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Fernanda Macchi is an Associate Professor at McGill University, currently on sabbatical leave until September 2026. She holds a Licenciatura en Letras from Universidad de Buenos Aires, an M.A. in Romance Languages from the University of Oregon, and a Ph.D. in Spanish from Yale University. Her academic office is located at 680 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal.
Her research focuses on Cultural History through theoretical frameworks including Translation Studies, Book History, Transatlantic Studies, and Colonial/Postcolonial Studies. She examines how cultural artifacts articulate differences in race, gender, genre, and nation across historical periods, with particular emphasis on Latin American contexts.
Macchi's publications demonstrate consistent focus on colonial and 19th-century Latin American cultural production. Her scholarly work frequently engages with: colonial text reception during Enlightenment and revolutionary periods, indigenous writing systems (particularly quipus), transatlantic literary exchanges, abolitionist discourses, and gender representations in Hispanic literature. The Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's legacy appears as a recurrent thematic axis across multiple publications.
She has secured significant research funding including:
- SSHRC Standard Research Grant (2011-2014) for 'Reading the chronicles during the Age of Revolution'
- FQRSC Nouveaux Professeur Chercheurs Grant (2009-2012) for 'Reading the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega during the Independence Wars'
- Multiple McGill University internal grants and travel awards (2003-2009)
At McGill, she has taught undergraduate and graduate courses including Survey of Spanish American Literature, Viceregal Spanish America, Women Writers in Spanish America, and specialized topics like Translators in Latin American Literature and Indigenous Literatures.
