Dr Marieke Riethof
Marieke Riethof is a Senior Lecturer in Latin American Politics at the University of Liverpool. She specialises in contemporary Latin American politics with a focus on the political role of labour, human rights, and transnational solidarity movements. Her latest research examines traditional as well as non-traditional areas of foreign policy, including environmental politics, climate change, democracy and human rights. Another project examines the role of transnational solidarity networks and the political activism of Latin American exile in the opposition to military dictatorship in the Southern Cone and Brazil.
Professor Lisa Shaw
Lisa Shaw is Professor of Brazilian Studies at the University of Liverpool. She specialises in Brazilian popular culture from the first half of the twentieth century, particularly film culture and popular music and theatre. She is especially interested in issues surrounding racial representation and transnational dialogues. Her research impact has focused on the wellbeing benefits of using film and music as reminiscence tools for older adults and those living with dementia in Brazil and the UK. She is currently working on a project on the musical memories of Chilean exiles who came to Liverpool during the Pinochet regime and their descendants, drawing on the archives of UoL’s Institute of Popular Music.
Professor Claire Taylor
Claire Taylor is Gilmour Chair of Spanish and Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Liverpool. She is a specialist in Latin American culture, with a particular interest in two main areas: literary and cultural genres being developed online by Latin(o) Americans; and memory studies, memory practices and transitional justice contexts in Latin America, especially Colombia. She is currently working on an AHRC-funded project focusing on memory, victims and representation of the Colombian conflict.
Dr Niamh Thornton
Niamh Thornton is Reader in Latin American Studies at the University of Liverpool. Her key research interests are grounded in the multiple representations of conflict in literature and film. She is a specialist in Mexican Film, Literature, and Digital Cultures with a particular focus on War Stories, Gendered Narratives, Star Studies, Cultures of Taste, and Distributed Content. She has also published on Latinx and Chicanx literature and film.