Jose Jouve-Martin

Academic title(s): 

Professor

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Email address: 
jose.jouve [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

680 Sherbrooke St. West
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 2M7

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514-398-4400 Ext 00371
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Status: 
Sabbatical leave July 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Research areas: 
Hispanic Studies
Biography: 

Professor
jose.jouve [at] mcgill.ca

Professor Jouve-Martín's research revolves around the intersection between history and literature. His main research projects are the following:

Slavery, Literacy and Colonialism in Latin America

The assumption that African slaves and their descendants were fundamentally illiterate, confined to a mostly oral culture, and, as such, unable to participate in the written culture that developed throughout the colonial world has been commonplace in the historiography of slavery in Spanish America. A careful review of the historical record suggests that this might have been a misconstruction and that, particularly in the urban setting, peoples of African origin interacted more often than previously assumed with written documents and literate practices."Slavery, Literacy and Colonialism in Latin America" focuses on literacy and the problem of how writing as a technology was used by African slaves and their descendants in different parts of Latin America in order to negotiate their social position, history and identity. An important first step in this direction has been the publication of Prof. Jouve-Martin's book  Esclavos de la ciudad letrada: Esclavitud, escritura y colonialismo en Lima, 1650-1700 (Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2005), which addresses the conditions under which the Afro-Peruvian community of Lima came into contact with the lettered culture of the 17th century, and the ways in which slaves and freemen interacted with the European written tradition in a colonial setting. Prof. Jouve-Martín has been generously funded by both FQRSC and SSHRC in order to expand this research both geographically and diachronically.  

Colonial Latin America on the Opera Stage

From Henry Purcell’s 1695 music for The Indian Queen to Wolfgang Rihm's 1992 musiktheater Die Eroberung von Mexiko, the conquest and colonization of America has been a recurring, but seldom explored topic of European opera composers such as Rameau, Spontini, Graun, Verdi, Gomes and Offenbach, to mention just but a few. This research project concentrates in the ways in which the early history of  Latin America has been presented to European audiences in the works of these composers. It explores the transformations of historical discourses when they cross different genres (from history to literature, and from literature to music). It also addresses how these discourses were rewritten and adapted to different national and cultural traditions. Although the project is more a cultural history of opera than a musicological work, attention will be given not only to the librettos, but also to the ways in which composers tried to express the conquest and colonization of America by musical means.  

Death, Kingship, and Writing in the Spanish Colonial Empire (1560-1886)

The death of a reigning king was a solemn and momentous occasion commemorated throughout the Spanish Colonial Empire with elaborate funerary ceremonies. These obsequies were complemented by the work of various artists including architects, musicians, silversmiths, carpenters and tailors. However, among all of these arts, writing had the most important role. Writers and poets were in charge of creating texts, hieroglyphs and emblems that decorated the colonial cities, literally transforming the urban setting into a lettered space in which the King was at the same time mourned and celebrated. My research focuses on the evolution of these funerary ceremonies and the circulation and development of royal accounts of obsequies in the Spanish overseas possessions. Chronologically, it begins in 1560 with the publication the obsequies for Charles V in Mexico City and ends three hundred years later and half a world away in the Philippines with the publication in 1886 the City of Manila obsequies of King Alphonse XII. The study of this corpus will allow me to analyze how royal funerary ceremonies and accounts evolved over three centuries and also to examine the way in which each colonial region developed its own ritual and artistic traditions despite their apparent conformity to pre-imposed Iberian molds. This research has been generously funded by SSHRC (Standard Research Grant Program).

Research Groups

Prof. José R. Jouve-Martín is an active member of the following international research groups:

The MCRI group "The Hispanic Baroque" (Conflicting Identities and Representations). Coordinated by Juan Luis Suárez (University of Western Ontario).

"Imperios letrados: cartografias da escrita no mundo ultramarino ibérico." Coordinated by Jorge Flores (Brown University).

“El pasado, un laboratorio de experiencias: historias e identidades.” Coordinated by Alfredo Alvar Ezquerra (Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, España).

Research Fields

Orality and Literacy; Memory and historiography in literary discourses; 16th and 17th Latin American Literature; 20th Century Testimonial Literature; Race in Literature; Colonialism in Literature; History of Ideas in Latin America

Education

Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature. Concentration in Colonial Literature and Cultural Studies. Georgetown University. Washington, D.C. 2003.

Licenciatura in Philosophy with concentration in Cultural Anthropology. Universidad Autónoma. Madrid, Spain. 1994.

Language skills

Spanish: Native speaker

English: Near native fluency

German: Reading/Writing/Speaking skills

Catalan: Reading knowledge

French: Reading knowledge

Individual Research Grants

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). "Death, Kingship, and Writing in the Spanish Colonial Empire (1560-1886)." Program: Standard Research Grants. Amount: CAN$ 65,670. 2010-2013.

Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Societé et le Culture (FQRSC). “Des sclaves aux scribes: Esclavage, oralité et écriture au Pérou (1531-1825).” Programme : Éttablisimment de Nouveux Professeurs-Chercheus. Amount : CAN$ 36,285. 2006-2009.

Social Sciences and Humanities Reseach Council (SSHRC). “From Slaves to Scribes: Slavery, Orality and Literacy in Peru (1531-1825).” Program: Standard Research Grants. Amount: CAN$ 48,081. 2006-2009.

Group Research Grants

Social Sciences and Humanities Reseach Council (SSHRC). “The Hispanic Baroque: Complexity in the First Atlantic Culture.” Program: Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI). Category: Co-applicant. Group total amount: CAN$: 2,500,000

Mellon Foundation. “The French Atlantic.” Category: Group member. Group total amount: US$: 563,640

Selected publications: 

Conference papers

“Una ciudad para los muertos: el cementerio general de Lima y el control de la religiosidad barroca.” Del Barroco al Neobarroco: realidades y transferencias culturales. Universitas Castellae. Valladolid, June 23-25, 2010.

“En carrera de salvación: muerte, esclavitud y escritura en la Lima colonial”. Universitas Castellae/McGill. Congreso Internacional. Valladolid, Junio 23-26, 2009.

“Afro-Peruvian Writing in the Age of the Enlightenment: The Work of José Manuel Valdés.” XXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Rio de Janeiro. June 9-13, 2009.

“En carrera de salvación: muerte, esclavitud y escritura en la Lima colonial”. Universitas Castellae/McGill. Congreso Internacional. Valladolid, Junio 23-26, 2009.

“Afro-Peruvian Writing in the Age of the Enlightenment: The Work of José Manuel Valdés.” XXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Rio de Janeiro. June 9-13, 2009.

“Modernidad, barroco y estudios latinoamericanos.” Congreso de la Asociación Canadiense de Hispanistas, Ottawa, Mayo 26-29, 2009.

“Santos barrocos y hagiografía ilustrada.” Congress of the Colonial Americas Studies Organization. Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais (Brasil). Belo Horizonte. November 13, 2008.

“S’impugni l’spada: The conquest of Mexico in the opera Motezuma (1733) by Luigi Giusti and Antonio Vivaldi”. Congress of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth century studies. Montreal. October 16, 2008.

“De la muerte barroca a la muerte ilustrada”. McGill University. La constitución del barroco: congreso internacional. Montreal. September 26, 2008.

“Literature, writing and literacy in 19th Century Afro-Spanish America: A comparative approach to the works of José Manuel Valdés, Candelario Obeso and Francisco Manzano.” XXVII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Montreal, Canada. September 5-9, 2007.

“Tragedia, esclavitud y escritura: Zafira de Juan Francisco Manzano y los orígenes del teatro afro-hispanoamericano.” International Conference. Universitas Castellae. Valladolid, Spain. June 25-27, 2007.

“Periodismo y literatura en la escritura afro-hispanoamericana de principios del siglo XX: de Martín Morúa Delgado a Gaspar Octavio Hernández.” Canadian Association of Hispanists. University of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon, Canada. May 26-29, 2007.

“Admiral der Weltmeere: Werner Egk’s Columbus (1933/1942) and the Recreation of History on the German Opera Stage.” Canadian Historical Association. University of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon, Canada. May 27-29, 2007.

“Música, literatura y memoria en Il Guarany de Carlos Gomes.” International Conference. Universitas Castellae. Congreso Internacional. Valladolid, Spain. June 26-28, 2006.

“De la Lima colonial al París del Segundo Imperio: música, colonialismo y nación en La Périchole de Jacques Offenbach.” Canadian Association of Hispanists. York University. Toronto, Canada. May 27-29, 2006.

“El Horrible Destino: historia y memoria de la conquista de México en la ópera Montezuma (1755) de Carl Heinrich Graun.” Association Francophone pour le Savoir (Acfas). McGill University. Montreal, Canada. May 15-19, 2006.

“Ensayos de la memoria: la construcción intelectual de la historia latinoamericana.” XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). San Juan, Puerto Rico. March 16-19, 2006.

“Narratives of Origin: Blacks and the Social Construction of Caste in 17th century Lima.” American Anthropological Association. Washington, DC, USA. November 30-December 4, 2005.

“Incas y Aztecas en la imaginación transatlántica: teatro, historia y memoria en The Indian Queen de Henry Purcell.” Canadian Association of Hispanists. University of Western Ontario. London, Canada. May 28-June 1, 2005.

“Music, Memory and Colonialism in Wolfgang Rihm’s The Conquest of Mexico.” Beyond Colonial Studies: An Interdisciplinary Symposium. Brown University. Providence, USA. November 4-6, 2004.

“Sepa vuestra merced: la comunidad negra de Lima y la cultura notarial en el siglo XVII.” XXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Las Vegas, USA. October 7-10, 2004.

“De esclavos a escribas: memoria, escritura y autobiografía en la literatura afro-latinoamericana.” Salvaging the Self: Memory, Oblivion and the Autobiographical Text. An International Symposium. Department of Hispanic Studies. McGill University. Montreal, Canada. March 16, 2004.

“La difusión de la cultura letrada en la comunidad negra de Lima del siglo XVII.” CASO (Colonial Americas Studies Organization). 1st International Interdisciplinary Symposium. Washington, DC, USA. October 9-11, 2003.

“Testamentos de mujeres de origen africano: raza, género y propiedad en la Lima colonial.” XXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Washington, DC, USA. 2001.

“Ceremonias de poder y subordinación social: fiestas de mulatos en el Perú colonial.” XXXIII Congreso del Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana (IILI). Salamanca, Spain. 2000.

“La escritura y el discurso de la santidad en la Lima colonial (1600-1650).” XXII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Miami, USA. 2000.

Invited papers

“Raza, medicina y piedad: médicos mulatos y físicos cristianos en la Lima colonial.” University of Liverpool. The Hispanic Baroque. Group Meeting. Liverpool, UK. May 10-11, 2010.

“Music, History and (Science-)Fiction: Philip Glass’ The Voyage and the Operatic Lives of Christopher Columbus.” Atlantic Narratives Symposium. University of Miami/Florida International University. Miami, Florida. February 4-5, 2010.

“De monstruos, partos y palomas: José Pastor Larrinaga y las polémicas obstétricas en la Lima colonial.” Barroco ilustrado: representaciones y discursos en el ámbito hispánico transatlántico. International Congress. UNAM. México DF, México. October 28-30, 2009.

“Muerte en la ciudad letrada: funerales reales en la Lima colonial.” Centro de Recursos del español. Université de Montreal. Quebec, Canada. February 19, 2009.

“Yawar Fiesta and the indigenist literary tradition. McGill University. Department of History. Montreal. January 15, 2009.

“La escritura afro-hispanoamericana y los márgenes del modernismo. Universidad de Barcelona. Departamento de Filología Hispánica. Barcelona. December 15, 2008.

“De los modos de escribir la historia: historia, ensayo y novela en Hispanoamérica.” Department of Modern Literatures and Languages. Université Laval. Research seminar in Hispanic Studies. Directed by Prof. Emilia Deffis. Quebec, Canada. October 9, 2007.

“José María Arguedas’ Deep Rivers.” Department of History. McGill University. Montreal, Canada. January 25, 2007.

“Memoria e indigenismo.” Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. University of Western Ontario. London, Canada. January 28, 2005.

“El camino a los altares: santidad, escritura y colonialismo en Lima.” Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. University of Montreal. Montreal, Canada. February 13, 2004.

“Mapping the New World.” Interdisciplinary Program of Latin American Studies. McGill University. Montreal, Canada. January 21, 2004.

“Black Troy: Theater, Memory, and Literacy in Colonial Lima.” Department of History. McGill University. Montreal, Canada. November 11, 2003.

Monographs

Esclavos de la ciudad letrada: esclavitud, escritura y colonialismo en Lima (1650-1700). Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2005. 206 pp.

Reviewed by:

  • Prescott, Laurence E. Afro-Hispanic Review 28.1 (2009): 237-241.
  • Wood, David. The Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 86.4 (2009): 588-589.
  • Garofalo, Leo. “The Quinto Suyo: New African Diaspora History from Peru.” Ethnohistory 56.2 (Spring 2009): 303-7.
  • Silva, Renán. Historia y sociedad 15 (2008): 213-219
  • Wey-Gómez, Nicolás. Revista canadiense de estudios hispánicos 31.3 (2007): 529-30.
  • Spitta, Silvia. “Esclavitud y escritura en la Lima colonial.” A contracorriente 4.1 (2006): 152-4.
  • Fossa, Lydia. “Esclavos y escritura.” Identidades 102 (2006). 25 March 2008.
  • Gonzales, Osmar. “La escritura de los esclavos en la colonia: la letra con sangre entra.” El Expreso (2006). 25 March 2008.

Anthologies

Sueños de la razón: monstruos, aberraciones y quimeras del Barroco a la Ilustración. Monographic Dossier. La Habana Elegante: revista semestral de literatura 48 (2010).

La constitución del Barroco hispano-transatlántico . Co-edited with Renée Soulodre-LaFrance. Special Issue of Revista canadiense de estudios hispánicos 33.1 (2009). 280 pp.

Contemporary Debates in Ecology, Culture and Society in Latin America. Co-edited with Marianne Schmink. Special Issue of Latin American Research Review. Forthcoming. Expected date of publication 2010.

Dossiers

Sueños de la razón: monstruos, aberraciones y quimeras del Barroco a la Ilustración. Monographic Dossier. La Habana Elegante: revista semestral de literatura 48 (2010). Forthcoming.

Translations

Rappaport, Joanne. La política de la memoria: la interpretación indígena de la historia en los Andes colombianos. José R. Jouve-Martín, translator. Cauca (Colombia): Ediciones de la Universidad del Cauca, 2000. 260 pp.
[Spanish translation of Rappaport, Joanne. The Politics of Memory: Native Historical Interpretation in the Colombian Andes. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.]

Articles in Peer-refereed Journals

Jouve-Martin, Jose and José Ramón. “Music and Music Making.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Atlantic History. Ed. Trevor Burnard. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.

“La muerte del rey y el fin del imperio: funerales por Alfonso XII en Roma, Madrid y Filipinas.” Realismo y decadentismos en la literatura hispánica. Eds. Ricardo de la Fuente Ballesteros y Jesús Pérez-Magallón. Valladolid: Universitas Castellae, 2012. 213-226.

Del barroco al neobarroco: realidades y transferencias culturales. Ricardo de la Fuente Ballesteros, Jesús Pérez-Magallón, and José R. Jouve-Martín, Eds. Colección “Cultura Iberoamericana.” No. 32. Valladolid: Universitas Castellae. (2011): 379 pp.

Contemporary Debates in Ecology, Culture and Society in Latin America. Marianne Schmink and José R. Jouve-Martín, Eds. Special Issue of Latin American Research Review 46 (2011). 217 pp.

“Music, History and (Science-)Fiction: Philip Glass’ The Voyage and the Operatic Lives of Christopher Columbus.” Clio: A Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History 40.1 (2011): 87-108.

“Mulatos, médicos y patriotas en el Perú de la Independencia: José Manuel Valdés (1767-1843) y la creación de una medicina peruana.” De la colonia a la independencia. Eds. Mercedes Serna, Guillermo Seres y Bernat Castany. Barcelona: Centro para la edición de los clásicos españoles, (2011) : 173-190.

“Una ciudad para los muertos: el cementerio general de Lima y el control de la religiosidad barroca.” Del Barroco al Neobarroco: realidades y transferencias culturales. Eds. Ricardo de la Fuente, Jesús Pérez-Magallon, and José R. Jouve-Martín. Valladolid: Universitas Castellae, (2011) : 157-166.

“Jacinto Ventura de Molina. Los caminos de la escritura negra en el Río de la Plata. Edición de William G. Acree, Jr. y Alex Boruck. Prólogo de George R. Andrews. Madrid & Frankfurt am Main: Iberoamericana, 2010.” A Contracorriente 9.1 (2011): 382-386.

“Las barrocas muertes de un rey ilustrado: Honras fúnebres e identidad criolla en México, Lima y Manila a la muerte de Carlos III.” Torre de los Lujanes: revista de la real sociedad económica matritense de amigos del país 67 (2010): 30-49.

“Literatura, música e historia: la conquista de México en la ópera Montezuma (1755) de Federico II y Carl Heinrich Graun.” Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 87.2 (2010): 203-220.

"Casta, ciencia y religión: José Manuel Valdés y la vida prodigiosa de fray Martín de Porres." Special Issue of Revista canadiense de estudios hispánicos, 33.1 (2009). 231-50.

"La constitución del barroco y The Hispanic Barroque project." Co-written with Renée Soloudre-LaFrance. Special Issue of Revista canadiense de estudios hispánicos, 33.1 (2009). 1-10.

“En la urna del destino: Zafira y el modo trágico en la obra de Juan Francisco Manzano.” Revista de estudios hispánicos 43.3 (2009): 501-524.

“Werner Egk’s Opera Columbus (1933/ 1942) and the Recreation of the Discovery of America in Nazi Germany.” Bulletin of Spanish Studies 86.6 (2009): 769-792.

“Incas y aztecas en la imaginación transatlántica: teatro, música y memoria en The Indian Queen de John Dryden y Henry Purcell.” Hispanófila 154 (2008): 1-14.

“Recuerdos de un tiempo viejo: José Zorrilla y el teatro de la memoria en Don Juan en Chapultepec de Vicente Leñero.” Hecho teatral 7 (2007): 39-62.

“Public Ceremonies and Mulatto Identity in Viceregal Lima: A Colonial Reenactment of the Fall of Troy (1631).” Colonial Latin American Review 16.2 (2007): 179-201.

“De la Lima colonial al París del Segundo Imperio: música, historia y literatura en La Périchole de Jacques Offenbach.” Siglo XIX 12 (2006): 117-38.

“De esclavos a escribas: memoria, escritura y autobiografía en la literatura afro hispanoamericana.” Revista canadiense de estudios hispánicos 30.1 (2006): 129-44.

“Ópera, teatro y memoria en Die Eroberung von Mexiko de Wolfgang Rihm.” Theatralia 6 (2005): 1-21.

“En olor de santidad: Cultos locales y política de canonizaciones en el Virreinato del Perú.” Colonial Latin American Review 13.2 (2004): 181-98.

“El canon poético y la política imperial: poesía y rebelión durante las Comunidades de Castilla (1520-1521).” Hispanofila 136 (2002): 1-13.

Articles in Peer-refereed Anthologies

De monstruos, partos y palomas: José Pastor Larrinaga y las polémicas obstétricas en la Lima colonial”. Sueños de la razón: monstruos, aberraciones y quimeras del Barroco a la Ilustración. Monographic Dossier. La Habana Elegante: revista semestral de literatura 48 (2010).

“Escritura, hegemonía y subalternidad: de los New Literacy Studies (NLS) a los Latin American Literacy Studies (LALS), and back.” Lectura, escritura y matemáticas como prácticas sociales. Diálogos con América Latina. Eds. Judith Kalman and Brian Street. México: Siglo XXI, 2009. 210-230.

“Death, Gender, and Writing: Testaments of Women of African Origin in 17th-century Lima (1651-1666).” Afro-Latino Voices: Narratives from the Early Modern Ibero-Atlantic World, 1550-1808. Eds. Kathryn McKnight and Leo Garofalo. Indianapolis: Hackett, 2009. 105-125.

“En carrera de salvación: casta, esclavitud y mala muerte en la Lima colonial.” Necrofilia y necrofobia: representaciones de la muerte en la literatura hispánica. Ed. Ricardo de la Fuente. Valladolid: Universitas Castellae, 2010. 191-200.

Book Reviews

“Approaches to Teaching the Writings of Bartolomé de Las Casas. Edited by Santa Arias y Eyda M. Merediz. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2008. xiii + 284 pp.” Revista canadiense de estudios hispánicos 34.2 (2010): 381-83.

"Bringing the First Latin-American Opera to Life: Staging 'La púrpura de la rosa' in Sheffield. Edited by Jane W. Davidson and Anthony Trippett.” Durham Modern Languages Series 2007. Durham: School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Durham. 2007. 386 pp.” Bulletin of Spanish Studies 87.6 (2010): 863-864.

“The Polemics of Possession in Spanish American Narrative, by Rolena Adorno.” Revista canadiense de estudios hispánicos 32.2 (2008): 363-64.

“Criollismo y patria en la Lima ilustrada (1732-1795), by Margarita Eva Rodríguez García.” Dieciocho 31.2 (2008): 381-82.

“Words of the True Peoples: Palabras de los seres verdaderos. Anthology of Contemporary Mexican Indigenous-Language Writers, Vol. 2. Edited by Carlos Montemayor and Donald Frischmann.” Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology 11.2 (2006): 462-63.

“Magical Writing in Salasaca: Literacy and Power in Highland Ecuador, by Peter Wogan.” Anthropological Linguistics 47.4 (2005): 442-43.

“Maria Zambrano, crítica literaria por Goretti Ramírez.” Revista canadiense de estudios hispánicos 29.3 (2006): 622-24.

“Conquistadores als Historiographen por Ana Stoll.” Revista iberoamericana 65 (1999): 427-29.

Awards, honours, and fellowships: 

Honorable mention. Franklin Pease G.Y. Memorial Prize to the best article published in the journal Colonial Latin American Review in 2007. Article: “Public Ceremonies and Mulatto Identity in Viceregal Lima: A Colonial Reenactment of the Fall of Troy (1631).” Colonial Latin American Review 16.2 (2007): 179-201.

Teaching areas: 

Graduate

From the Baroque to the Neo-Baroque: Transatlantic Dialogues in Hispanic Culture. HISP-676 (Fall 2008).

From Slaves to Scribes: Literacy, Subalternity and the Emergence of Afro-Hispanic Literature. HISP-693 (Winter 2008).

Gender, Sexuality and Writing. HISP-691 (Winter 2007).

The Latin American Essay. HISP-681 (Winter 2006).

Indigenism and the Politics of Memory. HISP-681 (Winter 2005).

Rise and Fall of Testimonial Literature. HISP-693 (Winter 2004).

Undergraduate

McGill University

Seminar in Hispanic Studies. Course title: Gender, Sexuality and Writing. HISP-505 (Winter 2007).

Major Figures: Spanish America. Course title: Mario Vargas Llosa. HISP-455 (Winter 2009).

Major Figures: Spanish America. Course title: Gabriel García Márquez. HISP-455 (Winter 2007).

Topics: Spanish American Literature. Course title: Dictatorship: Spanish America. HISP- 439 (Winter 2006; Winter 2008).

Viceregal America. HISP-437 (Winter 2006).

Dictatorship: Hispanic America. HISP-434 (Fall 2003).

Generation of 1898. HISP-350 (Fall 2005).

Spanish American Drama. HISP-333 (Fall 2004; Fall 2007).

Spanish American Literature of the 19th century. HISP-332 (Winter 2004).

Literature of Ideas: Latin America. HISP-328 (Fall 2003; Fall 2005; Fall 2008).

Literature of Ideas: Spain. HISP-327 (Fall 2004; Fall 2007).

Survey of Spanish American Literature 2. HISP-244 (Winter 2007; Winter 2005).

Survey of Spanish Literature 2. HISP-242 (Winter 2009).

Georgetown University

Survey of Spanish American Colonial Literature. SPAN-263 (Fall 2001).

Spanish Expository Writing. Section Coordinator (Fall 2001; Spring 2002; Fall 2002; Spring 2003).

Spanish Expository Writing. SPAN-153 (Fall 2000; Spring 2001; Spring 2002; Fall 2002; Spring 2003).

Spain in Context. SPAN-101 (Fall 2000).

Professional activities: 

PH.D. Supervision

Wolff, Victoria. “From Literary Page to Musical Stage: Writers, Librettists, and Composers of Zarzuela and Opera in Spain and Latin America.” Ph.D. Thesis. Department of Hispanic Studies. In progress. Role: Supervisor.

Thesis deposited: May 21, 2008.

M.A. Supervision

Osegueda, Ximena. “Huatulqueños y Samahua: el referente, el texto y su recepción. M.A. Thesis. Department of Hispanic Studies. McGill University. 2005. (Dean’s Honor List). Role: Supervisor.

Undergraduate Supervision (Honours Thesis)

Department of Hispanic Studies

Allard, Vicky. “Historia y ficción en Santa Evita de Tomás Eloy Martínez”. HISP-490. In progress. Role: Supervisor.

Freeman, Sara. “La construcción de la ciudad en el cine mexicano contemporáneo”. HISP-490. In progress. Role: Supervisor.

Arnold-Levene, Elise. “La autobiografía y la Revolución Cubana.” HISP-490. In progress. Role: Supervisor.

Litán, Cecilia. “Homosexualidades en No se lo digas a nadie y La noche es virgen: luz sobre el orden patriarcal limeño.” HISP-490. 2008. Role: Supervisor.

Madisson, Eugenia. “Formas de reflexión sobe el pasado en la obra Cien años de Soledad de Gabriel García Márquez.” Honors Thesis in Hispanic Studies. HISP-490. 2007. Role: Supervisor.

Palomares, Claudio. “El discurso de los intelectuales: abordando las políticas culturales cubanas a través de los ojos de García Márquez, Julio Cortázar y la familia intelectual latinoamericana de 1959 a 1971.” Honors Thesis in Hispanic Studies HISP-490. 2007. Role: Supervisor.

Finkel, Anna. “Mexico en llamas: religión, violencia, muerte y el infierno en la obra de Juan Rulfo.” Honors Thesis in Hispanic Studies. HISP-490. 2006. Role: Supervisor.

Bellina, María Inés. “La identidad peruana en Bryce Echenique.” Honors Thesis in Hispanic Studies. HISP 490. 2005. Role: Supervisor.

Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program

Paskett, Cecile. “Ecuadorian Literature under the Dictatorship.” Honors Thesis in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. LACS 498. 2004. Role: Supervisor.

Hernández, Georgina. “Chilean Children of Elementary School Age in Montréal: Socialized by Two Conflicting Sets of Values?” Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program. LACS 498. 2004. Role: Supervisor.

International Development Studies Program

Suss, Lesley. “Civil Society and the Argentinean Military Dictatorship of 1976-1983.” Honors Thesis in International Development. INTD-492. 2006. Role: Supervisor.

Bodmer-Roy, Annabelle. “Democratization and Human Rights in Chile.” Honors Thesis in International Development Studies. INTD 492. 2006. Role: Supervisor.

Goreshi, Kimia. “Is the booming economy a looming predator to Human and Environmental development? An investigation of the relationship between economic growth and environmental degradation.” Honors Thesis in International Development Studies. INTD 491. 2004. Role: Supervisor.

Ph.D. Defense Committees

Carter, Jennifer. “Re-creating the Poetic Imaginary: Alexandre Lenoir and the Musée des Monuments Français.” Ph.D. Thesis Committee. School of Architecture. McGill University. 2007. Role: External reader.

Giordano, Graciela. “Más allá del trauma colectivo: represión y exilio

en la narrativa de mujeres y el cine argentino.” Ph.D. Thesis. Department of Hispanic Studies. McGill University. 2006. Role: Internal reader.

Gagnon-Riopel, Julie. “Masculinidades de Moda: Machos del Siglo de Oro.” Ph.D. Thesis. Department of Hispanic Studies. McGill University. 2003. Role: Internal reader.

Ph.D. Comprehensive Examinations Committees

Fialdini, Rossana (Winter 2008).

Maurer, Valerie (Winter 2008).

Woff, Victoria (Winter 2007).

Manrique-Gómez, Marta (Winter 2007).

Ohanna, Natalio (Winter 2007).

M.A. Thesis Committees

Bejar, Giovanna. “La sombra del racismo peruano en los cuentos de Julio Ramón Ribeyro.” M.A. Thesis. Department of Hispanic Studies. McGill University. 2004. Role: Internal reader.

Robalino Vanegas, Gladys Alicia. “La mentira como componente identitario en La verdad sospechosa de Juan Ruiz de Alarcón.” M.A. Thesis. Department of Hispanic Studies. McGill University. 2004. Role: Internal reader.

Brockmann Rojas, María E. “(Re)turning Migrants: Narratives of Bolivian Transnational Migrants.” M.A. Thesis. Department of Anthropology. McGill University. 2004. Role: External reader.

M.A. Examination Committees (M.A without Thesis)

Kakon, Alecsandra (Winter 2008)

Li, Feying (Winter 2008)

Enciso Valderrama, Giovanna (Summer 2006)

Undergraduate Examination Committees (Honours Thesis)

Fontaine, Pascale. “Los excéntricos de Cervantes: remedio sabio para renovar la literatura.” Honours Thesis. HISP-490. 2007. Role: Second reader.

Aubert, Melanie. “Buscando la libertad: un estudio del cautiverio en las comedias de Cervantes.” Honours Thesis. HISP-490. 2004. Role: Second reader.

Service to the Department of Hispanic Studies

Department positions

Director of Undergraduate Programs and Undergraduate Advisor of the Department of Hispanic Studies. April 2005-present. Main responsibilities include:

Supervision of Undergraduate Programs and Courses in the Department of Hispanic Studies

Academic advising for all Minor, Major, and Honours students of the Department of Hispanic Studies

E-mail advising in addition to regular office hours

Supervision and approval of study abroad applications and transfer of credits requests from departmental students and non-departmental students taking language and literature courses at Spanish and Latin American Universities.

Promotion of the undergraduate programs and literature courses of the Department of Hispanic Studies through the creation of email distribution lists, flyers and talks

Promotion of the course offerings of the Department of Hispanic Studies among undergraduate students currently enrolled in our language and literature classes

Supervision and approval of recommendations for graduation

Organization of Talks and Conferences

“The Constitution of the Hispanic Baroque.” International Symposium. Conflicting Identities and Representations Research Group (The Hispanic Baroque). Together with Prof. Jesús Pérez-Magallón. September 25-27, 2008.

Victor Vich (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú). “Nombrar la violencia: dos estrategias en el Perú.” November 30, 2007.

Carolina Benavides and Ximena Querol (Nexos Voluntarios, Perú). “Changing Lives: The Experience of Volunteering in Peru.” Together with Prof. Pérez-Magallón. October 12, 2006.

Beatriz de Alba-Koch (University of Victoria). “"'Por amor a la patria': la mexicanidad de Clavigero y su narración de la conquista de México." Together with Prof. Kay Sibbald. March 30, 2006.

Francisco Morán (Southern Methodist University). “Julián del Casal o el canon emplumado.” Together with Prof. Kay Sibbald. November 25, 2005.

Efraín Subero (Universidad Simón Bolívar). “Origen y evolución de la hispanidad.” Together with Prof. Kay Sibbald. November 2, 2005.

Nancy Morejón. Poetry reading. Together with Professor Pierre Brotherton (Anthropology) and Fernanda Macchi (Hispanic Studies). October 8, 2004.

Other Departmental Activities

Organization of the Undergraduate Orientation Sessions. 2005-2008.

Representative of the Department of Hispanic Studies in the Faculty of Arts Open House. 2005-2008.

Representative of the Department of Hispanic Studies in the McGill University Freshman Fair. 2005-2008.

Representative of the Department of Hispanic Studies in the meeting of Chairs of Departments of Language and Literature in substitution of Prof. Sibbald. Summer 2006.

Representative of the Deparment of Hispanic Studies in the meeting of the Muti-Track Program Review Committee in substitution of Prof. Kay Sibbald. Friday, April 21, 2006.

Representative of the Deparment of Hispanic Studies in the meeting of the Arts Administrative Group. Winter 2006.

Co-organization of the information session “Research Tools in Hispanic Students for Undergraduate Students” (together with Juanita Jara de Sumar, McLennan Library). McLennan Library. Fall 2005.

Creation of the guidelines for McLennan Library purchases and adquisitions in Hispanic Studies (together with Prof. Amanda Holmes). Fall 2005.

Representative of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program at the meeting of Latin American Studies Programs organized by Georgetown University in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 8th, 2004.

Service to the Faculty of Arts

Participation in Faculty Committees

Member, Committee on Student Affairs. 2006-present

Member, Committee on Student Standing. 2006-present

Member, Academic Advisors Network. 2006-present

Member, Latin American and Caribean Studies Advisory Committee. Winter semester 2004-present.

Member, Faculty Review Committee. Interdisciplinary programs committee. Winter semester 2005-2007.

Service to the Profession

Editorial Boards

Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos (Member of the Editorial Committee, 2009-present)

Latin American Research Review (Member of the Editorial Committee, 2006-present)

La Habana Elegante (Member of the Editorial Board, 2008-present)

Cartaphilus. Revista de investigación y crítica estética (Member of the Scientific Commitee, 2006-present)

Peer Evaluation

Internal reviewer for Latin American Research Review (2006-present)

External reviewer for Siglo XIX (2007)

External reviewer for Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos (2003-present)

External reviewer for Renaissance and Reformation (2006)

External reviewer for El Modo Trágico en la Cultura Hispánica (2007)

Grant Evaluation

External evaluator for SSHRC Standard Research Grant (2008)

Conference Sessions (Chair/Organizer)

Contemporary Debates on Ecology, Culture and Society (Session 1): Global to Local Environmental Politic. XXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Rio de Janeiro. June 9-13, 2009.

Contemporary Debates on Ecology, Culture and Society (Session 2): Environmental discourses and cultural practices in Latin America. XXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Rio de Janeiro. June 9-13, 2009.

Contemporary Debates on Ecology, Culture and Society (Session 3): Environmental Dimensions of Urban Space in Latin America. XXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Rio de Janeiro. June 9-13, 2009.

Slavery, Literacy and the Rise of the Afro-Latin American Intellectual. XXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Rio de Janeiro. June 9-13, 2009.

“De la oralidad a la escritura (y viceversa): perspectivas críticas desde España y Latinoamérica.” University of Saskatchewan. Canadian Association of Hispanists. Saskatoon, Canada. May 26-29, 2007.

“Música, imagen y literatura: nuevas perspectivas en estudios hispánicos.” Canadian Association of Hispanists. York University. Toronto, Canada. May 27-29, 2006.

“In Search of the Past: Nation, Literature and Memory in Latin America.” XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). San Juan, Puerto Rico. March 16-19, 2006.

“Literatura y memoria.” Canadian Association of Hispanists. University of Western Ontario. London, Canada. May 28-June 1, 2005.

“Memory, Writing and Orality: New Perspectives.” XXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Las Vegas, USA. October 7-10, 2004.

“Impure Bodies: Constructions of Race, Gender, and Authority in Latin America.” XXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Washington, DC, USA. 2001.

Panel respondent in session “Colonial Visions and Postcolonial Revisions.” MLA 114th Conference. San Francisco (CA), USA. 1999.

Membership in Professional Associations

Canadian Association of Hispanists

Colonial American Studies Organization

Latin American Studies Association

Canadian Historical Association

Other

Seminars

Introduction to WebCT (WCT-401). Course Content and Administration Part 1 & 2 (WCT 402-WCT 403). A series of courses on how to use WebCT as a teaching tool. Organized by IST customer services (ICS). McGill University. Role: Participant. 2003-2004.

Summer Institute organized by the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship at Georgetown University. Concentration in Inclusive Teaching and Learning. Role: Participant. Role: Participant. May 2002.

Summer Institute organized by the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship at Georgetown University. Concentration in Applications Development for Distance Learning (MS Access and Coldfusion). Role: Participant. May 2001.

Summer Institute. Course organized by Georgetown University Information Services. Concentration in Multimedia Applications and Web Development (Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Adobe Illustrator, MS Publisher, Blackboard). Role: Participant. May 2000.

Internships

Intern in the Bio-Bio Center for Regional Development and Teaching Assistant at the Department of Sociology. Universidad de Concepción (Chile). June-Agust 1995.

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