Portrait of Ali Kulez
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Ali Kulez

Assistant Professor, Hispanic Studies

Hispanic Studies

Official BC profile

Biography

Ali Kulez’s research focuses on 20th- and 21st-century Latin American literatures and cultures. His work examines the relationship between the body, identity, and politics with a particular focus on Cuban, Brazilian, and Argentine cultural production. His current book project, Gastropoetics: Cultural Figurations of Eating in Modern Cuba and Brazil, approaches consumption as a site of critical reflection on biopolitics, cosmopolitanism, and sovereignty. Before joining Boston College, Dr. Kulez was a Harper-Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago.

Official evaluation summary

4.46 / 5

Based on 126 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Courses taught

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