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Erika Almenara, associate professor of Spanish and new director of the Program in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, has been invited to serve as a member of a peer review committee for applications received for the Fulbright Program in the USA (2025-26). .
The Fulbright Program is the largest and most diverse international educational exchange program in the world. It is dedicated to increasing mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Fulbright graduates have become heads of state, judges, ambassadors, as well as leading journalists, artists, scientists and teachers.
Almenara, who specializes in modern and contemporary Latin American cultural production as well as women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, was awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholar in 2022 to conduct research in Peru for her second book. Grounded in feminist, cuir/queer and post-colonial theory, Literary and cultural representations of social gender perception in post-conflict Peru looks at how the social perception of gender has been modified in Peru in the wake of the conflict between the state and the Communist Party of Peru, the Shining Path.
Almenara considers the Fulbright Program a valuable opportunity for students and colleagues to advance research and cultural exchange. She invites everyone to apply for some of the prizes the program offers. As the new director of the Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Program, Almenara plans to activate the Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program within CLCS.
This program means the Fulbright Program that supports the U of A by bringing in an international scholar for a semester or a full year. This will provide QNL with information about the work being done in other institutions. It will also give visibility to the CLCS program, the university, internationalization and procurement of links with local and foreign institutions for future collaborations between our students and teachers.
