SELECTED TALKS AND CONFERENCES
  
   


  • “Patriarchal Culture in Latin American Feminine Poetry” Invited speaker. Talk with Massachusetts High School Teachers organized by Primary Source, a non-profit educational organization that offers courses, seminars and summer institutes for teachers about global content. Scheduled for May 17, 2009.

  • “Sor Juana en los Andes. Recepción romántica y patriarcal de la monja mexicana en la obra de Juan León Mera.” Invited speaker. Area of Latin American Literature. Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar, Quito, Ecuador, June 18th, 2008.

  • “El cuento latinoamericano y la tradición oral” Invited speaker. Department of Spanish, Wellesley College. April 24 th, 2008.

  • “The Masculine Romantic Discourse on Women Parody, Censorship and Violence in Juan Montalvo and Juan León Mera,” Panel Discussion on Ventriloquism as Writing. Panel Organizer: Prof. Benigno Trigo (Vanderbilt University). Modern Language Association Conference. Chicago, December 2007.

  • Invited Panel Chair. “Symbols and Ritual in Latin America,” New England Historical Association. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, October 20, 2007.
  • “Uso de recursos tecnológicos en la enseñanza de postgrado y educación virtual a distancia.” Invited speaker. Area de Estudios Sociales y Globales. Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar. Quito, Ecuador, June 2007.
  • “Nosotras no queremos ser legisladoras. Visión romántica de la mujer escritora en Juan Montalvo y Juan León Mera.” Invited speaker. Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Vanderbilt University. February 23th, 2007.
  • "Women Poets Encounter Male Stereotypes in 19th Century Latin American Literature. A View from the Andean Region.” Invited speaker. University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, Minneapolis, February 2007.

  • “Las mujeres de Mera: autoridad, autorización y autoría en la representación de mujer en Juan León Mera.” Congreso Ecuatoriano de Historia 2006, July 12-15, Ecuador. Summer 2006.

  • “Lengua, raza y mestizaje en La Virgen del Sol de Juan León Mera.” Latin American Studies Association. LASA, Puerto Rico, Spring Term 2006.

  • “Activismo indígena en Ecuador: Relaciones entre poesía y política.” Invited speaker. Department of Spanish, Wellesley College. December 5 th, 2005.

  • “Utopia as zone of cultural contact. The Inca Utopianism of José Carlos Mariategui in Perú.” The Society for Utopian Studies, 30 th Annual Meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, October 27-30, 2005.

  • “José Vasconcelos en búsqueda de la Atlántida. Paradojas y utopía en su discurso del mestizaje de La raza cósmica.” Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures. State University of New York, SUNY at Stony Brook. March 19 th, 2004.

  • “The Antiquity of the Future in the patriotic poem La Victoria de Junín by José J. Olmedo.” Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. University of Florida at Gainsville, February 1 th, 2004.