Editorial Boards
Organized Events
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Cultural Studies Association conference
2016 (member of the organizing
committee)
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Symposium on Bolivia, the Plurinational State. April 15, 2015.
Villanova University
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“(Re)invenciones de lo andino” Special session at the IILI congress in
Cádiz, Spain (2012)
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José María Arguedas Centenary conference. Villanova U. October 28-29, 2011.
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International Conference
of Arab and Islamic Studies “Mirror Images”.
Villanova U. April 1-4,
2009.
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Cultural Studies Conference. Villanova
University. March 2008.
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Three sessions at the MLA in 2005 for the 20th
century Comparative Lit. Division:
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Dromocracy/Acceleration
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Representations of
Empire
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Academe vs. Society? The
Role of the Intellectual.
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International Conference, “Don Quijote
at 400” at Villanova University. March, 2005.
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International conference: “Democracy in Latin
America 30 years After Chile's 9/11” SUNY Albany, October 2003.
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Conference on Cultural and Postcolonial
Studies at SUNY Albany
in April 2003
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Organizer and host of the Postcolonial Film
Series SUNY Albany Spring, 2003
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Double session: “Orientalist Representations
in Latin American Literature” 5th Annual Congress of the Mediterranean
Studies Association, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (May
28-31, 2003).
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Vice-President of the Third International Congress of Hispanic
Poetry to be held at the University of Pécs, Hungary in May 2002.
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Invitation of the Mothers of the Plaza de
Mayo SUNY Albany, 1999
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Organized and chaired the First and Second Graduate
Colloquium on Hispanic, French, German and Italian Literature and
Culture. Catholic University, 1995, 1996.
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Organized and chaired a session titled: “Estética e ideología en la
textualidad neo-indigenista de los países andinos” LASA Symposium,
Washington DC. 1995.
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Organized and chaired a session titled “Current approaches to Latin
American literary classics” LASA Symp., Miami, FL, 1989.
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GRANTS:
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Faculty Development grant (2017) Villanova University
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Faculty Development grant (2015) Villanova University
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Fulbright
(finalist, but
unsuccessful) 2013
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Faculty Summer research grant
(2008) Villanova University
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VITAL grant for development
of a graduate course on Postcolonial Theories. Villanova
University, 2008.
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Book grant:
Moros en la costa:
Orientalismo en Latinoamérica. Villanova U. 2007.
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Fulbright senior grant for conducting research
and teaching 2 postgraduate courses at ELTE University. Budapest,
Hungary 2007.
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Seminar grant on Forgiveness (competitive). Paper produced: “Truth and Reconciliation
Commissions: Their Effect on Human Rights and Democratization”
Villanova University 2006.
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SUNY system grant: “Conversation in the Disciplines” for organization of an
international conference: Democracy in Latin America 30 years
After Chile’s 9/11 held at the SUNY Albany in 2003.
www.albany.edu/democracy
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UUP Grant,
SUNY 2002 and a grant from the Hungarian
Academy of Sciences for organization of the Third International
Congress of Hispanic Poetry in Pécs, Hungary.
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Faculty research grant, SUNY 2000 for participation (paper and moderator of another
session) in the CIEF
(Conseil International d’Études Francophones) Congress.
Sousse, Tunisia
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Fellowship. Instituto de
Investigaciones Literarias,
Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.
1995
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Faculty Research Grant. Paralelismos
transatlánticos.
Catholic Univ.1995
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Faculty Research Grant. Fieldwork: Quechua oral tradition in Ecuador.
Instituto de Cultura,
Quito. 1991
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Research grant: Historia de la
canción folklórica de los Andes.
University of Richmond. 1987
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Fieldwork and research: Mapuche poetic genres.
Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile.
Universidad de Richmond. 1986
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MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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American Association of University Women (AAUW),
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Association Bartolomé de Las Casas (ABC),
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American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA)
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Association of Hungarian American Educators (AHEA),
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Asociación de Letras Femeninas Hispánicas (ALFH)
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Association of Third World Studies (ATWS),
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Canadian Latin American Studies (CALACS)
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Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CELAC) Member,
Advisory Board (2000-2003)
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Conseil International d'Études Francophones (CIEF),
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Federación Internacional de Estudios Latinoamericanos y Caribeńos (FIEALC),
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Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana (IILI),
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International Society for the Study of European Ideas (ISSEI),
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International Association for Semiotic Studies (IASS),
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International Assoc. of Cultural Studies
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Latin American Studies Association (LASA),
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Latin American Indigenous Literatures Assoc. (LAILA),
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Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies (MACLAS)
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Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA)
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Modern Language Association (MLA), member, Comparative Literature
Executive Committee (2003-2006) chair 2005.
Outside reviewer for tenure cases for
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Purdue
University
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Lawrence
University
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Sarah Lawrence
College
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Skidmore
College (2)
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SUNY Albany
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SUNY Binghamton
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SUNY Potsdam
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SUNY Oswego
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