Lyons Hall 311D
Telephone: 617-552-1447
Email: ali.kulez@bc.edu
ORCID
20th-21st Century Latin American Literatures and Cultures, Food Studies, Global South Studies, Diaspora/Border Studies, Critical Theory, Digital Humanities
Ali Kulez鈥檚 research focuses on 20th- and 21st-century Latin American literatures and cultures. His work examines the relationship between the body, identity, and politics with a particular focus on Cuban, Brazilian, and Argentine cultural production. His current book project, Gastropoetics: Cultural Figurations of Eating in Modern Cuba and Brazil, approaches consumption as a site of critical reflection on biopolitics, cosmopolitanism, and sovereignty. Before joining Boston College, Dr. Kulez was a Harper-Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago.
Journal Articles
鈥淥ther Foods: Consumption, Biopolitics, and Identity in Orhan Pamuk鈥檚聽A Strangeness in My Mind.鈥 In聽Kafamda Bir Tuhafl谋k 脺zerine Yaz谋lar, edited by Pelin K谋vrak. Istanbul: Yap谋 Kredi Yay谋nlar谋 (forthcoming Fall 2023).
鈥淣arrating Hemispheric Performance: The Repertoire in Daniel Alarc贸n's Fiction.鈥澛聽(2022): 51-72.
鈥淎n Early Encounter in the Global South: 鈥楢bd Al-Rahman Al-Baghdadi鈥檚 Journey to the Brazilian Empire.鈥澛犅(2022): 196-220.
鈥淓ating (by) Oneself: The Wasteful Pleasures of Self-Cannibalism in Virgilio Pi帽era鈥檚 鈥楲a carne鈥,鈥澛聽53.3 (2019): 879-898.
鈥淯nburying the Specter: Post-Dictatorship Memory in Ricardo Piglia鈥檚聽The Absent City聽(La ciudad ausente).鈥澛犅(2018): 85-103.
鈥淒isciplinary Surveillance and Simulation in Ahmet Midhat Efendi鈥檚聽Esrar-谋 Cinayat, the First Detective Novel in Turkish Literature.鈥澛(2016): 298-315.
Book Reviews
Demasiada luz para hacer poes铆a, by Paula Cucurella. Ficci贸n de la raz贸n (2021): n.p.聽 聽聽
Soberan铆as en suspenso: Imaginaci贸n y violencia en Am茅rica Latina, by Sergio Villalobos-Ruminott. Archivos: Revista de filosof铆a. 狈掳9-10 (2004): 381-384.
Translations
鈥淐larice Lispector in the Foreign Legion, Vicissitudes of a Reception,鈥 by Gonzalo Aguilar. The Journal of World Literature 2.1 (2017): 80-91.
鈥淪outhern Silences: Ottoman Empire through a Brazilian Lens.鈥 American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 2023.
鈥淣arrating the Failures of the South: Asl谋 Erdo臒an鈥檚聽The City in Crimson Cloak.鈥澛燗merican Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Annual Conference, University of Taipei (online), 2022.
鈥淭ropical Hunger: Scarcity, Crisis, and Melancholy in Antonio Jos茅 Ponte鈥檚聽Las comidas profundas.鈥澛營nternational Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, San Francisco, CA (online), 2022.
鈥淭ranscolonial Intimacies: The Case of Abd Al-Rahman Al-Baghdadi,鈥 Barrett Honors College Lecture Series, Arizona State University,鈥 2020.
鈥淓thics and Abjection: The Fiction of Osvaldo Lamborghini.鈥 Latinoam茅rica en perspectiva: Representaci贸n, narrativas y modos de vida, Harvard University, 2019.
鈥淏etween Melancholy and Critique: The Sugar Industry in Contemporary Cuban Art.鈥 XXXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Boston, MA, 2019.
鈥淭ranslatability of Islam: An Ottoman Imam in the Brazilian Empire.鈥 Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, 2019.
鈥淭he Morals of Antropofagia: Utopia, Androcentrism, and Women Drawing Back.鈥 XXXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Lima, Peru, 2017.
鈥淎fectos fr铆os: La ausencia de afectos en la cuent铆stica de Virgilio Pi帽era.鈥 III Seminario Cr铆tico Transnacional, Real Academia Conquense de Artes y Letras, Cuenca, Spain, 2016.
鈥淓ating, Animality, and Biopolitics in Osvaldo Lamborghini鈥檚 Tadeys.鈥 XXXIV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), New York, NY, 2016.
鈥淎uto-cannibalism and the Ethics of Introjection in Virgilio Pi帽era鈥檚 鈥楲a carne.鈥欌 American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Annual Conference, Harvard University, 2016.
鈥淓l animal que luego estoy as(esin)ando: Nadie nada nunca de Juan Jos茅 Saer o hacia una infrapol铆tica de lo animal.鈥 Seminario Cr铆tico Transnacional, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2015.
鈥淧laying the Game of Fort and Da: The Disappeared in Recent Argentine Cinema.鈥 XXXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2015.
鈥淒isciplinary Power and Parodic Simulation in Ahmet Mithat Efendi鈥檚 Esrar-谋 Cinayat, the First Detective Novel in Turkish Literature.鈥 American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, 2015.