Diana Torres Silva, Instructor

I am a scholar of Latin American literature and visual culture specializing in cultural memory, aesthetics of violence, and social movements in contemporary Colombia and Latin America. I hold a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies (Romance Studies) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and currently serve as a Spanish language instructor in the Department of Romance Studies at Duke University, where I teach courses in Spanish language and writing.

My research and teaching explore the intersections of art, politics, and collective memory, with particular attention to ephemeral artistic interventions–such as street art and performance–that respond to state violence and social unrest.

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Office Phone:	(919) 660-3101
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Teaching (Spring 2026):

• SPANISH 102.04, ELEMENTARY SPANISH 2 Synopsis

  Crowell 107, MTuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• SPANISH 102.08, ELEMENTARY SPANISH 2 Synopsis

  East Duke 204D, MTuTh 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

• SPANISH 102.09, ELEMENTARY SPANISH 2 Synopsis

  Crowell 108, MTuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

Education:

Ph.D.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

2025

Recent Publications

1. Torres Silva, D, Resistencia civil durante el Estallido Social colombiano. El periplo heroico de los falsos positivos, Polifonía Scholarly Journal, vol. XV no. 1 (December, 2025), pp. 74-91, Austin Peay State University  [abs]
2. Torres Silva, D, Análisis de las relaciones de poder en la autobiografía de Mario Bellatín Mi piel, luminosa…en los alrededores de la tumba del santo sufí, en El Gran Vidrio, Revista Educación y Desarrollo Social, vol. 11 no. 2 (January, 2018), pp. 150-161, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada [doi]  [abs]
3. Torres Silva, D, Doris Salcedo: los parámetros del compromiso político en Colombia, A Contracorriente: una revista de estudios latinoamericanos, vol. 15 no. No.3 (2018) (October, 2017), pp. 155-186  [abs]