Francisco (Paco) Chen-López, Ph.D.

Biography

Faculty Member Since 2022

Dr. Francisco (Paco) Chen-Lopez is an Assistant Professor of World Languages and Culture.

Dr. Francisco (Paco) Chen-Lopez earned his doctorate in Hispanic Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also has an M.A. from Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan. Dr. Chen-Lopez' area of expertise is contemporary Spanish American narratives, with an investigative focus on the representation of diaspora, race, place, and identity. His current research project focuses on the representation of Chinatowns in Mexican, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, and Argentinean literature while dialoguing with theories related to otherness and trauma. He has published articles in academic journals such as Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea, Transmodernity, AErea, and the Latin American Literary Review.

Education

• Ph.D., Hispanic Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• M.A., Spanish Languages and Cultures, Fu Jen Catholic University (Taiwan)

• B.A., Spanish Languages and Cultures, German minor, Fu Jen Catholic University (Taiwan)

Courses Taught

• Spanish Conversation

• National and Transnational Identities

Research Interests

• Contemporary Latin American literature

• Chinatowns

• Representation of the Far East

• Latin American Writers of Chinese Descent

• Violence and Trauma

• Space and Place

Select Publications

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

• 2021 “Plasticity as Globality and Authenticity: The Re-represented Chinese Brazilians in
• Cidade de Plástico/ 荡寇/蕩寇/Plastic City (2008).” Latin American Literary Review, vol. 80, 2021, pp. 23-35.
• 2021 “Se hace camino al andar: La transgresión continuada del mundo chino en Verde Shanghai (2011) de Cristina Rivera Garza.” Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea, vol. 48, no. 97, 2021, pp. 3-9.
• 2019 “Tras tres prismas: La ‘mirada trasatlántica’ al Lejano Oriente en ‘Li-Po’ de José Juan Tablada.” Ærea, Revista Hispanoamericana de Poesía, vol. 13, 2019, pp. 9-22.
• 2018 “La historia ‘contrabandeada’ del encuentro transpacífico en La rosa de la China (2011) de Jaime Panqueva.” Transmodernity: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World, vol. 8, no. 4, 2018, pp. 39-59.

BOOK REVIEWS

• 2021 “Toma y daca: Transculturación y presencia de escritores chino-latinoamericanos by Huei-Lan Yen.” Transmodernity: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the LusoHispanic World, vol. 9, no. 6, 2021, pp. 157-58.
• 2020 “Orientaciones transpacíficas: La modernidad mexicana y el espectro de Asia by Laura J. Torres-Rodríguez.” Hispanófila, vol. 190, 2020, pp. 154-55.
• 2020 “Historia cultural de los hispanohablantes en Japón by Araceli Tinajero.” Ciberletras. no. 44, 2020, pp. 97-99.
• 2018 “Cristina Rivera Garza: una escritura impropia. Un estudio de su obra literaria (19912014) by Alejandro Palma Castro et al.” Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea, vol. 73, 2018, pp. 161-63.