Biography and education
Research Background
Dr. Louie Dean Valencia studies how young people create social change through technology, art, counterculture, activism, social media, celebrity, and in public spaces. His interests range from queer icons of the Renaissance to antiauthoritarian punks to far-right activists online. He is the NEH Distinguished Professor in the Humanities for 2024-2027, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
His books include Far-Right Revisionism and the End of History (2020), which studies how the far-right uses and abuses history to legitimate fascism, authoritarianism, and identitarianism, and Antiauthoritarian Youth Culture in Francoist Spain (2018), a study of Spanish New Wave and how libertine youth culture challenged fascism. Currently, he is completing a book on identity, celebrity, and British musician Harry Styles. He also actively researches the history of HIV/AIDS in Europe. He is a member of the editorial boards of Popular Culture Review, Modern History of Politics and Violence, and Revista Internacional de Estudios sobre Terrorismo.
His work has been covered by NPR, BBC, CNN, The Guardian, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Today Show, Us Weekly, Glamour, Good Morning America, Elle, GQ, Vanity Fair, NME, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Dazed, Teen Vogue, Seventeen, L’essentiel, Cosmopolitan, Paper, Grazia, Hunger, Nylon, Complex, amongst hundreds of other local and international media outlets.
Dr. Louie Dean Valencia studies how young people create social change through technology, art, counterculture, activism, social media, celebrity, and in public spaces. His interests range from queer icons of the Renaissance to antiauthoritarian punks to far-right activists online. He is the NEH Distinguished Professor in the Humanities for 2024-2027, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
His books include Far-Right Revisionism and the End of History (2020), which studies how the far-right uses and abuses history to legitimate fascism, authoritarianism, and identitarianism, and Antiauthoritarian Youth Culture in Francoist Spain (2018), a study of Spanish New Wave and how libertine youth culture challenged fascism. Currently, he is completing a book on identity, celebrity, and British musician Harry Styles. He also actively researches the history of HIV/AIDS in Europe. He is a member of the editorial boards of Popular Culture Review, Modern History of Politics and Violence, and Revista Internacional de Estudios sobre Terrorismo.
His work has been covered by NPR, BBC, CNN, The Guardian, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Today Show, Us Weekly, Glamour, Good Morning America, Elle, GQ, Vanity Fair, NME, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Dazed, Teen Vogue, Seventeen, L’essentiel, Cosmopolitan, Paper, Grazia, Hunger, Nylon, Complex, amongst hundreds of other local and international media outlets.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Valencia, Louie Dean. Albertine Cinematheque Film Festival Grant, Albertine Cinematheque/ Embassy of France, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $2400. (Funded: May 2023 - Present). Grant.
- Pliley, Jessica (Co-Principal), Valencia, Louie Dean (Co-Principal). Library Online Resource Grant to purchase Sex and Sexuality Research from the Kinsey Institute database, Alkek Library, Texas State University, $41925. (Funded: 2020). Grant.
- Valencia, Louie Dean. ACLS Project Development Grant, American Council of Learned Societies, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $5000. (Funded: September 2020 - 2021). Grant.
- Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Sarmiento, Eric Ryan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Rayburn, Steven W (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Myles, Colleen Crystal (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Davio, Rebecca Lynn (Supporting), Fox, Rebekah L (Supporting), Guajardo, Miguel (Supporting), Valencia, Louie Dean (Supporting), Valle, Rosina Ruiz (Supporting). #ReclaimDunbar: A community needs assessment for the Dunbar arts, cultural and innovation district, Multidisciplinary Team Formation (MTI) Grant, Texas State University, Texas State University, $1000. (Funded: July 1, 2018 - December 31, 2019). Grant.
- Valencia, Louie Dean. Acción Cultural Española Cultural Programming Grant. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Valencia, L. D., & Wilson, J. (2024). European Histories, Australian Anxieties: The Christchurch Killer in Context. In L. M. Hernández Aguilar & S. Bracke (Eds.), Politics of Replacement: Demographic Fears, Conspiracy Theories, and Race Wars. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/The-Politics-of-Replacement-Demographic-Fears-Conspiracy-Theories-and/Bracke-Aguilar/p/book/9781032304069
- Valencia, L. D. (2020). “Tintin in the Movida Madrileña: Race and Gender in the Madrid Comic Book Zine Scene.” In A. Magnussen (Ed.), Spanish Comics: Historical and Cultural Perspectives. Berghahn Press. https://doi.org/10.3167/eca.2018.110202
- Valencia, L. D., & Ducros, H. (Eds.). (2020). Imagining, Thinking, and Teaching Europe. EuropeNow. New York City, NY, United States of America: Council for European Studies. Retrieved from https://www.europenowjournal.org/2020/06/02/imagining-thinking-and-teaching-europe/
- Valencia, L. D. (2020). Far-Right Revisionism and the End of History: Alt/Histories. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/Far-Right-Revisionism-and-the-End-of-History-Alt-Histories-1st-Edition/Valencia-Garcia/p/book/9780367460082
- Valencia, L. D. (2018). Antiauthoritarian Youth Culture in Francoist Spain: Clashing with Fascism. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic. Retrieved from https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/antiauthoritarian-youth-culture-in-francoist-spain-9781350038479/
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Teaching, Texas State University. 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University. 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: NEH Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities. October 1, 2024 - October 2027
- Award / Honor Recipient: Stephany Goodbread Faculty Advisor, Texas State Honors College. April 26, 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: Golden Apple Award for Teaching, Texas State University College of Liberal Arts. 2021
Featured service activities
- Member
Personnel Committee
- Other
Honors College/Housing and Residence Life
- Member
European History Committee
- Member
Public History Committee
- Other
Archivo de la Frontera (Centro Europeo para la Difusión de las Ciencias Sociales)
- Other
Centre for Analysis of Radical Right