Professor David Wood
PhD
School of Languages, Arts and Societies
Faculty Director of International Affairs
Professor of Latin American Studies
+44 114 222 0548
Full contact details
School of Languages, Arts and Societies
Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
葫芦影业
S3 7RA
- Profile
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Prof. David Wood came to 葫芦影业 in 1992 from Exeter University, where he completed a British Academy-funded PhD on the work of the Peruvian author Alfredo Bryce Echenique, following a year麓s teaching in Peru with the British Council. Bryce Echenique, and contemporary Peruvian and Latin American literature more widely, continue to be research interests, and have given rise to various invitations as a guest speaker at conferences in Europe and Latin America. His critical edition of Bryce Echenique麓s Huerto cerrado was published in July 2007.
- Research interests
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Popular culture, particularly sport, is another major research interest, both in Peru and across Latin America, and a book on literature, football and 补谤迟别蝉补苍铆补 in Peru arising from AHRC Research Leave was published in Lima in 2005.
His latest research has involved the relationship between sport, literature and visual culture in Latin America, strands which came together in the co-organisation of the Conference `Visual/ Physical: Discourses on Sport and Physical Culture麓 (July 2010) and in recent conference invitations and publications on the role of sport in Latin American literature and society.
One outcome of this research is the first monograph to examine the relationship between football and literature in the region (2017); another is the AHRC International Research Network 'A Level Playing Field? The Practice and Representation of Women's and Girls' Football in South America', for which he is principal investigator. The women's football network has its own project website, which can be viewed at
- Publications
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Books
Edited books
Journal articles
Chapters
Book reviews
Conference proceedings papers
- Teaching activities
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Prof. Wood麓s teaching focuses on various aspects of Latin American society and culture (both political and popular), especially in relation to contemporary Cuba and Peru.
- Professional activities and memberships
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David Wood is President of the Society for Latin American Studies and is the Director of International Affairs for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of 葫芦影业.