About

Alfred J. López is an Associate Dean for Undergraduate & International Programs and a Professor of English at Purdue University, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts. His research focuses on Cuban and Cuban-American studies, Global South and postcolonial studies, as well as Latin American and Caribbean studies. López has made significant contributions through his publications, including books such as 'The Routledge Companion to Literature and the Global South,' 'A Posthumous History of José Martí: The Apostle and his Afterlife,' and 'José Martí: A Revolutionary Life.' He has also edited critical volumes and authored numerous articles and translations that explore themes of postcolonialism, race, empire, and the cultural history of the Caribbean and Latin America.

Research topics

• Sociology
• History
• Political Science
• Social Science
• Media studies
• Law
• Linguistics
• Anthropology
• Geography
• Literature
• Gender studies

Selected publications

• The Routledge Companion to Literature and the Global South

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• Dressing for Success in Interdisciplinary Contexts; or, Martí and the Rediscovery of the New World

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• The Making of The Apostle; or, The Martí Wars

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• The Repeating Idol

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• A Posthumous History of José Martí

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  A Posthumous History of José Martí: The Apostle and His Afterlife focuses on Martí’s posthumous legacy and his lasting influence on succeeding generations of Cubans on the island and abroad. Over 120 years after his death on a Cuban battlefield in 1895, Martí studies have long been the contested property of opposing sides in an ongoing ideological battle. Both the Cuban nation-state, which claims Martí as a crucial inspiration for its Marxist revolutionary government, and diasporic communities in the US who honor Martí as a figure of hope for the Cuban nation-in-exile, insist on the centrality of his words and image for their respective visions of Cuban nationhood. The book also explores more recent scholarship that has reassessed Martí’s literary, cultural, and ideological value, allowing us to read him beyond the Havana-Miami axis toward engagement with a broader historical and geographical tableau. Martí has thus begun to outgrow his mutually-reinforcing cults in Cuba and the diaspora, to assume his true significance as a hemispheric and global writer and thinker.

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• Cuba and the United States

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• What My Students Can Learn from José Martí

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• Can The Apostle Speak? Possible Lessons for Latinx and Global South Studies

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• The Apostle and the Virgin?

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• An Open Letter to President Obama about José Martí (April 4, 2016)

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Frequent coauthors

• Robert P. Marzec

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• Diana Chaviano

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• David Moore

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• Ricardo Quintana-Vallejo

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• Alex Fuentes

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• Ashok Kumar Mohapatra

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Awards & honors

• Mellon Foundation Provost's Fellow for Academic Leadership (…
• Big Ten Academic Alliance, Academic Leadership Program Fello…
• Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, Department of English…
• School of Interdisciplinary Studies Excellence in Undergradu…
• Outstanding Faculty Member, Latino Cultural Center, Purdue U…