Martin Ward

Acueducto de Segovia
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Lecturer and Supervisor of the Spanish Language Program

I am a Lecturer of Spanish and Supervisor of the Spanish Language Program.

My research focuses on 20th and 21st-century Latin American Literature. I am interested in the representations of queer figures written before, during, and after Latin American dictatorships and the ways in which they negotiate power, space, and identity in the post-dictatorship era.

I am a faculty advisor for España en Corto - a short film festival held annually in the Spring. Dates for Spring 2025 are April 1 and 2.

I have served as Coordinator for the Madrid/Barcelona Maymester Program during the Summer 2022, 2023 and 2024. I will lead another group in the Spring/Maymester of 2025.

I am the faculty advisor for the Global Brigades - UGA Chapter. 

 

 

 

 

Research Interests:

My research was featured on the UGA Graduate School website in June 2019 

Courses Regularly Taught:
ROML 2550
SPAN 1001
SPAN 1002
SPAN 1110
SPAN 2001
SPAN 2001E
SPAN 2002
SPAN 2550
SPAN 3010
SPAN 3020
SPAN 3020H
SPAN 4004
SPAN 4004S
SPAN 4080
SPAN 4990R
Selected Publications:

"Gay Dads Make Strange Bedfellows in Vos porque no tenés hijos by Osvaldo Bazán" in progress

"Crossing Borders and the Coyolxauhqui Imperative in I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" (2023) under review

"Mhoris eMm: 'When queerness is normalized, something else will appear to destabilize it': A Conversation with Martin Ward" Latin American Literature Today 6: May (2018).  Versión en español - (https://bit.ly/2SLooW5) and in English (https://bit.ly/2QS577M)

"(Re)escribiendo la heteronormatividad en tiempos de Pinochet: una lectura queer de Tengo miedo torero de Pedro Lemebel" Textos híbridos 5: (2016). (https://bit.ly/2Bd4Xyh)

Education:

Ph.D University of Georgia, 2019

M.A. University of Tennessee, 2009

B.A. Armstrong State University, 2006

Events featuring Catherine Simpson, Martin Ward
Poster for España en Corto
March 26, 7:00pm, March 27, 7:00pm

España en Corto Film Festival

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Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art

Please plan to join us for the 11th annual España en Corto Spanish Short Film Festival Tuesday, March 26th and Wednesday, March 27th at the Georgia Museum of Art.
 
We have selected 11 short films for this upcoming festival. The event is from 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Doors will open around 6:30 pm and we'll have some snacks…
Poster for España en Corto
March 26, 7:00pm, March 27, 7:00pm

España en Corto Film Festival

,
Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art

Please plan to join us for the 11th annual España en Corto Spanish Short Film Festival Tuesday, March 26th and Wednesday, March 27th at the Georgia Museum of Art.
 
We have selected 11 short films for this upcoming festival. The event is from 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Doors will open around 6:30 pm and we'll have some snacks…

Contact Information

lmw30723@uga.edu
Office: Gilbert Hall 216
Office Hours: Spring 2025 - Mondays - 9:00 am - 11:00 am, Wednesdays - 9:00 am - 12:00 pm & Fridays by appt.

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