Dr. Alberto Sosa-Cabanas

Dr. Sosa-Cabanas is a Cuban-born critic of Latin American literature and culture. He holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature from Florida International University, with secondary fields in both African Diaspora and Caribbean Studies. He earned his B.A. in Literature and Linguistics at the University of Havana, Cuba. His academic work on the intersections between racism and cultural production has received numerous awards and recognitions, including fellowship support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice (ISGRJ), the Tinker Foundation, and the Cuban Research Institute (FIU). Before coming to Hampton, Dr. Sosa-Cabanas served as the ACLS Emerging Voices Postdoctoral Fellow at Rutgers University. He has taught classes in New York City, New Jersey, Havana, Miami, and Charleston.

PUBLICATIONS (Selected)

Books

Sosa-Cabanas, Alberto (ed.). Distinctive Voices: Narratives and Afro-diasporic Spiritualities in the Contemporary Caribbean. Rutgers UP, forthcoming, 2025. Edited Volume.

Sosa-Cabanas, Alberto (ed.). Reading Cuba: Discurso literario y geografía transcultural. Valencia: Aduana Vieja, 2018. Edited Volume.

Refereed Journal Articles

Sosa-Cabanas, Alberto. “El elemento del crimen: notas sobre racismo, fotografía criminalista y cine de ficción en Cuba”, Revista Iberoamericana, vol. 88, No. 278, Jan-March, 2022, pp. 15-32.

Sosa-Cabanas, Alberto. “Detectives, criminales y libros de policías: La Habana moderna en el imaginario literario de finales del siglo XIX”, Cuban Studies, No.51, 2022, pp. 109-126.

Sosa-Cabanas, Alberto. “Mito, literatura y nación: el mito de Sikán y la construcción del mundo Abakuá en Alejo Carpentier y Lydia Cabrera”. Mitologías Hoy. Revista de Pensamiento, Crítica y Estudios literarios latinoamericanos, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, vol.19, 2019, pp. 101-108.

Sosa-Cabanas, Alberto. “Paisaje insular: mujer, noche y nación en Cirilo Villaverde”, Decimonónica. Journal of Nineteenth Century Hispanic Cultural Production, vol.16, No. 2, Summer 2019, pp. 34-49.