CURRICULUM VITAE Tania Pérez-Cano tpcano@pitt.edu October 1 st, 2015 PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS April 2014-Present 2013-2014 2012-2013 2008-2010 2007-2012 2001-2003 2000-2006 1997-2005 1996-2006 Lecturer. Director of Undergraduate Studies. Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh. Visiting Lecturer. Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh. Visiting Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Teaching Assistant, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Iowa. Presidential Fellow, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Iowa. Visiting Professor, Autonomous University of Nayarit (UAN), Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. Editor in Chief, Casa de las Américas Publishing House, Havana, Cuba. Adjunct Professor, School of Arts and Letters, University of Havana, Cuba. Literary Editor, Casa de las Américas Publishing House, Havana, Cuba. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 2013 PhD, Hispanic Literatures. Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Iowa. 2005 M.A. in Latin American Literary Studies. School of Arts and Letters, University of Havana, Cuba. 1996 B. A. in Spanish. School of Arts and Letters, University of Havana, Cuba.
Tania Pérez-Cano 2 Academic areas of interest: Cuban and Caribbean literature, Brazilian literature, Transatlantic Studies, Ecocriticism and comic and graphic novels in Spain and Latin America. PUBLICATIONS In Preparation Academic Articles Solicited Reviews Imposibilidad del beatus ille: Representaciones de la crisis ecológica en España y América Latina (Book, Almenara Press, 2015). Música popular, cine y novela rosa en El cuarto de atrás, de Carmen Martín Gaite y El beso de la mujer araña, de Manuel Puig. <http://www.iiligeorgetown2010.com/2/actas.htm>. 2011. Decálogo (comentado) para leer el Nuevo catecismo para indios remisos. Brú, José, Dante Medina et al (comp): Acercamientos a Carlos Monsiváis. Guadalajara, México: Universidad de Guadalajara, 2006. 183-186. El gran arte o el sinuoso camino de la verdad. Casa de las Américas 239 (April-June 2005): 86-89. Prologue to El gran arte by Rubem Fonseca. La Habana: Casa de las Américas, 2004. 7-15. Narrar la muerte: una aproximación a la cuentística de Rubem Fonseca. Brú, José, Dante Medina et al (comp). Acercamientos a Rubem Fonseca, Guadalajara, México: Universidad de Guadalajara, 2003. 113-137. Estrategias textuales en Paula, de Isabel Allende. Mujeres latinoamericanas del siglo XX. Historia y Cultura. Vol. 2. México/La Habana: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa/Casa de las Américas, 1999. 43-48. De humor, coturnos y otros problemas infinitos. Con el lente oblicuo. Aproximaciones cubanas a los estudios de género. La Habana: Instituto de Literatura y Lingüística/Editorial de la Mujer, 1999. 131-142. Magdalena López. El otro de nuestra América: imaginarios frente a Estados Unidos en la República Dominicana y Cuba. Iberoamérica. Journal of the Institute of Iberoamerican Studies. (Jan-Dec 2013): 301-306.
Tania Pérez-Cano 3 Literary Translation James J. Pancrazio, Enriqueta Faber: travestismo, documentos e historia. Revista Iberoamericana LXXVII. 235 (April-June 2011): 592-594. Alberto Mussa, El Enigma de Qaf: una historia infinita. Casa de las Américas 243 (April-June 2006): 147-150. Sergio Ramírez, Margarita, está linda la mar. De poetas y dictadores. Revolución y Cultura 2 (Suplemento Literario, April 2001): 15. Adelaida Fernández de Juan. Oh vida. Las historias de Adelaida. Lectora. Revista de Dones y Textualitat 5-6 (1999-2000): 199-200. Book Translated from Portuguese into Spanish the short story collection Pequenas criaturas by Brazilian author Rubem Fonseca. Casa de las Américas, 2005. Misterio Allende? La Habana: Letras Cubanas Publishing House, 1997. FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) Travel Grant, Spring 2015. The University of Pittsburgh. Department of Modern Languages Travel Funds Award, Spring 2013. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Graduate Student Senate (GSS) Travel Funds Award, Summer 2012. The University of Iowa. Department of Spanish and Portuguese Travel Award, June 2012. The University of Iowa. T. Anne Cleary International Research Fellowship, 2011-2012. The University of Iowa. Presidential Fellowship, 2007-2012. The University of Iowa. Razón de Ser Essay Prize 2006 for the research project La muerte en la obra de Rubem Fonseca Alejo Carpentier Foundation, Havana, Cuba. Pinos Nuevos Essay Prize 1997 for Misterio Allende? Letras Cubanas Publishing House, Instituto Cubano del Libro. Outstanding Research Prize 1996 of the School of Arts and Letters, University of Havana, Cuba.
Tania Pérez-Cano 4 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS "Hibridez, multiculturalidad y cruce de fronteras en Operación Bolívar, de Edgar Clément" (Forthcoming, 6th Crossing Over International Symposium. Cleveland State University, October 9-10, 2015. El Santos, de Jis y Trino: lo absurdo como forma de representación. XIV OLAC Conference in Case Western Reserve University, February 27-28, 2015. Globalización e imaginación post-apocalíptica en Operación Bolívar, de Edgar Clément. 61st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS). New Orleans, LA. March 27-29, 2014. La nación en performance: creatividad comunitaria y representación de lo nacional en la obra de Héctor Gallo Portieles. PCA/ACA National Conference. Washington, D.C. March 27-30, 2013. El legado de Las Casas en el pensamiento ecologista latinoamericano. The Legacy of Bartolomé de las Casas (1484-1566): Searching for Peace and Justice in the 21st Century. Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI. October 5-6, 2012. La otra ciudad, la otra mirada: el espacio urbano en Cien botellas en una pared, de Ena Lucía Portela. Latin American Studies Association Congress (LASA). San Francisco, California. May 23-26, 2012. El mundo de Gallo: performance y ecocreatividad comunitaria en tiempos difíciles. Third Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Colloquium En obra/under Construction. The University of Iowa. April 7, 2012. Machado de Assis: Con la pluma de la broma y la tinta de la melancolía. Second Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Colloquium En obra/under Construction. The University of Iowa. April 2, 2011. Música popular, cine y novela rosa en El cuarto de atrás, de Carmen Martín Gaite y El beso de la mujer araña, de Manuel Puig. XXXVIII Congreso Internacional de la Literatura Iberoamericana (IILI), Georgetown University. June 9-12, 2010. El gran arte o el sinuoso camino de la verdad. Semana de Autor [Author s Week] dedicated to Rubem Fonseca. Casa de las Américas, La Habana. November 30-December 3, 2004.
Tania Pérez-Cano 5 Narrar la muerte: una aproximación a la cuentística de Rubem Fonseca. Tribute to Rubem Fonseca, Juan Rulfo s Prize 2003. Guadalajara International Book Fair, Mexico. November 2003. El gran arte de enmascararse. International Conference El complejo arte de narrar: la literatura policial en América Latina [The Complex Art of Narrating: Detective Fiction in Latin America.] Casa de las Américas, La Habana. July 16-19, 2001. Lo femenino en venta: Afrodita de Isabel Allende. International Colloquium. Género, raza y clase en la cultura latinoamericana y caribeña [Gender, Race and Class in Latin American and Caribbean Culture.] Casa de las Américas, Programa de Estudios de la Mujer [Women s Studies Program.] La Habana. February 15-19, 1999. Estrategias textuales en Paula, de Isabel Allende. International Conference Mujeres latinoamericanas: su cultura e historia [Latin American Women: Their Culture and History.] Casa de las Américas, La Habana. February 17-21, 1997. Misterio Allende? International Colloquium Literatura y cultura de masas en América Latina [Literature and Mass Culture in Latin America.] Casa de las Américas, La Habana. July 15-19, 1996. INVITED LECTURES AND BOOK PRESENTATIONS 2006 2005 2004 2004 2002 Presentation of Acercamientos a Carlos Monsiváis, Guadalajara International Book Fair, Mexico, November 25-December 3. Presentation of Casa de las Américas Literary Prizes O enigma de Qaf, by Alberto Mussa (Brazil), En lo más implacable de la noche, by Idea Vilariño (Uruguay), Pequeñas criaturas, by Rubem Fonseca (Brazil) and Perro viejo, by Teresa Cárdenas (Cuba). Course Literary Analysis. Ministerio de Cultura [Ministry of Culture.] Havana, Cuba. March-May 2004. Presentation of Casa de las Américas Literary Prizes La hermana, by Paola Kaufman (Argentina), La isla de Morgan, by José Alejandro Castaño Hoyos (Colombia) and Las cinco estaciones del amor, by João Alminho (Brazil )in the XIII International Havana Book Fair, February 5-15.
Tania Pérez-Cano 6 2001 2001 José Martí: vida y obra. Conference for the Consejo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes, Nayarit, México. October 2. 19 th -20 th Century Cuban Literature. Conference Presentation for students and professors of Wilson High School from Washington, D.C. Casa de las Américas, La Habana, Cuba. April 2001. 19 th -20 th Century Cuban Literature. Summer Course of the University of California at Davis. Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba. August 2001. CLASSES TAUGHT Fall 2015 Cuban Short Story, 20th-21st Centuries: From Revolution to Disillusion Spring 2015 Capstone Seminar in the Humanities Fall 2014 Latin America Today (General Education course, taught in English) Spring 2014 Latin American Topics: Environmental Imaginations in 20 th Century Latin America Survey of Peninsular Literature Fall 2013 Latin American Topics: Class, Gender and Race in Latin America Survey of Peninsular Literature Spring 2012 Latin American Civilization Intermediate Spanish I Spanish Grammar Review Current Events (Conversation) Fall 2012 Topics in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures: Environmental Imaginations in Latin America and Spain Intermediate Spanish I Latin American Civilization 2008-2010 Intermediate Spanish I Readings in Spanish Literature and Culture
Tania Pérez-Cano 7 2001-2003 (As Invited Professor, Autonomous University of Nayarit, UAN) Latin American Literature in the 1960 s. May-June, 2003 Literary Genres. May-June 2003 Latin American and Caribbean Literature: from Pre-Hispanic Literatures Until the 1950 s. August-October 2002 Basics of Editorial Management. December 2001 1997-2005 (As Adjunct Professor, University of Havana) Latin American Literature, 19 th - 20 th Centuries SERVICE August 2013-Present April 2014- Present August 2013-Present 2012-2013 2012-Present Undergraduate Advisor Director of Undergraduate Studies. Mentoring of the Spanish Club and the Global Brigades. Hispanic Languages and Literatures Department, University of Pittsburgh. Mentoring of the Hispanic National Honor Society. Department of Modern Languages, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Redaction Committee of Trasatlánntica. Poetry and Scholarship (Peer- Reviewed Journal). PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Modern Language Association (MLA) Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana (IILI) LANGUAGES Spanish: Native English: Near native fluency Portuguese: Basic Speaking/advanced reading and translating skills French: Reading skills