Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado
Emerson Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies, Romance Studies
Academic focus:
Latin American literature, cinema, food and culture more broadly, with a focus on Mexico. In terms of methods, I work on the intersection of cultural sociology, intellectual theory and criticism.
Current research project:
A book on the portrayals of Mexico City in literature for Cambridge University Press, and a longstanding project on genre Mexican cinema (horror, noir, thrillers, etc.) entitled “Popular Cosmopolitanism.”
Previous positions:
Jarvis Thurston and Mona van Duyn Professor in the Humanities, Washington University in St. Louis, 2019-2026
Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, Washington University in St. Louis, 2016-2018
Associate Professor of Spanish and International and Area Studies, Washington University in St. Louis, 2012-2016
Assistant Professor of Spanish and IAS, Washington University in St. Louis, 2006-2012
Academic background:
Ph.D., Hispanic languages and literatures, University of Pittsburgh, 2006.
M.A., Hispanic languages and literatures, University of Pittsburgh, 2003
Licenciatura en Literatura, Universidad de las Américas-Puebla, Mexico, 2001
Last book read:
“The Tree Within: The Mexican Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz’s Years in India” by Indranil Chakravarty
In your own time/when not working:
Reading, watching films, listening to music, cooking and hanging out with my wife and my two Havanese dogs
Courses you’re most looking forward to teaching:
My two courses this fall: Global Food Cultures of Greater Mexico and Latin American Literary Theory
What most excites you about Cornell:
Its longstanding commitment to the humanities and the famously wonderful students.
X handle/blog url:
ignaciosanchezprado.substack.com
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