Paul H. Cahill

Paul H. Cahill is an Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Pomona College, specializing in 20th-century Spanish literature. He is on leave during the 2025-2026 academic year. His research focuses on poetry that bridges social contexts with linguistic innovation, particularly analyzing Spanish poets from the 1960s-1970s and contemporary poets born decades after World War II.

His work explores the intersection of literature and society, with current research examining the enduring impact of the Holocaust on Spanish poets who lack direct historical connections to the event. He has published extensively on authors like Jenaro Talens, Jorge Urrutia, Eduardo Hervás, and Antonio Méndez Rubio.

• Email: paul.cahill@pomona.edu

His research spans poetics, deconstruction, and ethical themes in Spanish poetry. Recent publications analyze trauma representation, philosophical metaphors, and ideological resistance in postwar and contemporary works.

Scientific Awards

• Research Grant (Spain's Ministry of Culture Program, 2011)
• Yale-Griffith Summer Fellowship (2010)
• Regents' Dissertation Fellowship (2008)
• Dissertation Research Grant (Spain's Ministry of Culture, 2007)

His teaching includes courses on literary analysis, Spanish film, avant-garde movements, and critical inquiry seminars focusing on figures like Lorca, Buñuel, and Dalí.