Brendan Lanctot

Professor and Chair, Hispanic Studies

I teach across the Hispanic studies curriculum, from intermediate Spanish to upper-division seminars on Latin American literary and cultural studies. I also regularly offer courses in English as part of our interdisciplinary Latin American Studies program. As I scholar, I am primarily interested in the cultural production of nineteenth-century Latin America. My book Beyond Civilization and Barbarism demonstrates how political rivals in post-revolutionary Argentina were complicit in articulating modern political concepts by employing a variety of cultural forms, including portraiture, graffiti, audiovisual spectacles, and literature. My recent work includes studies on the use and reception of early photography, and my current book project concerns the cultural origins of populism throughout Latin America in the nineteenth century. I’ve also published a series of essays on the ways in which filmliterature, and public spectacles reconfigure foundational figures and myths in the present.

Education
BA Haverford College 2000
MA Columbia University 2002
MPHIL Columbia University 2005
Ph.D Columbia University 2008
Classes
LAS Travel Seminar Activity LAS 398-A 2234
Latin America Travel Seminar LAS 399-A 2234
Latin American Film SPAN 306-A 2234
Spanish Conversation in Contex SPAN 204-B 2238
Latin American Visual Culture SPAN 312-A 2238

Contact Information

Wyatt 237