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Rory O'Bryen is a Professor at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, specializing in modern Latin American culture with particular research interests in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Colombian culture and history. He has authored the book 'Literature, Testimony, Cinema: Contemporary Colombian Culture: Spectres' (Woodridge: Boydell Brewer, 2008), which examines the role of violence in production and urban space, alongside memory discourses on violence in Colombia. He co-edited the volumes 'Latin American Popular Culture: Politics, Media, Affect' (New York: Boydell Brewer, 2013), 'Latin American Cultural Studies: Reader' (Routledge, 2017), and 'Transnational Spanish Studies' (Liverpool, 2020), and has contributed significantly to the 'Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies'. His published work includes standalone articles on key figures such as Borges, Fernando Vallejo, the ‘McOndo’ group, and Roberto Bolaño, as well as explorations of Colombian literature and ecology. His ongoing research focuses on the representation of the Magdalena River in Colombian culture from 1850 to the present, engaging with a variety of works including regional romances, Afro-Colombian poetry, and silent films. He is active in supervising doctoral students on topics ranging from literature and film related to the Cuban Revolution to Afro-Latin Americanism and the visual arts.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge, England
Teaches and researches modern Latin American culture, particularly Colombian literature and culture.
Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.