J. Alfonso Correa Cabrera

Ph.D. student in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures. He has previously worked on topics such as the genealogy of representative government, the relationship between authoritarian personality and electoral participation, and the ways in which fictional literature addressed the disenchantment of the world and the Enlightenment ethos during the nineteenth century.

His current research interests include nineteenth-century liberalism in Mexico and its colonial underpinnings; the genealogy of individual authorship and artistic practices that challenge the notion of genius; and the discursive practices that enabled colonialism in Abya Yala.

As a member of the ¡El tamaño sí importa! collective, he was shortlisted for the Tlahuicole Prize 2020. By misappropriating academic etiquette, this group explored expansive delusions within elite universities. His upcoming novella, Jose Luis Cuevas y cómo hablar en primera persona, examines the relationship between academic merit and overcompensation. 

The following are examples of his previous work:

• "Palestina-México/México-Palestina: Una exploración de las iteraciones de la sinrazón colonial." Posición. Revista del Instituto de Investigaciones Geográficas 13 (2025): 1-18.
• "Coping with a Disenchanted World: The Portrayal of Enlightenment in Tolstoy's War and Peace." Literatura: Teoría, Historia, Crítica 27.1 (2025).
• "El arte como el Gran Rechazo: la (des) humanización de la estética." Valenciana 12.23 (2019): 191-211.