Javier García Liendo

Javier García Liendo is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Director of Graduate Studies in Hispanic Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. He holds a PhD from Princeton University. His research focuses on Latin American and Andean literatures, cultural history, media theory, and the intersection of modernity with indigenous cultures. He is the author of El intelectual y la cultura de masas (2017) and co-editor of several volumes, including a special issue on media and materiality in Latin America (Discourse, 2016). His current project, The Children of Indigenismo, explores rural schoolteachers' roles in shaping modernity in Peru (1939–1967).

Education: PhD, Princeton University.

Research Interests: García Liendo examines how intellectual responses to industrialization and commodification impacted Andean indigenous cultures, focusing on print media, radio, and education. His work bridges material culture studies with analyses of race, Marxism, and rural transformations. He critiques indigenismo’s paternalism while highlighting its role in cultural negotiation.

Teaching: Courses include 'The Sixties in Latin America,' 'Latin American Soundscapes,' and graduate seminars on media and popular culture. He is general editor of the Revista de Estudios Hispánicos.