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Carl Fischer

@carlospescador.bsky.social

Opinions are my own. Prof of Chilean and Latin American lit and film at Fordham, author of Locas excepciones: La vía chilena a la disidencia sexual, occasional translator and curator, recovering former dept chair, he/him 🏳️‍🌈

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Carl Fischer@carlospescador.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Most read article in Revista Iberoamericana is by the great Andreea Marinescu 👇 in the dossier on Latin American fascist aesthetics that @benjaminloy.bsky.social and I edited!

Liverpool University Press@livunipress.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📑 Most read in the latest issue of Revista Iberoamericana ‘Las madres de Plaza de Mayo y la interrupción de los fascismos transhistóricos’ by Andreea Marinescu. Available to read online at: bit.ly/madresPlazaMayo @carlospescador.bsky.social

A promotional banner for a special issue of the journal “Revista Iberoamericana.” On the left, large blue text reads “Special Issue,” followed by the Spanish title “Estéticas del autoritarismo latinoamericano” in white capital letters against a textured background. At the bottom left is the Liverpool University Press logo with the text “Liverpool University Press, Founded 1899.” On the right side of the banner is the cover of the journal, featuring abstract multicoloured artwork and text indicating Volume XCI, Number 293, October–December 2025. Vertical decorative elements appear to the right of the cover.
Carl Fischer@carlospescador.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Happy to share this special issue, made possible largely thanks to my stay last semester at @kwi-essen.bsky.social

Liverpool University Press@livunipress.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New Special Issue of Revista Iberoamericana Edited by @carlospescador.bsky.social and Benjamin Loy, contributions explore how fascism and authoritarianism have shaped art, politics & culture across 20th-century Latin America. Browse online 🔗 bit.ly/AestheticsAuthoritarianism

Graphic announcing a special issue of Revista Iberoamericana titled “Estéticas del autoritarismo latinoamericano.” The right side shows the journal’s cover with abstract colourful artwork and text reading “Volumen XCI, Número 293, Octubre–Diciembre 2025.” The left side features the headline “SPECIAL ISSUE” above the Spanish title, and at the bottom appears the Liverpool University Press logo and text “Founded 1899.”
Carl Fischer@carlospescador.bsky.social · last yr.

My hot take on the big-deal Evita revival in London (which I did see, located as it is at the intersection of my gay interests in musicals and Latin America) is that it weirdly implies that Evita wouldn’t have died so tragically if Perón hadn’t resisted Britain’s informal imperialism in Argentina.

Carl Fischer@carlospescador.bsky.social · last yr.

A statue, along the River Liffey in Dublin, of William Brown (1777-1857), “founding father” of the Argentine Navy who “defended Argentina against Brazil” according to the plaque on the base, written in English and Spanish. If Wikipedia is to be believed, this was in the Battle of Juncal in 1827.

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Carl Fischer@carlospescador.bsky.social · last yr.

Viet Thanh Nguyen, lucid as ever, on cultural memory, El Salvador, Marco Rubio, and the deeply interconnected histories of US imperialism, from Latin America to SE Asia. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Greater America Has Been Exporting Disunion for Decades

So why are we still surprised when the tide of blood reaches our own shores? Some personal reflections on Marco Rubio and me—and the roots of Trump’s imperial ambitions.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen@vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · last yr.

I visited El Salvador in February and was in San Salvador the same day that Marco Rubio was in town, signing the prison deportation agreement with President Nayib Bukele.

Corey McEleney@cmceleney.bsky.social · last yr.

This essay was a blast to write! Thanks to @wendyallisonlee.bsky.social for recommending me as a contributor, to @dfmorgan.bsky.social for being a fabulous editor, and to @carlospescador.bsky.social for his expert feedback.

Contemporaries at Post45@atpost45.bsky.social · last yr.

MSCL’s main character, Angela Chase, is both loved and abhorred for her over-analyzing. Her fraught monologues have been read as both the center of the show’s relatability & as whining and entitled. @cmceleney.bsky.social probes this ambivalence in "A Lover’s Discord" post45.org/2025/05/a-lo...

Carl Fischer@carlospescador.bsky.social · last yr.

The only time I ever saw him speak, in 2010, he gave a terrible speech about how European cultures were simply superior to those of the global south. But Conversación en la catedral still blew my mind. He was an independent thinker like no other, I’ll give him that. elpais.com/cultura/2025...

Las celebridades que rodearon a Mario Vargas Llosa

El escritor, premio Nobel de Literatura, estuvo acompañado por políticos, escritores, actores y destacados artistas que marcaron un hito en la historia

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Carl Fischer@carlospescador.bsky.social · last yr.

Reading my brilliant colleague @zeinmurib.bsky.social ‘s well-researched piece about repeated efforts by the gay and lesbian movement to sideline trans people (and the consequences of that sidelining today) is a great way to spend 5 minutes of your day today: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Why Are Trans People Such an Easy Political Target? The Answer Involves a Surprising Culprit.

Making a whole group of people this vulnerable does not just happen overnight.

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Carl Fischer@carlospescador.bsky.social · 2y ago

I’m no defender of Columbia (or Harvard for that matter), but if its administration is so quick to comply with Tr*mp and his minions, there’s little hope for resistance from less powerful institutions (like the one I work for, for example). www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.

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Carl Fischer@carlospescador.bsky.social · 2y ago

In which the US might* catch up to Chile’s SII, which has been doing this very thing for at least 20 years *I haven’t used this new IRS program yet so remains to be seen

Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov · 2y ago

If you hate filing your taxes, you'll love this: the IRS is making it even easier to get your refund! The IRS's program, Direct File, will let people file their taxes online, for free with the IRS, and now that process is even easier.

Carl Fischer@carlospescador.bsky.social · 2y ago

Ya disponible en acceso abierto por Latin American Research Commons (LARC): _Sobre los principios. Los intelectuales caribeños y la tradición_, del gran Arcadio Díaz Quiñones (todavía recuerdo con mucho cariño el seminario que tomé con él sobre Martí en 2007). lasapress.org/site/books/m...

Latin America Research Commons

La Asociación de Estudios Latinoamericanos (LASA, por sus siglas en inglés) le da la bienvenida al sitio de Latin America Research Commons (LARC), el primer portal de acceso abierto dedicado a invest...

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Carl Fischer@carlospescador.bsky.social · 2y ago

Dear academic friends, check out these fellowships. They’re super generous and it’s a great opportunity. Happy to answer any questions too (I will be a fellow there starting in April).

Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI)@kwi-essen.bsky.social · 2y ago

REMINDER: Researchers from the #humanities, #culturalstudies or #socialstudies with a completed PhD plus post-doc experience can now apply for a Thyssen@KWI or KWI International Fellowship. Duration: 6 months from 10/2025 – 03/2026. 👉 tinyurl.com/29whfxdm @unidue.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de

The recent cohort of KWI International Fellows: Veronica Ferreri, Karel Pletinck, Kristina Lepold, Opolot Okia, Spiros Chairetis, Ádám Havas, Alice Morin (from left to right).