Kelly Austin
Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature
Office: Wieboldt 225
austink@uchicago.edu
Professor Austin studies literature of the Americas and Translation Studies, focusing on modern and contemporary poetry. Her current research centers on Pablo Neruda and the material evidence of literary cross currents in the Americas, translations, collections and correspondence. Most recent and forthcoming publications include essays on José Donoso's Casa de campo, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento's Viajes por Europa, África, y América 1845-1847, Mario Vargas Llosa's El pez en el agua and Pablo Neruda's collections. She is also a translator of Spanish American literature.
Education
- PhD in Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles, 2005
- MPhil in European Literature, Cambridge University, 1997
- MA in English Literature, Claremont Graduate University, 1996
Selected Courses
- La novela de la dictadura
- La literatura de las Américas: Whitman en Hispanoamérica
- Poesía hispanoamericana escrita por mujeres
- Poesía hispanoamericana, visualmente hablando
- Mario Vargas Llosa y el fanatismo
- Introducción al análisis literario
- Readings in World Literature Humanities Core