Patricia Arroyo Calderón joined the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA after completing her Ph.D. in Latin American Literatures and Cultures at The Ohio State University (2015). Prior to starting her doctoral studies in the United States, she received a B.A. in History at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain, 2000), where she also obtained M.As in Latin American Studies, Translation, and Contemporary History.
She specializes in Central American history, literature, and visual culture, with a focus in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her main research interests include the role of cultural production in the formation of social imaginaries and structures of inequality, as well as in contributing to the pervasiveness of economic, social, and political patterns of exclusion. Patricia has published books, book chapters and journal articles addressing a variety of topics, such as Central American women writers and intellectuals, Latin American political cultures, and Spanish cultural studies, among others. She has also taught courses and seminars on Latin American literature, film, and history at The Ohio State University, Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala (Guatemala), and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).
She is currently working on a book-length project that analyzes the politics of domestic economy manuals, costumbrista sketches of manners, and sentimental literature in the articulation of ethnic, class, and gender difference in Central America. Additionally, Patricia is working on shorter-length manuscripts on ethnographic cinema, women’s literature, and on the representation of domestic work in contemporary Latin American film.
Education
- Ph.D. (2015). Latin American Literatures and Cultures, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The Ohio State University.
- M.A. (2010). Contemporary History, Department of Contemporary History, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).
- M.A. (2007). Translation Studies, English Department, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).
- M.A. (2002). Latin American Studies, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).
- B.A. (2000). History, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).
Research
- Central American History, Literature, Visual Culture, and Political Economy
- Latin American Cultural Studies
- Social Imaginaries, Structures of Inequality, and Citizenship
- Gender, Ethnic, and Class Representations
- Late 19th- century; 20th- and 21st-centuries
- Realism, Costumbrismo, Sentimental Literature, and Domestic Economies
- Women in the Public Sphere
- Domestic Work and Economic Value
Articles
- “Escenas del orden social en los cuadros de costumbres de José Milla: un análisis de las relaciones entre visión y representación en Centroamérica,” in BloGoteca de Babel nº 5 (Spring), Bowling Green State University, 2014.
- “El pensamiento racial en los siglos XIX y XX: el caso de Guatemala,” in Cuaderno de Profesores, nº 2, Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, 2003.
- “La investigación histórica como instrumento de análisis de la realidad actual,” in Cultura de Guatemala, vol. 2. Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala, 2001: 181-192.
- “Análisis del discurso periodístico acerca de la mujer en la Guatemala del siglo XX: el Diario de Centroamérica, un estudio de caso,” in Tradiciones de Guatemala, nº 56, Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, 2001: 91-141.
- “Género, ciudadanía y nación en la Guatemala de 1920,” in Tradiciones de Guatemala, nº 55, Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, 2001. 139-153.
Books and Chapters
Books
- Sentimientos morales y virtud en la construcción de la ciudadanía en América Central (1880-1921). Madrid: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2013.
- El largo siglo XX en Guatemala y Latinoamérica: Mujeres, guerrillas y élites como agentes del cambio social. Guatemala: CEFOL. Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala and Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia, 2002.
Co-Edited Books
- With Marta Elena Casaus Arzú, Clara Garavelli and María Luisa Ortega. Pensar los Estudios Culturales desde España. Reflexiones fragmentadas. Madrid: Verbum, 2012.
- With Landry-Wilfrid Miampika. Antología crítica de ensayos. De Guinea Ecuatorial a las literaturas hispanoafricanas. Madrid: Verbum, 2010.
Book Chapters
- “Usos cívicos de la feminización del pasado,” in Futuros del pasado. Quince miradas hacia la historia y la memoria, edited by Colectivo Contratiempo. Madrid: Ediciones Contratiempo, 2014.
- “La articulación de un imaginario femenino para la modernidad centroamericana (1880-1898),” in Mujeres en el bicentenario de la creación de la República de Guatemala, coordinated by Julia Guillermina Herrera Peña. Guatemala: UNESCO, 2012. 87-119.
- “Introducción” (co-authored with Clara Garavelli), in Pensar los Estudios Culturales desde España. Reflexiones fragmentadas, edited by Patricia Arroyo Calderón, Marta Elena Casaus Arzú, Clara Garavelli, and María Luisa Ortega. Madrid: Verbum, 2012. 17-23.
- “Españolitud: la subjetividad de la memoria frágil en la España reciente” (co-authored with Jesús Izquierdo Martín), in Pensar los Estudios Culturales desde España. Reflexiones fragmentadas, edited by Patricia Arroyo Calderón, Marta Elena Casaus Arzú, Clara Garavelli, and María Luisa Ortega. Madrid: Verbum, 2012. 205-231.
- “El tiempo de la cultura política en América Latina: revisión historiográfica” (co-authored with Marta Elena Casaus Arzú), in Culturas Políticas: de teoría y método, edited by Manuel Pérez Ledesma and María Sierra. Zaragoza: Universidad de Zaragoza, 2010. 133-203.