Leonor Arfuch (9 May 1945 – October 2021) was an Argentine critic and academic of communication studies. A professor at the University of Buenos Aires, her work included the book Memory and Autobiography. She was a 2007 Guggenheim Fellow.
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| Born | 9 May 1945 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | October 2021 (aged 76) |
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| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellow (2007) |
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| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
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| Discipline | Communication studies |
| Institutions | University of Buenos Aires |
Biography
editArfuch was born on 9 May 1945 in Buenos Aires.[1] She became an assistant professor at the University of Buenos Aires in 1984 and was promoted to full professor in 1987, before becoming a professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, University of Buenos Aires in 1993.[1] She got her PhD in literature at the UBA in 2000, and joined the UBA's PhD program in 2002.[2][1] She joined the Gino Germani Institute as a researcher in 1990.[1]
Arfuch was a 1985-1986 Latin American Council of Social Sciences Fellow, a 1986-1989 National Scientific and Technical Research Council Fellow, and a 1998 Thalmann Fellow at UBA.[1][2] In 2007, she was appointed a Guggenheim Fellow[3] for "a study of identity, subjectivity, memory: narratives of the recent past".[1]
Arfuch authored several books in fields like communication studies, one of which specialized in media coverage of the Trial of the Juntas.[4][5] She often used feminist theory in her work.[4] Thomas Cryer called her "a leading scholar of self-representation in contemporary culture",[6] and Eva Alberione called her a "great essayist, cultural critic, and keen observer of the present [who] knew how to weave filigree with words, articulating rigorous analysis with a unique sensitivity."[4]
In 2013, Arfuch published Memory and Autobiography, focusing on the genre of autobiography;[6] it was later translated to English by Christina MacSweeney.[6] In 2018, she published another book, La vida narrada. Memoria, subjetividad y política.[4] In 2019, she worked as a co-organizer of an International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs seminar at the Centro Cultural de la Memoria Haroldo Conti.[4]
Arfuch had two children.[4]
Arfuch died in October 2021.[4]
Bibliography
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Reports of the President and the Treasurer. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 2008. p. 163.
- 1 2 "Leonor Arfuch". Fondo de Cultura Económica de Argentina (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 March 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ↑ "Leonor Arfuch". Guggenheim Fellows. Archived from the original on 22 February 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Homenaje a Leonor Arfuch: La palabra como refugio". Cba24n (in Spanish). 24 October 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ↑ "Leonor Arfuch". Fondo de Cultura Económica de Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 Cryer, Thomas (2023). "Review of Arfuch, Leonor; MacSweeney, Christina, trans., Memory and Autobiography: Explorations at the Limits". H-Biography. H-Review. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ↑ Silva, Iêda Fátima da (28 December 2021). "O espaço biográfico: dilemas da subjetividade contemporânea". Pontos de Interrogação – Revista de Crítica Cultural (in Portuguese). 11 (2): 487–491. doi:10.30620/pdi.v11n2.p487. ISSN 2237-9681. Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ↑ Kulsa, Mila Kirstie C. (1 March 2023). "Memory and Autobiography: Explorations at the Limits". Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. 28 (1): 125–129. doi:10.1057/s41282-022-00303-2. ISSN 1543-3390.
- ↑ Maiz-Peña, Magdalena (2 January 2022). "Rev. of Memory and Autobiography: Explorations at the Limits". A/B: Auto/Biography Studies. 37 (1): 199–202. doi:10.1080/08989575.2022.2028443. ISSN 0898-9575.
- ↑ Saramifar, Younes (2 October 2022). "Memory and autobiography exploration at the limits: by Leonor Arfuch". Politics, Religion & Ideology. 23 (4): 528–529. doi:10.1080/21567689.2022.2146285. ISSN 2156-7689.