Talía Dajes is Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at the University of Utah. She specializes in contemporary Latin American literature and culture. Her research focuses on the connection between aesthetics, memory, and political violence in the context of Peru and the Andean region. She has published articles about Peruvian and Bolivian film in comparative perspective as well as chapters and essays on Peruvian literature, visual culture, and performance in a variety of volumes and academic journals.