The object of this book, originally published in English in 1997, was to gather information about 31 non-Colombian scholars specializing in Colombian history. Each interviewee responded to ten questions concerning their personal background and their reasons for focusing on Colombia. The resulting data underscored problems foreigners encountered when studying Colombia, exposed underresearched topics, and sought to strengthen contacts between foreign and Colombian academicians. The Academia Colombiana de Historia commissioned this Spanish edition to provide a record of the past and to emphasize transformations that occurred during the past two decades. A brief "Presentacio n" outlines some of these changes, and the original list of non-Colombian scholars has been updated to include younger writers at work in 2015. An excellent source for anyone interested in the development of Colombian studies.