Nelson Cárdenas University of Pennsylvania 3941 Irving St, MB # 87 Philadelphia, PA 19104 nelc@sas.upenn.edu nelc@wharton.upenn.edu (305) 494-9771 EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy Candidate, Hispanic Studies, University of Pennsylvania. PhD expected completion date: December 2014. Dissertation title: Masculinidades y violencia: El exceso mimético en la narrativa de Roberto Bolaño. [ Maculinities and violence: Mimetic Excess in Roberto Bolaño s fictions ] Advisor: Román de la Campa Master of Arts, Hispanic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2010 Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, Hispanic Studies. University of La Habana, 2000. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Spanish Instructor Spanish Language and Cultural Program (INTS 672-673.) University of Pennsylvania Spring 2013 to the present. Cultural Studies seminars for students pursuing a Master of Arts in International Studies with a focus on Latin America. Spanish Conversation (SPAN 180.) University of Pennsylvania Fall 2012 to the present. Accelerated Intermediate Spanish (SPAN 134.) University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2010, 2012, 2013. Advance Spanish: Text and Contexts of Spanish Civilization (SPAN 219.) University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2009, Spring 2010.
Intermediate Spanish (SPAN 130.) University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2009. Elementary Spanish (SPAN 121.) University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2008. Assistant Professor Literatures of the Caribbean. University of La Habana, Cuba, 2001-2002. Guest Lecturer Cuba en el contexto cultural del Caribe y viceversa. (Cuba in the Caribbean Cultural Context and vice versa.) Summer course of the University of California at Davis in Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba 2001. Nuevas Narrativas Cubanas: Narrativa de la diáspora. (New Cuban Literatures: Diaspora s Fictions.) University of Matanzas, Cuba, 2000. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE, UNIVERSITY SERVICES AND EDITORIAL Conference Organizer: Dis/Identifications and Orientations. Graduate Romanic Association Annual Conference, Department of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania, 2010. President, Graduate Romanic Association, University of Pennsylvania, 2009-2010. Coordinating and presenting Cuban poet Javier Marimón s reading at the Department of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania, April, 2009. Editorial Board of Casa Digital, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba, 2000-2002. Editorial Board of Annals of the Caribbean, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba, 2000-2002. Assistant Literary Researcher, Center for Caribbean Studies, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba, 2000-2002. 2
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS "De Belano a Archimboldo: Las máscaras del escritor." (From Belano to Archimboldo: The Writer and his Masks. ) NeMLA Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, 2013. Negro, nación y prisión ( Negro, Nation and Prison. ) XXXV Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association: The Everyday Occurrence of Violence in the Cultural Life of the Caribbean, St. Peter, Barbados, 2010. Genre and genius in Alejandro Jodorowsky s The Mole. Graduate Romanic Association Annual Conference: Correspondences, University of Pennsylvania, 2009. De la memoria y ciertas islas imaginarias ( On Memory and Certain Imaginary Islands. ) XXXIV Congreso del Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana: Literatura y otras artes en América Latina (XXXIV Conference of the International Institute of Iberoamerican Literature: Literature and other Arts in Latin America. ) University of Iowa, Iowa City, 2002. Cuba en el Caribe, el Caribe en Cuba (Cuba in the Caribbean and the Caribbean in Cuba. ) Summer course of the University of California at Davis in Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba 2000. Apurados comentarios sobre la nueva narrativa de la diáspora ( Comments on New Cuba s Diaspora Fiction. ) Centro Cultural Español (Spain Cultural Center), Havana, Cuba, 2000. En contra de los mitos de la memoria y la nación ( Against Myth of Memory and Nation. ) International Colloquium Myths of the Caribbean, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba, 2000. 3
Corrientes y filiaciones de la actual narrativa cubana de la diáspora ( Trends and Filiations of Contemporary Fictions of Cuban Diaspora. ) University of Matanzas, Cuba, 2000. PUBLICATIONS Book: Isla que no existe. La Habana: Editorial Letras Cubanas, 2002. Articles: De almas, armas y pueblos ( On The Souls of Black Folk. ) Casa de las Américas, No. 224, July-Sept., 2001. Tradición y futuro de un Premio para las Américas ( Past and Future of an Award for the Americas. ) Cuba en Noticias, CIP, http://www.cip.cu/cubahora, http://cubahora.co.cu, Year 4, No. 156, January 30 th, 2001. Obra maestra en la Bienal de La Habana ( Master Piece at Havana Art Biennale. ) Cuba en Noticias, CIP, http://www.cip.cu/cubahora, http://cubahora.co.cu, Year 3, No. 148, 22 nd November, 2000. Mitos en el Caribe: las huellas de un encuentro ( Myths on the Caribbean: on the Footprints of an Encounter. ) Casa de las Américas Digital, La Habana: Casa de las Américas, Sept. 2000. CREATIVE WORK Expectant Spectators (Short documentary), 2010. Oriente (Short documentary), 2010. El Guerrero (The Warrior, Poems), Editorial Vigía, Matanzas, Cuba, 1997. GRANTS AND AWARDS 4
Benjamin Franklin Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. First Prize of the Literary Award Pinos Nuevos on Essay, Editorial Letras Cubanas, Havana, 2001. First Prize of the Literary Award Versiones on Poetry, University of La Habana, Havana, 1998. First Mention on the Literary Award America Bobia on Poetry, Editorial Vigía, Matanzas, Cuba, 1997. PROFESSIONAL AFILIATION Modern Language Association, ACTFL. LANGUAGES Spanish: Native speaker English: Conversational Fluency, Writing and Reading Proficiency Portuguese: Reading Proficiency French: Reading Proficiency Italian: Reading Proficiency Latin: Working Knowledge 5