Laura Catelli

Laura Catelli is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University, with primary academic affiliations in Argentina. She holds the position of Full Professor at the Facultad de Humanidades y Artes and is a Tenured Researcher at the Instituto de Estudios Críticos en Humanidades (IECH), CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Rosario. She also directs the Center for Research and Studies in Postcolonial Theory (CIETP).

Her academic training includes a B.A. in Spanish and Portuguese from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Hispanic Colonial Studies, Romance Languages, from the University of Pennsylvania.

Her research focuses on the intersections of race, gender, and coloniality in Latin American and Caribbean sociocultural formations, discourses, and cultural imaginaries. She critically examines the concept of mestizaje through postcolonial and decolonial lenses, engaging with fields such as Colonial Studies, Latin American Colonial Critique, South Asian Postcolonial Theory, Subaltern Studies, and the Decolonial Turn. Her work is deeply rooted in the humanities and explores epistemic, aesthetic, political, and subjective legacies of colonialism.

While no publications are listed in the provided text, her research trajectory indicates a strong focus on theoretical and critical approaches to postcolonial identity formation and cultural representation in Latin America.

• Full Professor, Facultad de Humanidades y Artes, Argentina
• Tenured Researcher, IECH, CONICET-UNR
• Director, Center for Research and Studies in Postcolonial Theory (CIETP)

She has held no listed scientific awards in the provided material. Her academic advising and grant activities are not detailed, but her leadership of a research center suggests active mentorship and project direction. She is involved in advanced theoretical research through her roles at IECH and CIETP, contributing to critical humanities discourse in Latin America and beyond.