COMING SOON
INTERVIEWS
Edmundo Paz Soldán: «En un mundo marcado por la mutación, intentamos mantener la coherencia». Entrevista para la revista Carátula, Centroamérica Cuenta / Madrid, 2026.
Karina Sainz Borgo: «Aquello que no debió ocurrir también nos incumbe». Entrevista para el Papel Literario del diario El Nacional. Caracas / Madrid, 2026.
WORKSHOP
The seminar on Venezuelan Writers 2026 with Michelle Roche Rodríguez as a guest; my interviews with Venezuelan writers Karina Sainz Borgo and Sandra Caula; the chapter from the new book «The Handbook of Trans Science Fictions» on the route from reality to Science Fiction in Camila Sosa Villada; the Latin American Studies Association (LASA); Venezuela newsletters; and more coming soon!
REVIEW
Javier Guerrero. Escribir después de morir. El archivo y el más allá. Madrid/Santiago de Chile: Metales Pesados. Trópico Absoluto, 2026
Volver a los archivos después de varios años implica, sin duda alguna, una relectura distinta, en la que se incorporan los espacios del ahora y la reinterpretación de las imágenes. Desde la portada de Nury González (Historia de Cenizas, 1998), donde una casa se erige en el trazo de las líneas que encierran la puerta de las palabras, el archivo de Javier Guerrero vuelve a trasladarse a los cuerpos.
BOOK CHAPTER
Claudia Cavallin, Parallel Worlds Connecting Multiple Identities: Transgender Existence in Camila Sosa Villada's Bad Girls. «The Handbook of Trans Science Fictions» (co-edited with Sabine R. Sharp). Liverpool University Press, 2026.
Bad Girls (2022) by Camila Sosa Villada describes a diverse family construction that restructures the linearity of existence, connected with parallel worlds that unite multiple identities: Two genders in the same body; two spaces—the park and the house—as the only route of traveling from reality to Science Fiction; and two ways of using the identity of their bodies, changing from day to night. In line with Judith Butler's gender theory, Virginie Despentes and Cecilia Gentili situate gender in this novel in a literary space where categories are shaped by factors such as class, ethnicity, and sexuality. Here, a parallel world is constructed through resistance to the cultural imposition of gender identities. In this novel, to be trans is to live in several temporal and spatial dimensions, where identity connects through the feelings of a little boy named 'Twinkle Eyes,' who can transgress all borders and spaces.
THE SECTION ON VENEZUELAN STUDIES (SVS) Chair: Claudia Cavallin
«Navegar el colapso: reinventar la política, cuidar lo común».
Over the past decade, phenomena have emerged with unprecedented speed, representing setbacks that until recently were unthinkable, with harmful effects on citizens’ rights, democratic standards, and the rule of law. In this context, numerous armed conflicts and reconfigurations of world order have added layers of collapse and civilizational crisis. However, if we look more closely, beyond the stupor, we can also see new progressive experiences. These emerging phenomena are observed in a variety of contexts at the macro, meso, and micro levels of analysis. In this Congress, we seek to engage with the multiple dimensions of collapse without focusing solely on it, and to learn about and discuss innovative actions, strategies, and initiatives that help us navigate this collapse and move beyond it.
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