Literature/Culture

Roberta L Johnson

Published: October 20, 2014

Roberta Johnson is Professor Emerita at the University of Kansas, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA. She has authored the following books: Carmen Laforet…

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Luz Maria de la Torre

Published: October 20, 2014

Luz María De la Torre Amaguana is a Kichwa (Quechua) indigenous woman from Ecuador. She joins the Spanish and Portuguese Department at UCLA in 2009. She has been appointed as…

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Teofilo F. Ruiz

Published: October 20, 2014

Distinguished Professor of History & Peter H. Reill Term Chair in European History A student of Joseph R. Strayer, Distinguished Professor Teofilo (“Teo”) Ruiz received his Ph.D. from Princeton in…

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John Dagenais

Published: October 20, 2014

Link to Personal Website Teaching: 2014-2015 Fall Quarter 2014 Research Quarter Winter Quarter 2015 Spanish 42 Spanish 221: Close Readings: Libro de buen amor and Celestina Spring Quarter 2015 Spanish…

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Jorge Marturano

Published: October 20, 2014

Jorge Marturano teaches Latin American and Caribbean literatures and cultural studies in the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA. He received his licenciatura en letras from the Universidad de…

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Jesús Torrecilla

Published: October 17, 2014

Professor Jesús Torrecilla specializes in Spanish Literature of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. He studied at the Universidad Complutense (Madrid), and earned his B.A. degree at the Universidad…

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José Luiz Passos

Published: October 17, 2014

José Luiz Passos is a Professor of Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Cultures. He received his Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from UCLA in 1998. Prior to joining the Department of…

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Efraín Kristal

Published: October 16, 2014

Efraín Kristal is Distinguished Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at UCLA.  He is a specialist of Latin American literature in comparative contexts, and of translation studies.  He has published several single author…

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