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Dr. Elisabeth Goemans In July and August 2026, I will travel to Argentina to visit various literary festivals and book fairs as part of my postdoctoral project on cultural sociology, book studies, and environmental humanities, generously funded by the SLAS 2026 Postdoctoral Award. In this blog post, I explore a few dimensions of Argentinian book festival culture that inform and shape my research. With around 150 book fairs and festivals taking place each year (Argentina.gob.a