Josué David Chávez

Josué Chávez studies how cultural productions from Central America and the diaspora mediate historical change at a national, regional and global scale. He first trained in Comparative Literature at Columbia University, with a focus on Spanish and Chinese. His senior thesis was awarded the Catherine Medalia Johannet Memorial Prize in 2018. His current research elaborates how literature, contemporary art and architecture grasp in their formal coordination the contradictions of financial experiments in the region, such as Panama’s transformation into a tax haven, the dollarization of remittances in El Salvador and the legalization of “charter cities” in Honduras.  A dedicated and generous teacher, Josué is committed to helping students develop the linguistic, socio-cultural and critical skills needed for them to achieve their goals inside and outside the classroom.  During the 2023-2024 school year, Josue served as the Wolf Humanities Center Associate Scholar for the 2023-2024 Forum on Revolution.