Daniel Astorga Poblete, Graduate Student, Spanish

Daniel Astorga Poblete

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

Office Location:  205 Languages Building
Office Phone:  919-660-3100
Email Address: send me a message

Typical Courses Taught:

Education:

Romance Studies, SpanishDuke University2011
Licenciado en Letras: Literatura y Linguística HispánicasFacultad de Letras, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile2006
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