Dr William Huddleston

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.