[Faculty
Index]
[Blasi, Alberto]
[Callahan, Laura]
[Chang-Rodriguez,
Raquel]
[Childers, William]
[Costa, Marithelma]
[Del Valle,
José]
[Di Camillo, Ottavio]
[Diz, Ana]
[Fernández, Eva]
[Filer, Malva. E.]
[Glickman, Nora]
[Gottlieb, Marlene]
[Guiñazú,
Cristina]
[Lerner,
Isaías]
[Llorens, Irma]
[Madrigal,
José Luis]
[Martínez,
Elena]
[Martínez
Torrejón, J. M.]
[Mercado, Juan
Carlos]
[Mirrer, Louise]
[Montero,
Óscar]
[Muñoz
Millanes, José]
[Otheguy, Ricardo]
[Piña,
Gerardo]
[Rabassa, Gregory]
[Reisz, Susana]
[Santos, Lidia]
[Schwartz,
Lía]
[Sherzer, William M.]
[Soto, Francisco]
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Ana Diz
Professor
Medieval Literature, Classical and Medieval Rhetoric
The Literature of
Marginalized Groups
email: m.diz@att.net
phone: Lehman College - 718-960-8179
Graduate Center - 212-817-8421
- Education
- Licenciatura en Letras. University of Buenos Aires (interrupted by coup d'etat in 1966; completed in 1971)
- M.A. in Spanish, University of Maryland, 1969
- Ph.D. in Spanish, University of Maryland, 1976. Dissertation: "Estructura, género y
lección moral en el Libro del Cavallero Zifar."
- Teaching Experience
- University Of Maryland, Instructor, 1969-75;
- Trinitv College, Lecturer, 1972-74;
- University of Wisconsin (Oshkosh), Assistant Professor, 1976-78;
- Sweet Briar College, Assistant Professor, 1978-80;
- University of Maryland, Assistant Professor, 1980-85;
- University of Maryland, Assoc. Professor (with tenure), 1985-87;
- Lehman College, CUNY, Assoc. Professor (with tenure), 1987-;
- New York University, Visiting Professor (Fall), 1994;
- Lehman College, CUNY, Professor, 1996-present.
- Grants, Honors and Awards
- 1960: José Marti Award
- 1977: University of Wisconsin. Faculty Research Grant
- 1978: National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Stipend
- 1979: Sweet Briar College. Faculty Research Grant
- 1979: Mednick Fund Award for Virginia College Teachers
- 1981: University of Maryland, Summer Research Grant
- 1984: University of Maryland. General Research Board
- 1986: Academy of Literary Studies. invited membership
- 1988-: Member. Editorial Board. Filologia
- 1990: Grant. PSC-CUNY Research Foundation
- 1991: Grant, PSC-CUNY Research Foundation
- 1991: Shuster Research Fellowship, Lehman College
- 1993: Shuster Research Fellowship, Lehman College
- Publications
- Books
- Patronio y Lucanor: la lectura inteligente "en el tiempo gue es turbio." Washington, D.C., Scripta Humanistica, 1984. 183 pp.
- Historias de certidumbres: los "Milagros" de Berceo, in press.
- Lives of Saints (with Billy Bussell Thompson). A critical edition of inedited XIVth c. ms., with preliminary study. In progress.
- Articles and Reviews
- "El sentido revolucionario en la vida y la obra de Jasé Martí." Casa de las Américas. 1961, 17-31.
- 'El mundo de las armas en el Libro del Caballero cifar." Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 56 (1979), 189-199.
- 'La construcción del Cifar,' Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica 28
(1979), 105-117.
- El discurso de Nobleza y la carta de Dido," Thesarus 47 (1980), 1-12.
- "El motivo de la partida del caballero en el Cifar" Kentucky Romance Quarterly
28 (1980), 3-12.
"Relato, fabulación, semiosis: la producción de
significado en el Conde Lucanor." MLN 96 (1981), 403-413.
- "Cambio, especulación e impostura en los relates de Patronio," in
Homenaje a Ana María Barrenechea, eds. I. And L. S. de Lerner, Madrid, Castalia, 1984, pp. 229-234.
- "El mago de Toledo: Borges y Don Juan Manuel," MLN 100 (1985), 281-297.
- "Cristina González. El cavallero Zifar y el reino lejano. Madrid, Gredos,1984". Journal of Hispanic Philology 9 (1985), 76-79 (review).
- "Manuel Alvar et al. La poesía medieval. Madrid, Castalia, 1983." Hispania 68
(1985), 63-64 (review).
- "Las areas de arena o el art del desterrado", Romance Quarterly 35, 4 (1988), 449-455.
- "Berceo: la ordalía del niño judío", Filología 23 (1988), 1-15.
- "Berceo y Alfonso: la historia de la abadesa encinta," Bulletin of Cantiqueiros 5 (1993), 85-96.
- "Charles Fraker, La Celestina: Genre and Rhetoric. Tamesis, London; 1990." Speculum 68 (1993), 776-779 (review).
- "Los notarios de Berceo," Filología
26, 1-2 (1993), 37-50.
"Berceo: sobre falsificaciones, literatura y propaganda," in Homenaje a
David Lagmanovich, ed. C. Paldao, forthcoming.
- "La metáfora obediente: reflexiones
sobre la tipología,' to he published in Homenaja a Aida
Barbagelata. Buenos Aires, forthcoming.
- Gerda Lerner, The Creation of Feminist
Consciousness. From the Middle Ages to Eighteen-Seventy. Oxford
University press, 1993, to appear in La Educación 38, n. 118, ii (1994), (review) forthcoming.
- Papers and Lectures
- "La crisis de la baja Edad Media en el Conde Lucanor." 14th International Congress of Medieval Studies, Michigan, 1979.
- Chair and moderator, Session on 'New Critical Approaches in
Medieval Spanish Narrative," 15th Int. Congress of Medieval Studies,
Michigan,.1980.
- "El binomio Patronio/Lucanor: exegesis e
interpretación del texto." South Atlantic Modern Language
Association, Atlanta, 1980.
- "Exempla 26 and 43: Metatextual Axis in the Conde Lucanor.' Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, 1981.
- "Los narradores en el Conde Lucanor o la entonación de la escritura." Modern Language Association. New York. 1981.
- "El receptor exigido por el libro de Patronio." Modern Language Association, Los Angeles. 1982.
- "Escrituras, reescrituras: el cuento de las perdices." Tennessee Foreign Language Conference, Johnson City, 1984.
- "Magias parciales de ia reescritura: Borges y Don Juan Manuel." lecture. Fordham University, New York City. 1985.
- "Raquel y Vidas." Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Conference, Lawrence. Kansas, 1985.
- "Nuevas lecturas del Libro de Buen Amor" (paper and round table). Graduate Center, CUNY. New York City, 1986.
- "Sacred Violence in Berceo," MIFLC. University of Richmond, 1987.
- "Reflexiones sobre la tipología y Berceo," Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Conference, Washington University, St Louis, 1988.
- "Literatura y propaganda: el caso de Berceo" Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, April, 1990.
- "La abadesa encinta: Berceo y Alfonso," 25th International Conference of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 1990.
- "Berceo: el topos de la autoridad de lo escrito," Romance Philology Convocation XI, University of California, Irvine, October 25-26, 1990.
- "Medieval Marian Miracles: The Promise of Life as a Happy Dream," lecture, Miami University, Ohio, November 28th, 1990.
- Graduate Seminar (two hours) on mester de clerecia, Miami University, Ohio. November 29th, 1990.
- Invited speaker at the Colloquium on Theory for Graduate
Students of Spanish and Comparative Literature (two hour session), New
York University, March 4th, 1991.
- "La buena y la mala fe en 'El mercader de Bizancio,'
Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature. University of Nebraska,
October 4th, 1991.
- "Violencias colectivas en Berceo", MLA, San Francisco, December 1991.
- "Hispanic Women's Health: Historical Roots of Common Cultural Practices" United Nations, March 16, 1994.
- "Oh Bearded Virgin Mary!: Gender-Crossing in Medieval
Religious Culture" lecture, The George Washington University,
Department of Romance Languages, Washington D.C., April 7, 1994.
- "Performing the Word: Medieval Marian Miracles," lecture, The
George Washington University, PhD Program in the Human Sciences,
Washington D.C., April 8. 1994.
- "Berceo: el cuerpo del amor y del amor an los Milaqros," Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference, Lexington, April 23, 1994.
- "Women and the Marian Cult," lecture, Harvard University, May 5, 1994.
- "Sexualidad y resurrección en los Milagros de Berceo," Knoxville, University of Tennessee, MIFLC, October 1994.
- "Contra la falsa certidumbre de los binarismos: las mujeres y
el culto mariano," Graduate Center, The City University of New York,.
November, 1994.
- Session on Medieval Literature for doctoral students of Spanish, New York University, Fall 1994.
- Other Professional Activities
- University of Wisconsin 1976-1978
- Coordinator of the Spanish Division; Director of the International
House; Chair of Merit Committee; Committee on Graduate Level Courses.
- Sweet Briar College 1978-1980
- College Freshman Advisor; Honor Student Advisor; Member of Public Forums
and Judiciary Committees.
- University of Maryland 1980-1987
- Member of the following committees of the Division of Arts and Humanities:
Program, Curriculum and Changes (1980-1982); Review of Department of Spanish
and Portuguese (1982-83); Leadership (1983-55); Divisional Requirements (1984-
85); Foreign Language Instruction (1984-86); Graduate Council (1982-1985);
University Senate (1985-1986).
- Member of the following committees of the Department of Spanish and
Portuguese: Public Affairs (1980-1983); Program, Curriculum and Changes
(chair, 1980-85); Graduate Admissions, (1981-86); Search, for positions in
Golden Age Literature (1980-1983), Literary Theory (1981-82); 20th Century
(1985-86); Language Instruction (chair, 1985-86); Linguistics and Spanish,
joint appointment (co-chair, 1985-86); Department Representative. Speakers
Bureau (lectures, 1980).
- Assistant to the Chairman, Symposium, Latin America in the Eighties, 1981.
- Designed seven new courses on Translation (1983).
- Director of Undergraduate Studies (1984-86).
- Consultant, Technical Translations from Spanish and English for the
Department of Energy of the U.S. Government, 1983.
- Secretary, Commission for the Celebration of the Half-Milennium of the
Discovery of America, Embassy of Spain, 1983-84.
- Secretary, ARGUS (Argentina-U.S. Intellectuals Exchange), 1984-85.
- Secretary, Fundación Amigos de Filología, U. of Buenos Aires, 1985-1990.
- Panelist, NEH (1986 Competition).
- Lehman College. CUNY (1987- )
- Coordinator, Spanish 101-102 (1987-88)
- Taught Humanities CORE 100 (1989)
- Alternate, University Faculty Senate (1992)
- University Faculty Senate (1993-94)
- TEP Graduate Program Director (1992-)
- Member of the following commitees: P & B (spring 1988);
Honors (1987); Undergraduate Curriculum (1987); Graduate Curriculum
(1988); symposium "Imagining New Worlds" (the Middle Ages) (1987-88);
Commission on Teaching (1988); Governance Commitee (1991); Graduate
Studies (1992-); Teachers Education Program (TEP) (1989-present);
Senate Subcommitee on Student Affairs (1992-); Senate Subcommitee on
Research (1992-94);
Focus Group on Women's Issues (1993).
- Grant Evaluator, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1988).
- Liaison for French, German, Italian, Slavic, Spanish and Comparative Literatures, CUNY Research Foundation (1991-1994)
- Interpreter, Program for Catalonian Women organized by Women In Community Service (WICS) (1992).
- Member, Executive Committee, CUNY Research Foundation (1991-1992).
- Chair, Arts and Humanities Division, Research Foundation, 1992.
- Grant Screener, American Council of Learned Societies (1991, 1993).
- Member of the Advisory Council, International Professional Exchange (1994-).
- Director. Women Studies Program (1994-1997).
- Panelist, NEH (1994 competition).
- Chair, Spanish Panel, CUNY Research Foundation (1994-95).
- Professional Associations
- Modern Language Association; Asociación Internacional de
Hispanistas; International Society for the History of Rhetoric; Academy
of Literary Studies (invited membership only).
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