Dr. Rodrigo Cacho

Biography

Rodrigo Cacho specializes in Early Modern Iberian and Latin American literature. He was born in Rome to Argentinean parents and studied Spanish and Italian at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where he earned his PhD in Hispanic literature. He previously served as a Teaching Fellow at the University of St Andrews and as an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia before joining the University of Cambridge. He has received several prestigious awards, including the Philip Leverhulme Prize, and has held fellowships from notable institutions, including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada, Newton Trust, and the British Academy. Rodrigo's research interests focus on the cultural exchanges between Iberia and the Americas, investigating how poetry constructs subjectivity and sociability during this period. His upcoming monograph, 'Poets in the New World: Literary Communities of Early Modern Spanish America,' aims to shed light on lesser-known authors and their texts, exploring how Spanish literary practices were influenced by personal circumstances and the socio-political context of their time. He has published extensively across various prestigious academic journals and is particularly known for his comprehensive studies on the works of Francisco de Quevedo.

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