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Manuel García-Castellón

Manuel García-CastellónEducation Background

Doctoral degree, University of Georgia, 1991

M.A. Degree West Virginia University, 1986

Licenciatura en Filología Anglo-Germánica, Universidad de Valencia, Spain, 1983

Primer Ciclo de Filología Española, Universidad de Murcia, Spain, 1981

Licenciatura en Teología, Seminario Evangélico Unido, Madrid, 1971




Teaching Experience

Professor of Spanish, University of New Orleans, 2002-present

Associate professor of Spanish, University of New Orleans, 1995-2002

Assistant professor of Spanish, University of New Orleans, 1991-1995

Teaching Assistant of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese during the years of graduate studies at West Virginia University and University of Georgia, 1984-1991

Research Interests

Colonial Spanish Literature

History of Ideas in the Hispanic World

Filipino-Spanish Literature

Spanish Poetry of all Ages

Professional Society Membership

American Civil Liberties Union

Asociación Español de Estudios de Pacífico

Phi Beta Delta Honorary Society for International Scholars

Isleños Heritage Cultural Society of Louisiana (Honorary)

Spanish Society Sigma Delta Pi

Italian Society Gamma Kappa Alpha

French Society Pi Delta Phi

M-MLA

SCMLA

SAMLA

Publications

Books

Estampas y cuentos de la Filipinas Hispaníca. Madrid: Editorial Clan, 2001.

Introducción al arte español. El siglo XX: persistencias y rupturas, in coauthorship with Javier Pérez Rojas of University of Valencia, Spain. Madrid: Editorial Sílex, 1994.

Guamnán Poma de Ayala: pionero de la Teología de la Liberación. Madrid: Editorial Pliegos, 1993.

Editorship

Journal of Afro Latin American Studies and Literatures

ArtisticCreation

Terra Pontus Astra (a book of poetry). Murcia, Spain, 1995.

Scattered poems in Empireuma, Alamo, Poesía de Venezuela, Mairena, etc.

Translation

Los Sorolla de Valencia / The Sorolla Paintings of Valencia. (A book- catalogue) Valencia, Spain, 1996.

Book Chapters

"Alicia Alonso," in Noted 20 th Century Latin American Women. Ed. by David William Foster. West Haven, CT: Greenwood Publishing Co., 2000.

"Antonia Novello," in Noted 20 th Century Latin American Women. Ed. by David William Foster. West Haven, CT: Greenwood Publishing Co., 2000.

"Lengua y letras hispánicas en Filipinas; síntesis y elegía," en Centenario de 1898 en Cartagena. Cartagena, Spain: Editorial La Verdad, 1998.

"Poma de Ayala, uma proto-teologia da libertação," in Teologia na história social e cultural de América Latina. Sao Leopoldo RS, Brazil, 1996.

"Poma de Ayala y los pobres de Jesucristo: proto-teologío de liberación en lengua mestiza," in Actas del I Congreso de Historia de la Lengua Española en América y España, Valencia, Spain: Tirant lo Blanch, 1995.

"Célia Vinyes i Olivella," in Double Minorities of Spain: a Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Women Writers of the Catalan, Galician, and Basque Countries. New York: Modern Language Association, 1994.

"Guaman Poma: Eines Proto-Befreiungstheologie," in Perspektive des Arm, ed. Raul Fornet-Betencourt. Köln, Germany: Ditto Verlag, March 1993, 168-186.

Articles

"Influencia krausista en el abolicionismo español del siglo XIX: la Sociedad Abolicionista Española (1865-1887)." Conference Proceedings. In Diaspora. Southern Arkansas University. No 11, December 2001.

"El Padre Antonia Vieira: intereses imperial-sebastianistas frente a imperative profético," Conference Proceedings. Conference on Salvation and Sovereignty, Church and State in the Americas. Baylor Univerity, Texas. 30-31 March 2000.

"Pierre de Ronsard y "Les Isles Fortunées," oda de Les Amours. Traducción parafrástica y notas," in Anales de Literatura Francesa, Vol. 6, Spring 1994.

"La teologia de liberación del Padre Acosta," in INTI, Revista de Literatura Hispánica, NO. 39, Spring 1994.

"Luis Silva Cuti, afro-brasileño y poeta de liberación," in Journal of Afro Latin American Studies and Literatures, Vol. I, No. 1: University of Tennessee, Knoxville and University of New Orleans. Fall 1994.

"Evangelina Guerrero, poeta de la edad de oro del español en Filipinas," in M airena, No. 35, Spring 1993.

"Evangelina Guerrero, una poetisa de la edad de oro del castellano en Filipinas," in Boletín Cultural de la Embajada de España, Manila, Filipinas, No. 28: 1992.

"En el Centenario del nacimiento de Almada Negreiros: Almada y España," in Anuario del Departamento de Historia y Teoría del Arte de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Vol. 4:1992.

"Charles Sorel et le picaresque: les sources de Quevedo," in C onfluências, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Fall 1991.

"Buenos Aires y Nueva York: imagen surreal de dos ciudades en García Lorca," Empireuma, Spain, Fall 1991.

Book Reviews

"Rareza y belleza redescubiertas: el "Stabat Mater" de Emanuele d'Astorga," Hyperion CDA6718. Argutorio,Spain, Año III, No. 5, Primavera 2000.

On Tua Blesa's Leopoldo Maria Panero, ultimo poeta, in Argutorio, Spain, Año III, No. 4, January 2000.

On Lohman Villena's Amarilis Indiana, in Hispania(AATSP), Vol. 78, No. 1, March 1995.

On Zezeu Vieira's Idolo, in Journal of Afro-Latin American Studies & Literatures. Vol. 3, No. 1, Fall 1995.

Internet Articles

"La Habana: '¿Quién dice que todo está perdido?'" La Habana Elegante. Internet. Primavera 2000.

"Guamán Poma denuncia las alienaciones del pueblo andino," Ensayo. University of Georgia. Internet. June 7, 1999.

"José Rizal," Ensayo. University of Georgia. Internet. April 22, 1998.

"Antonio M. Abad, novelista filipino del anhelo de independencia patria," Revista Filipina. Spring 1998.

Conferences

2001: 12 th Afro-Hispanic Conference, Dec. 17-18, at University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain. Sponsored by Unesco and Southern Arkansas University. "Un poema abolicionista de Concepción Arenal."

2001: 12 th Afro-Hispanic Conferece, Dec. 17-18, at University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain. Sponsored by Unesco and Southern Arkansas University. Chair of the panel: "El escritor negro y su compromiso de dignidad étnica."

2001: AASTP Louisiana Chapter, Nov. 10. Keynote Speaker: "Spanish in the Philippines: colonial and postcolonial aspects."

2001: "LASA 2001". Latin American Studies Association Conference. September 7-10, Washington DC. Discussant, and also reader: "Adios, Muchachos, de Sergio Ramírez: nostalgia y catarsis de la fallida revolución sandinista."

2001: SCOLAS. Southwest Council of Latin American Studies. 34 th Annual Meeting. March 21-24. Santa Fe, NM. "Carlotta Fainberg, de Antonio Muñoz Molina: Exilio y Distopias de soledad y aislamiento."

2001: LFLTA. Annual Meeting. February 16. Louisiana Southeastern University, Hammond LA. Guest speaker. "La aventura postcolonial del español en Flipinas."

2000: SCMLA 5 th Annual Meeting. Nov. 9-11. San Antonio, TX. "La Sociedad Abolicionista d Madrid y el Cancionero de Esclavo."

2000: XI Afro-Hispanic Literature and Culture Conference. July 4-10. San José, Costa Rica. "Ideal krausista del abolicionismo español decimonónico."

2000: I Conference on Salvation and Sovereignty in the Americas. Baylor University. March 30-31. "El Padre Antonio Vieira: intereses imperial-sebastianistas frente a imperativo profético."