Diego Alonso

Diego Alonso is a Professor of Spanish and Humanities at Reed College, where he has been affiliated since 2001. His research explores the intersections of aesthetics, rhetoric, and politics in Latin American literature, focusing on nineteenth- and twentieth-century modernization processes and contemporary Argentinean and Uruguayan fiction. He is currently on sabbatical for 2024–25.

• Education
  • Licence d'Histoire, Université de Paris VII (1981)
  • Maîtrise d'Histoire, Université de Paris VII (1986)
  • DEA, Université de Paris III (1989)
  • MA and PhD in Latin American Literature, Princeton University (1993, 1998)

His research areas include literary theory, hermeneutics, and political philosophy, with a focus on Latin American essay writers like Martí, Rodó, and Mariátegui, as well as contemporary fiction by Borges, Cortázar, and Piglia. His recent publications analyze visual culture, memory, and the relationship between literature and political discourse.

Alonso has authored the book Espejismos reales. Imágenes y política en la literatura rioplatense (2023) and José Enrique Rodó: una retórica para la democracia (2009). His work appears in journals such as Variaciones Borges, Iberoamericana, and Latin American Literary Review.