Jose F. Buscaglia-Salgado

Director

Program in Caribbean Studies

Associate Professor, Department of Transnational Studies

Adjunct Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, Department of History, Department of Romance Languages and Litereatures History

Jose Buscaglia is a public intellectual whose work explores the complexities of Caribbean space and aesthetics, leading to his theory of Caribbean mulataje and his critique of what he calls Usonian (USA) ideology. His critical practice is thoroughly trans-disciplinary, benefiting from his studies in history (B.A.), architecture (M.Arch.), and comparative literature (Ph.D. in Critical Theory) and extending into areas that include coloniality and the history of race; the history of piracy, contraband and the peoples of the sea; American Creole nationalism and post-national studies; the history of Spanish and Usonian imperialisms; Caribbean caudillismo; Caribbean architecture and urban history. Buscaglia's scholarship is solidly grounded in archival research and in the study of iconography and architecture, as well as public space and culture.

 Book Publications

Jose F. Buscaglia-Salgado, Undoing Empire, Race and Nation in the Mulatto Caribbean (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003)

Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora, Historias del Seno Mexicano,

Jose Buscaglia, intro., Reynier Perez Hernandez, ed.,

(Havana: Casa de las Americas, 2009)

Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora, Infortunios de Alonso Ramirez: Edicion critica de Jose F. Buscaglia (Madrid: Polifemo/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, 2011)

For talks and other inquiries contact Professor Buscaglia via e-mail.