- Ph.D., Hispanic Languages and Literatures, UCLA, 2023
- M.A., Advanced Hispanic Studies, University of Seville, 2014
- B.A., Hispanic Studies, University of Seville, 2012
Julia Calderón
Lecturer
- gonzajul@iu.edu
- (812) 855-1514
- Global and International Studies Building 2118
- Office Hours
Education
About Julia Calderón
Dr. Julia Calderón has taught in the US at the college level for over a decade. Her experience extends across the undergraduate course of study in Spanish, from literature and culture to all levels of Spanish language, both for traditional and heritage learners, including online asynchronous courses. She has also taught courses on Political Violence and holds a Graduate Certificate in Writing Pedagogies. She possesses extensive undergraduate mentoring experience and is keen on empowering students from historically underrepresented groups to thrive in college. Her research examines contemporary Central American literatures and focuses on crime fiction and themes of neoliberalism, memory and trauma, migration, and gender and sexuality.
Refereed articles
“The Burden of the Past: Diasporic Trauma, Crime, and Patriarchal Violence in Horacio Castellanos Moya’s Moronga”. Humanities 13.14, 2024.
“Asesina del género: la ficción antipolicial de la salvadoreña Claudia Hernández.” Istmo. Revista virtual de estudios literarios y culturales centroamericanos 41, 2021: 49-69.
“Memory for Sale: Neoliberalism and Crime in Post-Dictatorial Chile in El corazón del silencio by Tatiana Lobo.” Clues. A Journal of Detection 38.1, April 2020: 48-59.
“«El amor es cosa seria»: la novela centroamericana decimonónica como arma de adoctrinamiento sentimental.” Cuadernos de Aleph 10, June 2018: 49-59.
“The Irrelevant Mystery, the Involuntary Detective, the Melting Clue: Notes on La pista de hielo, a Neopolicial by Roberto Bolaño.” Alea: Estudos Neolatinos 20.1, January-April 2018: 125-141.
Book chapters
“Matar al padre: psicoanálisis y simbolismo en algunas narraciones de Cristina Peri Rossi.” Erotismo, transgresión y exilio: las voces de Cristina Peri Rossi. Ed. Jesus Gomez-de-Tejada. University of Seville Press, 2017: 173-190.
Book reviews
“La noche viene sin ti, by Julio Prado”. Confluencia, 2024 (in press).
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