Diego Baena

Diego Baena is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Language and Culture Studies at Trinity College, where he has been affiliated since 2022. His research focuses on 19th-century Spain, exploring intersections of popular literacy, media, censorship, and political cultures. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from Princeton University and a B.A. in History and Romance Languages from the University of Chicago.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese, Princeton University (2020)
  • M.A. in Spanish and Portuguese, Princeton University
  • B.A. in History and Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago

His research interests include representations of migration, working-class economies in works by Emilia Pardo Bazán and Rosalía de Castro, and the commemoration of socialist political cultures. He also examines Cuban-Spanish-Puerto Rican republicanism, Spanish feminisms, and avant-garde works by Federico García Lorca, Langston Hughes, and Luis Buñuel. His doctoral dissertation, La literatura y sus pueblos, analyzes how literature engaged with social movements and dissent in 19th-century Spain.

Publications/Awards: No specific articles or awards listed, though his work emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to cultural history and political thought.

Advising/Grants: No advisees, grants, or lab affiliations explicitly mentioned.