Dr William Huddleston
- College positions:
Assistant Professor in SpanishTutor
- Subjects: Modern & Medieval Languages
Degrees
BA Hons French and Spanish (University College London)
MPhil Latin American Studies (University of Cambridge)
PhD Spanish and Portuguese (University of Cambridge)
Research interests
The culture and history of Latin American sport
Latin American popular culture
Teaching interests
Latin American and Spanish literature and film
Latin American cultural history
Translation from Spanish into English
Awards/prizes
Corpus Christi Research Fund (2025)
Simón Bolívar Research Fund (2023)
Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership (2021-25)
Gibson Spanish Scholarship (2022)
AHRC Research Fund Grant (2022)
Cambridge Trust UK Master's Scholarship (2019-20)
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
2024. “‘Una Victoria para el Uruguay como país’: Style, National Identity, and Intercultural Encounter at the 1924 Olympic Football Tournament”. Studies in Latin American Popular Culture 42 (1): 53-74.
2022. “Kicking Off: Violence, Honour, Identity and Masculinity in Argentinian Football Chants”. International Review for the Sociology of Sport 57 (1): 34-53.
2020. “Monos [review]”. Chasqui: Revista de literatura latinoamericana 49 (2): 44-45.
Book Chapters
2024. “Uruguay, Football and Global Stardom” in Caroline Vout and Christopher Young (eds), Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body. Cambridge: Paul Holberton Publishing. 81-93.