Dr Miguel Gaete
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Research areas
I'm a Chilean social Art historian with a PhD in History of Art from The University of York and a PhD in Philosophy from the Autonomous University of Madrid. My research specialisations are Romanticism and the period of explorations, with a particular interest in the synthesis between sciences, race, and colonialism in the visual depiction of South America. My academic interests also include decolonial theory and the aesthetic theory of the sublime and its impact on contemporary visual arts, urbanism and architecture.
My first monograph Cultural Exchanges and Colonial Legacies in Latin America: German Romanticism in Chile, 1800–1899 was published in December 2023 and received the prestigious Klaus Heyne Award. I have recently been awarded fellowships from Leverhulme ECF, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Herzog August Bibliothek, and Gerda Henkel Stiftung, among others.
My second monograph, The Leader of the Time: Carl Alexander Simon, Romanticism, and Colonial Madness, is scheduled for publication in 2025 as part of Springer’s book series Neue Romantikforschung.
Selected publications
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Cultural exchanges and colonial legacies in Latin America: German Romanticism in Chile, 1800–1899
Gaete, M. A., 1 Dec 2023, Amherst, NY: Cambria Press. 260 p. (Cambria studies in Latin American literatures and cultures series)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open access
Territorial fantasies, sexual nuances, and savage energy: orientalism and tropicality in Eugène Delacroix and Johann Moritz Rugendas
Gaete, M., 1 Dec 2022, In: Culture History. 2, 11, p. 1-18 18 p., e022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Garden of Eden revisited: the German romantic vision of landscapes of Brazil and Chile
Gaete, M., 1 Oct 2022, In: Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture. 4, 4, p. 9-25 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review