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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
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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“Out of place/ where the mind once placed”: Comparison as Entanglement with Nonhuman World
Benitez, C. J. R., Aug 2026, In: Journal of World Literature. 11, 3, p. 330-348 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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ALAÁLA TROPICAL MEMORY
Benitez, C. J. R., Mar 2025, In: Kritika Kultura. 2025-March, 46, p. 260-290 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A VERDANT READING On the Agency of the Nonhuman Landscape in Apocalypse Now (1979)
Benitez, C. J. R., Jul 2025, In: Kritika Kultura. 2025-July, 47, p. 157-184 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS AND THEORETICAL POSSIBILITIES ON THE STUDY OF KAPRES OF THE SOCIEDAD CIENTÍFICA
Benitez, C. J. R., Nov 2025, In: Kritika Kultura. 2025, 48, p. 348-365 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Press/Media
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Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia Volume 16, Number 1 (2026)
Zialcita, F. N., Veric, C. S., Benitez, C. J. R. & Chua, J. O.
7/9/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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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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Studies in the Area of Social Science Reported from Ateneo de Manila University (Queering Tropically: Sexuality, Indigeneity, Decoloniality, Spatiality)
10/30/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Reports from Ateneo de Manila University Add New Data to Research in Social Science (Queering the Tropics: A Cartography of Tropical Materialisms, Queer Ecology, and Spectral Tropicality)
8/26/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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