My research focuses on 20th and 21st century Latin American literature, film, and cultural studies. You can find me on ResearchGate.
Border as Stasis
My book manuscript, Border as Stasis: Latin American Border Wars in Culture, examines border violence in culture. I study how borders articulate culture and politics during and after a war, highlighting Central and South American border conflicts like the Chaco War (Bolivia-Paraguay, 1932-35), "Soccer" or Hundred Hours' War (El Salvador-Honduras, 1969), and Falklands/Malvinas War (Argentina-United Kingdom, 1982). The book argues that Latin America’s twentieth-century border conflicts can be productively, albeit counterintuitively, considered as stasis, meaning civil strife, rather than international wars, or polemos. This approach encourages readers to understand conflict without presuming or asserting the border, instead recognizing that the border is historically and geographically constructed. Through analyses of literature, cinema, and critical and political theory, I propose a transnational view of bordering in constructive dialogue with Latin American, globalization, and border studies.
Recent Articles
"The Olson Affair: Charles Olson, Heriberto Yépez, and Poetry in Translation," Romance Notes, vol. 62, no. 1, 2022, pp. 109-120.
"Interregnum and Pharmacology: Hernán Ronsino's Pampas Trilogy," Revista Hispánica Moderna, vol. 74, no. 2, 2021, pp. 169-183
"Moth-Eaten Maps and Empty Wells: Augusto Roa Bastos, Augusto Céspedes, and the Chaco War Archive," Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, 2019, pp. 179-194
"Polemos: The Struggle between Being and History in Heidegger and Derrida," Política común, vol. 13, 2019
"Los pichiciegos on Sovereignty, Decolonization, and Democracy in the Falklands/Malvinas," Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, vol. 52, no. 2, 2018, pp. 551-574
"Interregnum and Pharmacology: Hernán Ronsino's Pampas Trilogy," Revista Hispánica Moderna, vol. 74, no. 2, 2021, pp. 169-183
"Moth-Eaten Maps and Empty Wells: Augusto Roa Bastos, Augusto Céspedes, and the Chaco War Archive," Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, 2019, pp. 179-194
"Polemos: The Struggle between Being and History in Heidegger and Derrida," Política común, vol. 13, 2019
"Los pichiciegos on Sovereignty, Decolonization, and Democracy in the Falklands/Malvinas," Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, vol. 52, no. 2, 2018, pp. 551-574
Up next...
My next major project is set to examine toxins, food, pharmaceuticals, and illness as instruments of community formation in Latin American literature and film. Feel free to contact me via the Contact page for more information on upcoming projects.
In the past, I have conducted research and presented at conferences in Argentina, Bolivia, the Falkland/Malvinas Islands (see photo), Peru, the UK, and the US.
In the past, I have conducted research and presented at conferences in Argentina, Bolivia, the Falkland/Malvinas Islands (see photo), Peru, the UK, and the US.
