Dr. Andrés Carrete

Biography

Andrés Carrete is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of the Classics at Harvard University. His research focuses on Latin American reception of classics, with a notable emphasis on Mexican reception. He is also interested in Greek tragedy and practices inclusive pedagogy, addressing the complex interactions between translation theory, ethics, and political philosophy. Carrete earned his Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2013. He then pursued a Master's and PhD in Classics at the University of California Santa Barbara, completing his doctoral studies in 2022. Throughout his academic career, he has contributed to various scholarly discussions around the reception of classical texts in contemporary contexts, advocating for a more inclusive approach to teaching classics and emphasizing the importance of translation in understanding cultural dialogues.

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