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Juan Vitulli is an Associate Professor in the Department of Roman Languages at the University of Notre Dame. A native of Rosario, Argentina, he specializes in Baroque literature and culture with a focus on the connections between Iberian cultural productions and the Latin American colonial world. Vitulli has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 2008 and has taught at various institutions including the University of Buenos Aires, Catholic University of Peru, University of Los Andes, and UNAM Mexico.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Spanish, Vanderbilt University
- M.A. in Spanish, Vanderbilt University
- Literature, Facultad de Humanidades y Artes, Rosario, Argentina
Vitulli's research centers on Baroque poetry, theater, and preaching in the Hispanic world. His work explores the cultural intersections between Spain and Latin America during the colonial period, with particular attention to the concept of "Criollo" as a floating signifier in Latin American identity formation. He has published extensively on figures such as Góngora, Cervantes, Espinosa Medrano, and Camargo, examining how baroque aesthetics intersect with religious, political, and social discourses of the period. His current research analyzes over 60 arts of preaching published in the Iberian Peninsula after the Council of Trent.
Vitulli has received numerous research grants including a 2024-2025 grant for "Remembering the Snow: Ecological Crisis and Memory in Rosario, Argentina" and multiple awards for conference presentations at LASA and other academic gatherings. He was a fellow at the John Carter Brown Library and recently completed a residency at the British Library studying the works of Andrés Ferrer de Valdecebro.
Scientific Awards and Fellowships:
- Kellogg Institute faculty fellow (since 2008)
- Fellow, John Carter Brown Library (Brown University)
- Residency, British Library
Vitulli serves as a dedicated mentor to graduate students and has directed numerous workshops across Latin America. His current research includes a monograph analyzing over 60 arts of preaching published in the Iberian Peninsula after the Council of Trent, as well as a second project examining treatises on preaching in colonial Latin America. Beyond his academic work, Vitulli is also an accomplished fiction writer, having published a collection of short stories (Sur de Yakima, 2019) and a book of poetry (Primavera Indiana, 2020).
