Nathanial Gardner

Nathanial Gardner is a Professor of Latin American Text, Image, and Culture at the University of Glasgow within the Hispanic Studies department. His work bridges literature, photography, and cultural analysis, focusing on Mexico and Latin America.

• Research Networks: University of California Mexicanists, Translation Ideology and Culture at Universidad de Salamanca
• Key Themes: Mexican visual culture, testimonio literature, text/image interplay, Elena Poniatowska studies

Recent Publications include A Companion to Latin American Photography (2025, In Press) and analyses of Graciela Iturbide, Mariana Yampolsky, and contemporary Mexican narratives. His 2016 Spanish Government grant (Q3210001) supported research on symbolic violence and translation.

Supervision includes postgraduate work on non-fiction texts and photography in Latin America. He has collaborated with institutions like Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico and Instituto Mora through British Council funding (2016, £15,000).