Christian Vásquez Infante
Christian Vásquez Infante is a Ph.D. candidate whose research explores the intersections between cultural initiatives, literature, and state formation in Colombia. His dissertation examines how community-based literary projects—such as reading clubs, mobile libraries, and regional literary festivals—function as spaces that reimagine cultural citizenship and collective futures in stigmatized contexts. Grounded in a collaborative and participatory research approach, his work involves direct engagement with the cultural initiatives he studies. His research interests include public humanities, Afro-Latin American studies, and contemporary Latin American literature.
Christian received a Fulbright fellowship to pursue his graduate studies at Northwestern University. He holds a B.A. in Humanities and Spanish from the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas and an M.A. in Literature from the Universidad de los Andes, both in Bogotá, Colombia, where he is originally from.
Alongside his academic work, Christian collaborates with several cultural organizations and independent publishers. He previously curated Palabra Pura, a bilingual reading series organized by Chicago’s Guild Literary Complex to promote literature written in Spanish. Since 2023, he has served as cultural programming coordinator of FLECHO –The Chocó’s Writing and Reading Festival, where he designs and curates literary and artistic programming across multiple towns in Colombia’s Pacific region.
Christian received a Fulbright fellowship to pursue his graduate studies at Northwestern University. He holds a B.A. in Humanities and Spanish from the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas and an M.A. in Literature from the Universidad de los Andes, both in Bogotá, Colombia, where he is originally from.
Alongside his academic work, Christian collaborates with several cultural organizations and independent publishers. He previously curated Palabra Pura, a bilingual reading series organized by Chicago’s Guild Literary Complex to promote literature written in Spanish. Since 2023, he has served as cultural programming coordinator of FLECHO –The Chocó’s Writing and Reading Festival, where he designs and curates literary and artistic programming across multiple towns in Colombia’s Pacific region.