Gustavo Herrera Taboada
Thesis title: Neo-colonial Challenges and Transnational Aspirations in Francisco Lombardi’s Peruvian-Spanish Co-productions
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Background
Gustavo Herrera Taboada is a Peruvian film scholar specialising in Spanish and Latin American cinemas. He is currently a PhD candidate in Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh and has previously completed an M.A. in Film and Media Studies from Columbia University (New York, NY) and a B.A. in Screen Studies from Clark University (Worcester, MA). Gustavo is a periodical film critic for online blog site Cinencuentro (Peru) and is member of the Peruvian Cinematographic Press Association (APRECI). He is the programming assistant for the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, and is a member of the Film Studies PhD Reading Group.
CV
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Qualifications
Masters in Cultural Management, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2018.
M.A. in Film & Media Studies, Columbia University in the City of New York, 2016. Thesis: "From (Representing) The Others to (Embracing) The Impossible: On Contemporary Spanish Anglophone Cinema and Transnationalism", advised by Dr. Jane Gaines and Dr. Breixo Viejo.
B.A. in Screen Studies, Clark University (Massachusetts, USA) , 2014. Honors Thesis: "Overcoming Sorrow: The Struggle of Peruvian Cinema and its Promise of Progress in Claudia Llosa's The Milk of Sorrow".
Responsibilities & affiliations
Tutor for Spanish 1B (Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies)
Tutor for Introduction to European Cinemas (Film Studies)
Conference details
Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS) Conference - Queens University Belfast (March 2023)
Papers delivered
Proyecciones hispánicas. A Revision of Francisco Lombardi’s Peruvian-Spanish Film Coproductions. (SLAS, 2023)