Carmen Torre Perez

Carmen Torre Pérez (Santander, Cantabria) is a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellow in Hispanic Studies whose work focuses on the areas of cultural studies and the Caribbean. Before joining UPenn, she received an M. A. in Spanish from the University of Kansas and a B. A. and M. A. in English Studies from the University of Santiago de Compostela.

Carmen’s research deals with underground music cultures in Cuba, where she has conducted extensive field work over the past six years thanks to several generous grants and fellowships. Carmen’s dissertation project, more specifically, is centered around Cuban punk and crisis, and seeks to examine this underground music scene in Cuba as an alternative gateway to the country’s history in the last 30 years. Her work is forthcoming in Cuban Studies.