Justin Read
PhD
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Experiential Learning
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Scholarly Interests
Urbanization and Modernization of Latin America since 1850; Space, Place and Political Subjectivity, focused primarily on Argentina, Brazil and Mexico; 19th and 20th century Latin American literature and culture; Critical theory; Poetics; Modernism and Avant-Garde
Contact Information
- PhD, Comparative Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2002
- MA, Comparative Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1997
- AB, Latin American Studies, A.B., English, University of California, Berkeley, 1995
Selected Publications
Education
- Buenos Aires and the Birth of the Non-Subject (book manuscript in preparation).
- “People, Multitudes, and Developmentalist Hegemony in the Brazilian Street.” Forthcoming, Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, 2016.
- “Martial Arts in Argentina: The Non-Futurist Futurism of Leopoldo Lugones.” Forthcoming, International Yearbook of Futurist Studies, 2017.
- “Esteban Echeverría y la liquidación del contrato social.” Cuaderno de Literatura39 (Enero-Junio 2016): 165-190.
- “Re-Mapping the Space Between: Sovereignty, Globalization, and Media Representation in Rio de Janeiro.” Cartographies of Place: Navigating the Urban. Ed. Michael Darroch and Janine Marchessault. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2014. Pages 157-184.
Courses Taught
- Latin American Short Story
- Latin American Poetry
- Dictatorship and Violence in Latin America
- Latin American Social Movements
- Latin American Critical Theory (Graduate)
Recent Awards and Grants
- Grants for “Fluid Culture” Arts and Lecture Series (with Prof. Colleen Culleton), 2011-12: Baird Foundation, Erie Canal Harbor Redevelopment Corporation, Microsoft Research, New York Council for the Humanities Mini-Grant, UB Office of the Provost, UB Office of the Vice Provost for Research
Affiliations
- Editorial Board, Chasqui: Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana
- Editorial Board, Monograph Series, Open Human Press
- Co-Founding Member, Lake Erie Latin American Cultural Studies Consortium
- Member: American Comparative Literature Association, Latin American Studies Association, Modern Language Association