Dr. Claudia Milian

Biography

Claudia Milian is a theorist specializing in LatinX contemporaneity, who joined the faculty of Duke University in 2006. She is the author of significant works including 'LatinX' (University of Minnesota Press, 2019) and 'Latining America: Black-Brown Passages Coloring Latina/o Studies' (University of Georgia Press, 2013). Her ongoing research interests involve literary cultural studies, global south southern imaginaries, global LatinX studies, transatlantic LatinX studies, LatinX Spain, Central American studies, and migration. Milian’s recent publications include articles addressing LatinX genesis and its implications in the Spanish European world, and the interconnections between LatinX studies and Iberian studies. Her academic work critically examines the role of LatinX identity and its significance within broader cultural contexts.

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