Ana Alejos Ríos
anaalejos-rios2028@u.northwestern.edu

Ana holds a bachelor's degree in Literature from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru. Additionally, she obtained a master's degree in Hispanic American Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. In 2022, she published the book "El artista, el mal y la bella enferma: subversiones y resignificaciones de imaginarios decadentes del entre siglo en 'Hojas de mi álbum' (1903) de José Antonio Román," which reevaluates the contributions of José Antonio Román, an early 20th-century Peruvian writer often overshadowed in academic discussions about the turn of the century in that country. Her academic interests are focused on 19th and early 20th-century Hispanic American Literature and Cultures. Specifically, she aims to study the emergence of the Peruvian literary field in dialogue with other Hispanic contexts during this period of crisis and its relationship with the emerging ideological, aesthetic, and political projects of the time.

Eduardo Ramirez Bello
eduardoramirezbello2026@u.northwestern.edu

Eduardo has a B.A. in Hispanic Literature from the University of Guadalajara and an M.A. in Peninsular and Spanish American Literature from the University of Colorado Boulder. His research focuses on the manifestations of Modernism in Latin America during the mid-20th century and their impact and influence on different disciplines, such as literature, cinema, urbanism, and architecture.