Javier Guerrero is a Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University, currently on leave for Fall 2025. He holds a Ph.D. in Latin American Studies from New York University and a Licenciatura in Film Studies from the Universidad Central de Venezuela. His research focuses on visual culture, sexuality, and the body in Latin America, with particular attention to materiality, archives, and interdisciplinary intersections of art, cinema, and literature. Guerrero has held leadership roles including Director of Undergraduate Studies in Spanish and Portuguese and Acting Director of the Program in Latin American Studies at Princeton. He also serves on committees for Gender & Sexuality Studies and the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities. His scholarly contributions include monographs like Escribir después de morir (2022), which challenges traditional notions of archives and authorship, and edited volumes such as Excesos de Cuerpo (2010). He has curated over 25 film series at the Venezuelan Cinemateca Nacional and currently leads professional associations like the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), where he received the Sylvia Molloy Award (2016). Guerrero’s current projects include books on synthetic skin cultures, dark sovereignty in Latin America, and cinematic cruelty. Guerrero’s academic contributions extend beyond publishing to symposia, global seminars, and jury roles for literary/film awards. His work interrogates binaries between life/death, material/imaginary, and author/community, emphasizing transformative processes in cultural production.
