Alberto Medina

Alberto Medina is a Professor in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University, based in Casa Hispanica (502). His research spans XVIIIth-century Spain, contemporary Spanish literature and film, and transatlantic cultural exchanges.

His scholarly focus includes memory politics during Spain's democratic transition, queer identity, and language politics in eighteenth-century Spain. Key publications include the books Exorcismos de la memoria: políticas y poéticas de la melancolía en la España de la transición and Espejo de sombras: sujeto y multitud en la España del siglo XVIII, alongside articles in Hispania, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, and Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies.

Recent work analyzes memory-queer identity intersections, XVIIIth-century Spanish linguistic policies, and TV/film dialogues during the Spanish Transition. He teaches courses such as Forgetting the Spanish Civil War and State Avant-Gardes (Spain 1928-2008).