Caglar Erteber, Ph.D.
Position: Visiting Instructor
Department: World Languages and Cultures
Office: St. Benedict Hall 329
Phone: 913.360.7068
Dr. Caglar (脟补臒濒补谤) Erteber earned his Ph.D. in Hispanic Cultural Studies and Literature from the University of Arizona in 2025, after completing a B.A. (2008) and M.A. (2011) in Spanish Language and Literature at Ankara University. With over fifteen years of experience teaching Spanish language and Hispanic culture in a variety of academic settings and instructional formats, his teaching is shaped by interdisciplinary training and a sustained engagement with the visual and literary cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
Research Interests
- Spanish and Latin American Cinema
- Urban and Spatial Studies
- Urban Marginality
- Latin American Visual Culture
- Comic Studies
- The Spanish Transition
- Contemporary Spanish Narrative
- Performing Arts
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
鈥淟a representaci贸n de Madrid como 鈥渆spacio enfermo鈥� en la novela Tiempo de silencio de Luis Mart铆n-Santos y en la adaptaci贸n f铆lmica de Vicente Aranda,鈥� Letras Hispanas, Volume 20.1, 2024, pp. 20-33.
鈥淓ntre la M-30 y los escombros: La urbanizaci贸n desurbanizada en Colegas (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1982),鈥� Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, Volume 23, Issue 4, 2022, pp. 471-490.
Book Reviews
The Slum and the City: Culture and Dissidence in the Villas Miseria of Buenos Aires, by Agnese Codeb貌: Romance Quartely, Volume 72.3, 2025, pp.214-215.
Architecture and the Urban in Spanish Film, edited by Susan Larson: Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies, Volume 27, 2023, pp. 225-227.
The Spanish Quinqui Film: Delinquency, Sound, Sensation, by Tom Whittaker, Hispania, Volume 105, Number 2, June 2022, pp. 319-320.
Conferences
鈥淟a visualizaci贸n de los quinquis de Madrid, los pibes callejeros de Buenos Aires y 鈥渓os olvidados鈥� de Ciudad de M茅xico a trav茅s del medio cinematogr谩fico,鈥� Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Bogot谩, Colombia, 12-15 June 2024.
鈥淔rom Self-Presentation in Graphic Novel Form to Self-Representation in Filmic Medium,鈥� Southwest Popular American Culture Association (SWPACA), Albuquerque, NM, 21-24 February 2024.
鈥淟as reflexiones del dise帽o arquitect贸nico y urbano en la vida cotidiana bonaerense a trav茅s de la mirada f铆lmica en Pizza, birra, faso (1998) y Medianeras (2011),鈥� Universidad de Alcal谩, ESCL/SELC Underground Imaginaries Conference, Alcal谩 de Henares, Spain, 24-26 May 2023.