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Esther Gabara

Professor of Romance Studies
Romance Studies
Box 90257, Department of Romance Studies, Durham, NC 27708-0257
212 Language Center, Department of Romance Studies, Durham, NC 27708-0257
Office hours Thursdays 3-5 pm and by appointment. 212 Languages  

Awards & Honors


Co-director with John French and Paul Baker. Mellon funded laboratory, Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University. “Global Brazil.”

National Andrew W. Mellon Foundation · 2014

E. Blake Byrne Associate Professor

Other Bass Society of Fellows · May 2012

Selection of Errant Modernism as A John Hope Franklin Center Book.

Other Duke University Press/The Franklin Humanities Institute · May 2008

Traditional Fulbright Scholarship

National Council for International Exchange of Scholars · 2004

In the News


Published June 25, 2024
Walter Mignolo is Retiring and Others are Stepping up to Continue His Legacy
Published August 22, 2023
Book Explores Art in the Americas Under Neoliberalism
Published June 22, 2023
Hot Off the Press: Summer Reading From Duke Authors
Published March 22, 2019
Exploring the Grammar of Pop Art at the Nasher Museum
Published February 18, 2019
When Latino Artists Went Pop
Published September 28, 2017
Sotheby's Prize Recognizes Forthcoming Nasher Museum Exhibit on Latin American Influence on Pop Art
Published March 13, 2014
Global Brazil Humanities Lab to Debut