Author: Mixie Clerard

I am a first year RLL Spanish PhD student. I received a BA from the University of Virginia (2020) in Global Studies and Spanish, with a concentration in Cinematography. My proposed PhD research is situated within transatlantic feminist movements and focuses on the role of performance in activism. My research deals with issues relating to…

Arianna Afsari (she/her) is a doctoral student in the Department of Comparative Literature. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the College of William and Mary in 2019 with a BA in Russian & Post-Soviet studies and Hispanic studies. Before arriving at the University of Michigan, she lived and conducted research abroad in Russia, Spain, and Latin…

Director My research and teaching interests converge at the intersection of aesthetics, politics, and philosophy. With a background in Comparative Literature, I specialize in modern and contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. I also work on the history of Marxism, philosophies of translation, competing notions of what constitutes universality, indigenous and African diaspora studies, avant-garde…