Miguel Rosas Buendia
Assistant Professor
- School of Modern Languages
Overview
Miguel Rosas Buendia is Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies in the School of Modern Languages. Originally from Lima, Peru, he earned a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from Brown University. His research interests include history of science, environmental studies, and indigenous studies. Through the study of literary and scientific primary sources, he examines topics such as knowledge production, nationalism, and extractive industries, as well as the transatlantic exchange of ideas about the Pre-Columbian material culture. His book manuscript in progress, tentatively titled Crafting a Technoscientific Nation, examines the circulation of new scientific, engineering, and archaeological paradigms and their role in the question of nation-building in nineteenth century Peru. This inquiry is examined through the transatlantic intellectual trajectory, governmental work, and academic writings of the Peruvian scientist Mariano de Rivero (1798-1857). The book studies Rivero’s conceptual and practical involvement in three central subjects –the Andean territory and its natural resources (centrally mining), the Pre-Columbian material culture and its archaeological/national interpretation, and the future of the republic in the emerging industrial world. Trained in literary studies and cultural history, he has also published on poetry and travel writing, and examined the intersections between natural sciences, mining, and aesthetics in a global context. He is also the founder and director of the Latin American Environmental Humanities Lab (LAEH Lab), an interdisciplinary and cross-school initiative at the Ivan Allen College. Among other projects, LAEH Lab produces Amatl, a podcast on environmental issues in Latin America.
- Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies, Brown University
- B.A. in Hispanic Literature, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Interests
- Literary and Cultural Studies
- Modern Global History/Science, Technology, and Nationalism
- Science and Technology Studies
Focuses:
- Latin America and Caribbean
- Environment
- Historiography
- Indigenous Studies
- Modernity
- Perspectives on technology
- Sustainability
Courses
- SPAN-3200: Global Latin America
- SPAN-4061: Science & Technology I
- SPAN-4220: Nation/Narration In LA
- SPAN-4500: Intercultural Seminar
- SPAN-4813: Special Topics: Latin American Environmental Humanities
- SPAN-6500: Intercultural Seminar
- SPAN-6693: Sustainable Development
Publications
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
- Ciencias naturales, aislamiento y especulación en Cartas de Amambay y otros textos sobre el Paraguay de Lucio Mansilla
In: Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos (forthcoming)
Date: 2020
- Mariano de Rivero y un diálogo tecnológico con el mundo andino
In: Sílex
Date: 2017
Chapters
- Andean Metallic Abundance in Republican Times: Mariano de Rivero and his Civic Endeavor
In: Asymmetric Ecologies in Europe and South America around 1800
Date: 2022
- Vanguardia, continentalismo y Andes globales en Antipoemas y Junín de Enrique Bustamante y Ballivián
In: Ecos críticos de las vanguardias en América Latina
Date: 2021
All Publications
Journal Articles
- Ciencias naturales, aislamiento y especulación en Cartas de Amambay y otros textos sobre el Paraguay de Lucio Mansilla
In: Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos (forthcoming)
Date: 2020
- Mariano de Rivero y un diálogo tecnológico con el mundo andino
In: Sílex
Date: 2017
Chapters
- Andean Metallic Abundance in Republican Times: Mariano de Rivero and his Civic Endeavor
In: Asymmetric Ecologies in Europe and South America around 1800
Date: 2022
- Vanguardia, continentalismo y Andes globales en Antipoemas y Junín de Enrique Bustamante y Ballivián
In: Ecos críticos de las vanguardias en América Latina
Date: 2021