Yarí Pérez Marín

Before coming to Durham, I was Assistant Professor in Spanish and Portuguese at Northwestern University, and Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. I have two main areas of research: contemporary Latin American cinema and media, on the one hand, and on the other, 16th and 17th century Hispanic literature and culture with an emphasis on the history of science in transatlantic contexts. My work has been supported by the Mellon Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the Institute for Citizens & Scholars.

At the undergraduate level, I convene a final-year module, Representing Women: Sex and Power in Colonial Latin America, and co-convene a second-year module, Race and Gender in Latin American Cinema. I also contribute to Identity in the Spanish-Speaking World, Spanish Texts, as well as to The Art of the Moving Image 2: Theories and Contexts. At the postgraduate level, I am part of the teaching and supervisory teams in the MA in Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the MA in Translation Studies.

Research interests:

Early Modern Studies
Colonial Latin America
Film Studies
History of Science and Medicine
Caribbean Literature and Culture
Gender and Sexuality Studies