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).