Daniel Astorga Poblete, Graduate Student, Spanish

Please note: Daniel has left the "Romance Studies" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	205 Languages Building
Office Phone:	919-660-3100
Email Address:

Typical Courses Taught:

• SPANISH 327S, Mapping Colonial Latin America

• SPANISH 412D, MAYAS, AZTECS AND INCAS

• SPANISH 1, ELEMENTARY SPANISH 1 Synopsis

• SPANISH 155D, MAYAS, AZTECS AND INCAS

Education:

Romance Studies, Spanish	Duke University	2011
Licenciado en Letras: Literatura y Linguística Hispánicas	Facultad de Letras, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	2006

Specialties:

Spanish
Early Modern
Decolonial and Post-colonial Studies
Space Studies, Urban Studies
Latin-American Studies
Comparative Studies: Translation, Travel Narratives, Trans-Culturality

Research Interests: Latin American Colonial Studies

My research focuses on Mesoamerica. At the moment, I'm working in my dissertation on Mesoamerican territoriality and space transformation during colonial times.

Keywords:

Mesoamerica • Colonial Latin America

Recent Publications

1. D.E. Astorga Poblete, Lewis. Laura A.. Chocolate and Corn Flour: History, Race, and Place in the Making of “Black” Mexico, Itinerario (April, 2013) [displayAbstract]
2. D.E. Astorga Poblete, John Charles, Allies at Odds: The Andean Church and Its Indigenous Agents,, Itinerario (April, 2011) [displayAbstract]
3. D.E. Astorga Poblete, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca: a schizoid colonial ethnographer (June 24, 2009), http://www.critica.cl/html/daniel_astorga_poblete_01.html

Selected Colloquium Organizer

1. Sailing Away, September 11, 2010, Duke University    

Selected Conference Talks

1. Toponimias Coloniales y Luchas Territoriales, 2013, GRAPHSY, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.    
2. La Casa Cosmológica de los Mayas y Andinos, 2012, Latin American Studies Association Conference, San Francisco    
3. Cervantes's Lienzo and America, 2011, NC Colloquium for Medieval and Early Modern Studies    
4. Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca: a schizoid colonial ethnographer, 2010, ILASSA, University of Texas at Austin    
5. Imaginando demonios en el Perú del Siglo XVII, 2010, Graduate Student Conference, Brown University    

Selected Meetings

1. Northeastern Group of Nahuatl Studies Conference, 2012, Yale University    

Selected Grant Support

• Fulbright.