Alexis Hernando

Alexis Hernando is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Pennsylvania. Alexis’ research focuses on memory studies from a transhistorical and global perspective, incorporating the literary and cultural heritage from Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Iberian Peninsula. Alexis’ work considers diverse theoretical frameworks including posthumanism, material culture, transatlantic studies, coloniality, race, and intellectual history. Before joining our department, Alexis Hernando earned a B.A. and Licenciatura in Hispanic Literature from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and an M.A. in Romance Languages from Johns Hopkins University. Alexis has worked in the Department of Humanities and the Office of the President at PUCP and as a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Johns Hopkins. In addition, he was part of the photographic project ‘Veins of Influence’ about colonial Ceylon at the Museum of Oxford with the sponsorship of Oxford University. This year, three of Alexis' publications have been accepted by academic journals and are currently in press.