Flor Barceló

Flor Barceló

Flor is a PhD student in Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University. They hold a Licenciatura in Letras (BA) by the University of Buenos Aires, where they concentrated on Literary Theory. They specialize in Education as well and received a Certificate in Didactics and Pedagogy from the University of Buenos Aires. Before coming to Columbia University, they were also a student at University of Tres de Febrero’s postgraduate program on Gender Studies and Policies.

They worked as research assistant in the Department of Literary Theory and the Department of Feminist Literary Studies and Theories at the University de Buenos Aires. Since 2015, Flor has worked as a high school teacher and a community college professor. They also worked as an educator at the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity in Argentina, where they provided training on intersectionality and diversity policies for the Secretary for Prevention of Violence Against Women and LGTB+ people.

Their research interests include the construction of queer archives, DIY publications (magazines and fanzines) produced by LGBT+ activists from Latin America and Catalonia, subjectivity and grievable lives under neoliberalism, and literature written during the AIDS epidemics.

Flor will be working as an intern at Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library during the Summer of 2023.