Pedro García-Caro

Pedro García-Caro is an Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages at the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, University of Oregon. His academic profile demonstrates deep engagement with transnational literary studies, particularly focusing on the intersections of Hispanic, Latin American, and U.S. cultural production across historical periods. With formal education spanning institutions in Spain, the UK, and the United States, García-Caro brings a uniquely comparative perspective to his research and teaching.

His research interests encompass Nationalism, Postmodernity, Postcolonial Studies, Environmental Studies, US Hispanic Literatures, Mexican Literature, Border Literature, Comparative American Studies, Transatlantic Studies, Satire, Drama, and Translation. These interconnected fields reflect his commitment to examining cultural production through the lens of transnational encounters, power dynamics, and historical contingencies. García-Caro's work consistently challenges national frameworks in literary studies, advocating instead for hemispheric and transatlantic approaches that reveal the complex interweavings of cultural production across political boundaries.

His recent scholarly output demonstrates remarkable breadth and timeliness, with publications addressing contemporary academic freedom concerns, early ecofeminist literature, transatlantic intellectual history, and border studies. García-Caro has edited significant volumes including Transatlantic Studies: Iberia, Latin America, Africa (2019) and produced critical editions of important literary works like Astucias por heredar un sobrino a un tío (2018). His influential book After the Nation: Postnational Satire in the Works of Carlos Fuentes and Thomas Pynchon (2014) established him as a leading scholar in comparative hemispheric American literary studies.

García-Caro serves as Managing Editor for Periphērica: Journal of Social, Cultural, and Literary History and co-edited the Journal of Academic Freedom (2021-23). His editorial work reflects his commitment to fostering critical discourse in the humanities, particularly regarding academic freedom and the ongoing challenges to critical race theory and inclusive pedagogy in higher education. His recent publications have increasingly addressed the political threats to academic freedom across the United States.

As a scholar trained across multiple national contexts (Spain, UK, and US), García-Caro embodies the transnational intellectual perspective he advocates in his work. His research consistently demonstrates how literary and cultural production transcends national boundaries while simultaneously engaging with the political and historical specificities that shape cultural expression in particular contexts.