Dr. Alvaro Kaempfer
Assistant Professor of Spanish & Latin American Studies
(804) 289-6461
akaempfe@richmond.edu
Topics: Colonialism and Post Colonialism, Latin America (Cultural Policies), Latin American Literature (18th-19th Centuries), Politics and Culture (South America), Literature (Latin America), Latin American Nationalism
Kaempfer holds a B.A. from Universidad Austral, Chile; an M.A. from Universidad de Santiago, Chile; and a Ph.D. in Hispanic languages and literatures from Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to studying in the United States, he taught high school Spanish in Santiago. He has conducted research in Chile, Brazil and Argentina. He is finishing a book project titled Proses of Sovereignty and Emancipation in the Declarations of Independence of Argentina (1816), Chile (1818) and Brazil (1822).
For more information on Kaempfer, please visit the Richmond Research Institute.