Rafael Castillo Bejarano, Visiting Assistant Professor of World, Language, and Cultures and co-Coordinator for the Caribbean, Latin American, and Latino Studies program, has published a peer reviewed article in the journal Hipogrifo, "Visiones de El Escorial en tres poetas latinoamericanos: Girondo, Baquero y Mutis ante un símbolo del Siglo de Oro," in which he expands the symbolism of the Monastery of St. Lawrence of El Escorial by adding the perspective of Latin American poets Oliverio Girondo, Gastón Baquero, and Álvaro Mutis, who decentralize the patrimonialization of historical and cultural heritage, questioning recent national compartmentalisations and advocating for equal participation in a shared cultural heritage. Also recently, the journal Caliope has published Rafael Castillo's "Un congreso abierto," an invited chronicle of the XVI Biennial Conference of the Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry, held in Chicago in the Fall of 2023.
