Charles Pigott recently completed a Ph.D. (2013) at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, on Quechua oral literature and has begun a postdoctoral project at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mexico, studying oral and written literature in Yucatec Maya. His research focuses on how indigenous epistemologies are communicated through verse and how they can be understood in dialogue with European philosophical precepts. His publications and presentations address anthropology, comparative literature, folkloristics, Hispanic studies, and linguistics.