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About
Christian Jil Benitez is a poet, translator, and scholar from the Philippines. He teaches at the Department of Filipino, ADMU, where he obtained his AB-MA in literature. He is currently pursuing his PhD in comparative literature at Chulalongkorn University. His first book, Isang Dalumat ng Panahon (ADMU Press, 2022), received the Philippine National Book Award for literary criticism and cultural studies. His translation of Arasahas: Poems from the Tropics is forthcoming from PAWA, Inc. and Paloma Press.
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Education/Academic qualification
Department of Filipino, AB-MA Literature (Filipino), Ateneo de Manila University
2012 → 2017
Department of Comparative Literature, PhD in Comparative Literature, Chulalongkorn University
2022 → …
Research Interests
- time and temporality
- tropicality
- new materialism
- ecocriticism
- posthumanism
Disciplines
- Comparative Literature
- Poetry
- Theory and Criticism
- South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
- Environmental Studies
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Flowers From Afar: Mayflowers (2021), “A las flores del Heidelberg” (1886), and Epiphytic Communities
Benitez, C. J. R., Jun 26 2025, In: SARE. 62, 1, p. 1-31 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Queering the Tropics: A Cartography of Tropical Materialism, Queer Ecology & Spectral Tropicality
Benitez, C. J. R., Chwala, G. L., Lundberg, A. & Nyeck, S. N., 2024, In: eTropic. 23, Special Issue 1, p. 1-17 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Queering Tropically: Sexuality, Indigeneity, Decoloniality, Spatiality
Benitez, C. J. R., Chwala, G. L. & Lundberg, A., 2024, In: eTropic. 23, Special Issue 2, p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Boy with the Pet Dog
Derain, A. N. & Benitez, C. J. R., 2024, In: eTropic. 23, Special Issue 1, p. 25-33 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Weathering
Benitez, C. J. R., Jul 1 2024, In: SARE. 61, 1, p. 252-253 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Open Access
Press/Media
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Research Reports from Ateneo de Manila University Provide New Insights into Social Science (The Flower of Heidelberg)
5/5/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Research Results from Ateneo de Manila University Update Understanding of Social Science (Philippine philippine, or the Tropics in Cixous's Dreaming True)
8/4/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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An enriching footnote on Jose Garcia Villa
Benitez, C. J. R. & Chua, J. O.
8/9/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research