Pedro Aguilera-Mellado

Pedro Aguilera-Mellado is Associate Professor of Spanish and concurrent faculty in Film Studies at the University of Notre Dame. His research examines 18th-21st century Iberian literatures and film through modern continental philosophy, focusing on infrapolitics, modernity, and representation. He directs graduate studies in Spanish and holds fellowships at the Nanovic and Kellogg Institutes.

His research centers on infrapolitical approaches to Spanish modernity, analyzing reason, representation and narrative in works from Goya to contemporary filmmakers. Current projects examine the ruin of modernity, anthropocene infrapolitics, and theological-political scripts in Spanish culture.

Publications explore infrapolitical theory applied to Spanish literature/film, including studies of Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, rural cinema, biopolitics in Jesús Carrasco's works, and feminist subjectivity. His book Fines Infrapolíticos critiques Enlightenment legacies in Spanish modernity.