International
2004: Panelist and member of
the Scientific Committee of the conference. “José María
Muñoz Quirós y el don de la palabra”. XXIV Conference of the
Association of Spanish Professionals in the U.S.A.:“Lorca, Taller
del Tiempo”. Lorca, Spain. Jul 6-10.
2004: Panelist: “La ciudad en la novela autobiográfica
de Rosa Chacel”. Moderator: “Plus and Minus Peninsular
Urbanities”. “Literature and the City”. XXV Annual
Conference on Spanish and Latin American Literature. Montclair
State University. 4/16.
2003: Invited panelist: “Consideraciones
sociolinguísticas en la enseñanza del español en los Estados
Unidos” (Sociolinguistic Considerations in the Teaching of Spanish
in the United States). VIII Simposio Internacional de la
Sociedad Española de Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura (SEDLL)
on “Culture, Interculturalism and the Teaching of Languages and
Literatures. Universidad de Badajoz, Spain. Dec. 3 – 5.
2003: Panelist: “Insinuación y rima visual: Rosa
Chacel y el uso hermenéutico de las artes plásticas”. XXIII
Conference of the Association of Spanish Professionals in the
U.S.A.: “Jaen, Crossroads, Meeting of Cultures”. University
of Jaén. Spain.July 9 – 12.
2003: Panelist and moderador: “Intuición, perspectiva
y arte en dos retratos de Gómez de la Serna: Goya y Picasso”.
XXIV Conference on Latin American and Spanish Literatures.
Montclair University, New Jersey. April 11.
2002: Panelist: Invited to participate in the
international literary encounter “The Image of Diversity: Literary
Views of Castilla y León”. Organized by the Junta de Castilla y
León, the King Juan Carlos I Center of New York University and the
Cervantes Institute of New York. Presented a paper “José
María Muñoz Quirós y el don de la palabra” and participated in a
round table with the poet. King Juan Carlos Center of
NYU. Nov. 8 – 9.
2002: Panelist: “Ramón Gómez de la Serna y las artes
plásticas.” XXXVII Congreso Internacional de la Asociación
Europea de Profesores de Español. Lorca, Spain. July 24.
(Previously read at Universidad de Cantabria June, 1999).
2002: Panelist: “En busca de una iglesia olvidada:
Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza.” XXII Asamblea y Congreso
General de ALDEEU. University of Granada, Spain. July
17. Previously read at Columbia University (See below)
2002: Panelist and organizer of the symposium:
“Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza: primera iglesia hispana en Nueva
York.” II International Symposium Hispanic Presence in the
United States. Teachers College. Columbia
University. May 25.
2002: Panelist and member of the Scientific Committee
: “Imagen y palabra en Los ocho nombres de Picasso de Rafael
Alberti.” Congreso Internacional Rafael Alberti.
University of Murcia, Spain. April 16.
2001: Panelist: “Motivos iconográficos en la
novelística de Rosa Chacel.” XIV Conference of the Asociación
Internacional de Hispanistas. Graduate Center, CUNY.
July 20.
2001: Panelist: “El tratado de San Lorenzo del
Escorial.” First Symposium Hispanic Presence in the United
States. St. John’s University. May 19.
2001: Moderator: “Tertulia Literaria: Voces
Hispanas en la Gran Manzana.” Borough of Manhattan Community
College. CUNY and televised to Universidad de Puerto Rico.
Nov. 14.
1999: Panelist: "Ramón Gómez de la Serna y las
artes plásticas." Read at the International Congress of
ALDEEU (Encuentro Internacional El Nuevo Milenio ante las Cuevas de
Altamira). Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. June
4.
1997: Panelist: "Motivos iconográficos en la prosa de
Ramón Gómez de la Serna". Read at the XVII Asamblea General de
ALDEEU (XVII General Assembly of Spanish Professionals in America).
Graduate School and University Center. CUNY. June 5.
National
2005: Presenter: “Usos
hermenétuticos de la pintura en Acrópolis”. Romance Languages
Conference. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. March
25.
2004: Invited Lecturer: “Ekfrasis en la
literatura española” (Ekphrasis in Spanish Literature).
Spanish House of Nazareth College, Rochester, N. Y. Nov.
5.
2004: Invited Lecturer: “Memorias de Leticia Valle:
las falsas memorias y la memoria condicional de Rosa Chacel”.
Delivered to students in the Ph.D. program in Hispanic and
Luso-Brazilian Literatures at the Graduate Center of CUNY. Apr.
20.
2003: Panelist: “Rosa Chacel: entre el clasicismo y la
vanguardia”. XLI Annual Conference of the Círculo de Cultura
Panamericano. William Paterson University of New Jersey. Oct. 24 –
26.
2003: Panelist: “La urdidumbre literaria y
plástica en los cuentos de Rosa Chacel”. “Tropology: Text and
Context”, 14th Annual Conference of Romance Languages and
Literatures. Binghamton University, SUNY. March 21 –
22.
2003: Chaired panel: Representation of
Nothingness. “Tropology: Text and Context”, 14th Annual Conference
of Romance Languages and Literatures. Binghamton University,
SUNY. March 21 – 22.
2002: Panelist: “El espíritu doméstico burgués como
refugio de la impermanencia: Lo cursi de Ramón Gómez de la
Serna”. XL Annual Conference. Círculo de Cultura
Panamericano. William Paterson University, New Jersey. Oct.
25 – 27. (Previously read at Binghamton University, March,
2000).
2002: “Las constantes humorísticas en la greguería
ramoniana.” XXVIII Annual Hispanic Literaturas
Conference. Al filo del siglo XXI: temática y
problemática. Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Oct.
11 – 12.
2002: Invited lecturer: “Hispanic Cultural
Institutions in the United States.” Teachers College,
Columbia University. Feb. 1.
2002: Invited: Presentation of my book El
imperative ekfrástico en la prosa de Ramón Gómez de la Serna.
Presented by Odón Betanzos Palacios, Director of the North American
Academy of the Spanish Language. Cervantes Institute, New York.
April 8.
2001: Invited:
Presentation of my book El imperativo ekfrástico en la prosa de
Ramón Gómez de la Serna. Speakers: Prof. José
Muñoz Millanes, Graduate School and University Center, CUNY; Dr.
Odón Betanzos Palacios, Director, North American Academy of the
Spanish Language; Prof. Gerardo Piña, TeachersCollege, Columbia
University. Nov. 30.
2001: Invited panelist: “Los sonetos de la
muerte: una noche oscura del alma.” XXXIX Conference of the
Círculo de Cultura Panamericano. William Paterson
University. Nov. 4.
2001: Panelist: “Insinuación y rima visual:
Chacel y el uso hermenéutico de las artes plásticas.” XXII
Conference on Latin American and Spanish Literature.
Montclair State University, New Jersey. April
4.
2001: Panelist: “Las artes plásticas como
elementos autobiográficos en Barrio de Maravillas.”
Thirty-second Annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Language
Association (NEMLA). Hartford, Connecticut. March
30.
2001: Chaired panel: “Literary Transgressions by
Latina Writers.” (A reflection on certain oft-repeated themes
by new Latina authors). Thirty-second Annual Convention of
the Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA). Hartford,
Connecticut. March 30.
2001: Panelist: “El perspectivismo de Ortega y la
memoria condicional de Chacel.” 12th Annual Conference at
Binghamton University: Time Memory, Text. SUNY
Binghamton, New York. March 23.
2000: Panelist: “El Greco de Gómez de la Serna:
una biografía poética.” XXXVIII Annual Conference of Círculo
de Cultura Panamericana. Co-sponsored by William Paterson
University of New Jersey. Nov. 4.
2000: Invited lecturer: "La visión desrealizadora de
los objetos cotidianos en la obra de Félix Perdomo." Read at
the Venezuelan Consulate in New York. June 8.
2000: Panelist: ¨La poesía de Odón Betanzos: denuncia
social y ascética contemporánea." Read at the 21st Conference
on Latin American and Spanish Literature. Montclair State
University. April 14.
2000: Panelist: "Lo cursi: El espacio
doméstico burgués como refugio de la impermanencia." Read at
the 11th Annual Conference at Binghamton University: The Poetics of
Space. Binghamton, New York. March 11.