Anne Garland Mahler

New Cabell Hall 469

Research Summary

Anne Garland Mahler is Professor and Director of the Latin American Studies Program and affiliated faculty in the Department of African American and African studies. She is an interdisciplinary scholar focused on South-South political and cultural movements, particularly among Latin American, Caribbean, and African American writers, artists, and activists. 

Her work sheds light on social movement histories and aims to provide a set of concepts based on those histories that are useful not only to a range of scholars but also to activists and artists. She frequently lectures internationally, and her public writings and interviews have been published in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Italian. Her writings have also inspired several exhibits in Dresden, New York, Chicago, Charlottesville, and Torrance.

Committed to facilitating interdisciplinary conversation and platforming the work of other scholars, Mahler has done significant work to support the foundation and growth of the field of Global South studies, such as creating and editing the digital platform Global South Studies and co-founding the Global South division of the Modern Languages Association.

Mahler was the 2025-26 recipient of the Dean's Award for Excellence as a Graduate Student Mentor. Her scholarship has been supported by the American Council of Learned Societies, Ford Foundation, and Mellon Foundation. She serves on several editorial boards and as co-coordinator of UVA's Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship in Caribbean Literatures, Arts, and Cultures. 

Education

Ph.D. Emory University, 2013
M.A. Emory University, 2012
B.A. University of Pittsburgh, 2006

Books and Edited Volumes

The Oxford Handbook of the History of the Global South. Co-edited with Christopher J. Lee, and Monica Popescu (in memoriam) (forthcoming).  

A Wide Net of Solidarity: Antiracism and Anti-Imperialism from the Americas to the Globe. Duke University Press, 2025.

The Comintern and the Global South: Global Designs/Local Encounters. Co-edited with Paolo Capuzzo. Routledge, 2022.  

New Critical Directions in Global South Studies, Continuing the Conversation. Co-edited with Magalí Armillas-Tiseyra. Comparative Literature Studies 59.1, 2022.

New Critical Directions in Global South Studies. Co-edited with Magalí Armillas-Tiseyra. Comparative Literature Studies 58.3, 2021.

Men with Guns: Cultures of Paramilitarism and the Modern Americas. Co-edited with Joshua Lund. The Global South 12.2., 2018.

From the Tricontinental to the Global South: Race, Radicalism, and Transnational Solidarity. Duke University Press, 2018.