While Latin America does appear in the histories of slavery, globalization, and capitalism, Canizares-Esguerra goes beyond these narratives and introduces the region as the cradle of modern science, abolitionism, republicanism, and democracy.
[3] The Institute of Advanced Studies of Warwick University has also hosted Cañizares-Esguerra as distinguished visiting professor.
[4] He is a permanent distinguished professor at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) in Quito.
[5] In 2018, he received the Nancy Lyman Roelker Mentorship Award by the American Historical Association, established to honor teachers of history who taught, guided, and inspired their students in a way that changed their lives.
His articles have appeared in the most prestigious journals of the historical profession in the US, Germany, Italy, and Spain, including articles in the American Historical Review (3), The William and Mary Quarterly (2), Isis (2), Journal of Early Modern History (2), Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte, Ricerche di Storia Politica, and Revista de Occidente.