Fellow 2023-2024 Luis Alberto Pérez-Amezcua
Luis Pérez-Amezcua is Professor-Researcher at the Department of Arts and Humanities of the University of Guadalajara. Following his degrees in Hispanic Literature (BA) and Mexican Literature Studies (MA) at the University of Guadalajara, he earned his PhD in Literary Theory at the Autonomous Metropolitan University.


A member of Mexico’s National Research System, Pérez-Amezcua has published scientific papers in national and international books and journals, as well as several books related to Mexican literature and myth. Guest professor at University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) and Comenius University of Bratislava (Slovakia), and Erasmus+ fellow at University of Sofia (Bulgaria) and University of Oviedo (Spain), Pérez-Amezcua has tried to spread the importance of myth criticism and Mexican literature internationally. He was the researcher responsible for “Ideal Worlds”: a multidisciplinary research project to promote reading and social inclusion for children, approved by the National Science and Technology Council as part as its National Strategic Programs. His lines of research are: 1) the intermedia study of myth (myth criticism) in pop culture, 2) Mexican literature, and 3) academic literacy.