Ali Kulez

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 BC profile

Official evaluation summary

Based on 74 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Profile and evaluation data last updated 2026-09-06. See Data Sources for provenance and limitations.

Courses taught

• SPAN3395 Contextos: Introduction to Literary Analysis in Spanish
  Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022
• SPAN6623 Violence in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Latin American Literature
  Fall 2026
• SPAN9923 Violence in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Latin American Literature
  Fall 2026, Spring 2024