Charles Pigott

Dr. Charles Pigott is a Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Strathclyde, specializing in Indigenous literatures and languages of Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia. He holds a PhD from the University of London and has held prestigious fellowships, including a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the University of Cambridge and a Mexican Government Postdoctoral Fellowship. His research bridges Literary Studies, Linguistics, Anthropology, and Philosophy, focusing on cultural memory and biocultural heritage within Indigenous contexts, particularly through the lens of the Environmental Humanities.

Education:

• PhD in Voices of the Mountains: Language and Identity in Andean Songs (SOAS, University of London, 2013)
• MA in Language Documentation and Description (SOAS, 2009)
• BA in Anthropology and Hispanic Studies (University of Glasgow, 2007)

Research Interests: Indigenous philosophies, environmental sustainability, intercultural dialogue, and multilingual Indigenous literatures. He has published extensively on Maya, Quechua, and Nahuatl literatures, including his monograph Writing the Land, Writing Humanity: The Maya Literary Renaissance (2020).

Awards:

• 2023 Member of UK Young Academy
• 2022 MLA Prize Honorable Mention for Native American Literatures
• Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy

Professional Roles: Co-editor of the bilingual Indigenous literature series at Universidad de las Américas Puebla, member of the UK Young Academy, and leader of Strathclyde’s involvement in the Earth Scholars Programme (2024). He also participates in interdisciplinary initiatives like the Royal Society’s Future of Science Policy workshop.

Teaching: Coordinates courses such as “Latin America through Indigenous Eyes” and “Political and Social Crisis in Contemporary Hispanic Cinema.” Mentors PhD students in Indigenous Studies and Environmental Humanities.