Guest Scholars

Since 2020, Aldea has welcomed more than 48 scholars from over 30 universities across six countries into our conversations.

48+
Scholars
30+
Universities
6
Countries

Hall of Fame

The sessions that brought the most scholar-heavy conversations:

War and Peace

9 scholars · 8 universities

Moby-Dick

6 scholars

The Crying of Lot 49

5 scholars · 2 sessions

Dr. Katharine Kim

Professor of Russian Literature, Harvard University, USA
War and Peace, Hard Times

Dr. James Whitfield

Associate Professor of American Literature, University of Michigan, USA
Moby-Dick

Dr. Elena Rodríguez

Professor of Comparative Literature, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico
Un Verdor Terrible

Dr. Michael Chen

Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, USA
Foundation

Dr. Sophie Laurent

Maître de Conférences, Sorbonne Université, France
Candide, Madame Bovary

Dr. Ana María Gutiérrez

Profesora de Literatura Hispánica, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
La Sombra del Viento, La Casa de los Espíritus

Dr. Robert Blackwell

Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, USA
The Trial, Notes from Underground

Dr. Yuki Tanaka

Associate Professor of Postwar Literature, University of Tokyo, Japan
Norwegian Wood

Dr. David Okonkwo

Senior Lecturer in Postcolonial Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa
There There

Dr. Thomas Mann

Professor of German Literature, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Steppenwolf

Dr. Patricia Vásquez

Researcher in Latin American Studies, UNAM, Mexico
Rayuela

Dr. William Foster

Professor of Victorian Literature, Oxford University, UK
Hard Times