Claudia Kedar is a historian and Chair of the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Her research interests include the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, and their relations with Latin America and the United States; the Cold War in Latin America; the "Washington Consensus" and neoliberalism; and contemporary Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.
Her first book, "The International Monetary Fund and Latin America: The Argentine Puzzle in Context" (Temple University Press, 2013), received an honorable mention from the 2014 Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA).
Her last book, "The World Bank and the Cold War in Latin America: The Argentine Challenge" (Stanford University Press, 2026) received the 2026 Best Book Award from the Economics & Politics Section of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA).
She has published in leading journals including the Hispanic American Historical Review, Journal of Latin American Studies, International History Review, Journal of Contemporary History, Cold War History, and Financial Historical Review.
Her new research project, supported by the Israeli Science Foundation is: "Between Reconstruction and Development: The History of the World Bank's Disaster Assistance to Latin America" (Grant 2032/25).
She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Contemporary History (UK).
