studied at the National University of Córdoba, where she obtained her licentiate and PhD in history, and the National University of Cuyo, where she obtained a specialist certificate in university teaching. She also worked as a senior researcher for the National Scientific and Technical Research Council, specializing in history

In 2011, Gil was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in History, to be done on a history book focusing on Andean miners and herders. After serving as vice-president from 2017 to 2019, she was president of the Asociación Argentina de Investigadores en Historia from 2019 to 2021. In 2024, she was appointed corresponding academician of the National Academy of History of Argentina for Tucuman. She was a Fellow at the University of Münster in 2024 and 2025.