Hector Jaimes

Bio

Héctor Jaimes (Venezuela, 1964) is Professor of Spanish and Latin American literature at NC State University, where he has taught since 1998. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.A. from New York University and his B.A. from the Central University of Venezuela (Caracas). His research focuses on the intersection between the literary and artistic production of Latin America and contemporary literary and cultural theories. He is the author of two books, Filosofía del muralismo mexicano (2012) and La reescritura de la historia en el ensayo hispanoamericano (2001). He has also edited several books: Pedro Ángel Palou y la novela infinita: Lecturas críticas (2023), Mario Bellatin y las formas de la escritura (2020), The Mexican Crack Writers: History and Criticism (2017) and Octavio Paz: La dimensión estética del ensayo (2004). His research has also involved the study of rare and unpublished manuscripts; most notably, he has edited collections, previously unpublished, by Frida Kahlo, Tu hija Frida: Cartas a mamá (2016), and David Alfaro Siqueiros, Fundación del muralismo mexicano (2012).

Office Hours

• Tuesday: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• Thursday: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Presentations

“La narrativa de Pedro Ángel Palou: Historia, estética y literatura.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA). San Francisco, CA, 2022 (virtual congress).

“Siqueiros y Rivera: ¿La estética radical o la radicalidad de la estética?” Latin American Studies Associatioin (LASA), 2021 (virtual congress).

“The Mexican Muralism and the question of Modernity.” Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA), 2021 (virtual congress).

“Fragmentos de la contemporaneidad: Muerte súbita de Álvaro Enrigue.”  Transient Bodies and Gender Politics in 21st Century Mexico Conference.  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2019.

“The Mexican Muralism: Between Art and Philosophy.”  2019 Conference on Mexican Muralists.  California State University. Los Angeles, CA, 2019.

“Mario Bellatin: Una lectura sobre el dinero.”  (Des)conciertos literarios/Literary (Dys)functions. UC-Mexicanistas. Santa Barbara, CA, 2018.

“Cuauhtémoc by Pedro Angel Palou: Entre mito e historia.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Barcelona, Spain, 2018.

“Spaces of love in Guadalupe Nettel’s Después del invierno.” Modern Language Association (MLA). Philadelphia, PA, 2017.

“Octavio Paz y el muralismo mexicano.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA). New York, NY, 2016.

“Veinte años después: La generación del ‘Crack’ y la literatura latinoamericana contemporánea.” Modern Language Association (MLA). Austin, TX, 2016.

“Frida Kahlo: Writing oneself. Letters to her mother.” Southern Eastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS). Charleston, SC, 2015.

Area(s) of Expertise

Latin American Literature and Culture, Mexican Studies, Cultural Theory, Aesthetics