Héctor Melo Ruiz

Education & Professional History

Universidad Pedagogica Nacional de Colombia, BA; Universidad de Los Andes, MA; University of Notre Dame, PhD

Héctor A Melo Ruiz (Ph.D from The University of Notre Dame) is a specialist in Latin American Literature. His area of expertise is 20th-and 21st-century Latin American Narrative. He is currently writing a book about the cultural representation of riots. His research and teaching interests are violence, race, and intellectuals. He teaches courses on labor, contemporary narrative, and urban unrest.

Organizations & Scholarly Affiliations

Modern Languages Association (MLA); Latin American Studies Association (LASA); Asociación de Colombianistas

Latin American Literature and Culture, Urban Violence & Critical Race Theory

Articles  (peer-reviewed)

2022. “Representaciones letradas de la radio, la prensa y el intelectual en dos novelas del Bogotazo”. Cuadernos de literatura. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. (Forthcoming, Volumen 26 Julio-Diciembre de 2022).

2017. “Memorias del subdesarrollo (1968): ante el rostro de la muchedumbre desde las paradojas del cine documental.” A Contracorriente. Volume 15, Num. 1 (Fall): 127-148.

2014.  “Alboroto y motín de la plebe racializada de don Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora.” Vanderbilt e-Journal of Luso-Hispanic Studies. Volume 9 (2014): 128-137.

2013. “De la utopía de la edad dorada al paraíso ‘caníbal’ en Los perros del paraíso (1983) de Abel Posse.” Revista de Estudios Hispánicos. Volume XLVII, Num. 2 (June): 249-266.

Caribbean music and biking