Julien Alzamora Candanedo

I am a PhD student in Latin American Cultural Studies, supervised by Prof James Scorer and Dr Ignacio Aguiló.

My research focuses on Panamanian literature and, particularly, literary representations of the Panamanian dictatorship and the 1989 US invasion to Panama. I analyse works of fiction to explore how these difficult memories are mediated through literature and how they engage, support, or critique national narratives of Panama as a route of transit.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant on the module Themes in Spanish and Latin American Studies (SPLA10420) (2024/2025)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant on the module Themes in Spanish and Latin American Studies (SPLA10420) (2023/2024)

• Member of the steering committee of the Centre of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at the University of Manchester.
• Treasurer. Postgraduates in Latin American Studies (PILAS) (2024/2025)
• Society of Latin American Studies (SLAS)