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Gastón A. Alzate, Ph.D.
Associate ProfessorLatin American Theater and Literature
Modern Languages and Literatures
Research Fellow Interweaving Performance Cultures, Freie Universität, Berlín. (2011-2013)
Editor of Karpa, dissident theatricalities, visual arts and cultures.
Office: 323.343.2267
Fax: 323.343.4234
E-mail: galzate@calstatela.edu
INTRODUCTION
I am from Cali (Valle del Cauca), Colombia. Currently I am Associate Professor of Spanish at Cal State University-Los Angeles where I teach Latin American Theater, Performance Art and Literature. During 2011 I was Research Fellow of the Verflechtungen von Theater Kulturen (Interweaving Performance Cultures), Freie Universitat, Berlin. Previously, I was Director of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies (LALACS) at Gustavus Adolphus College (1999-2006). I also served as advisor for the Independent Study group in Cuba, SPAN, University of Minnesota (1999-2000). I worked as Research Associate with David William Foster (1996-1997), and as Teaching Associate at Arizona State University. Since 2009 I am member of the CSULA Mariachi Band Aguilas de Oro (Golden Eagles).
TEACHING INTERESTS
I am fortunate in that my academic life has given me the opportunity to balance both teaching and research in my field. In addition, at Cal State I love having the opportunity to work with a diverse student population. I try to create a comfortable and humorous atmosphere that promotes communication between cultures, while at the same time promoting a high level of learning. I have always enjoyed teaching survey courses, interdisciplinary classes, and courses on Latin American Literature. I particularly like teaching classes on Latin American Theater, Visual Arts, and Popular Culture.
RESEARCH
My research has generally focused on the connections between Western tradition and Latin American culture, particularly the need to re-accommodate theoretical framework originating in Europe and the US when studying Latin American and US Latino productions. My central line of research and publication has been Mexican and Colombian literature with a focus on theater and performance art. During my Fellowship at the Verflechtungen von Theater Kulturen in Berlin (2011) I did a research on Contemporary Mexican Political Cabaret focusing on the diverse processes of interweaving of cultures. Along with Paola Marin I am the editor of Karpa, an academic journal devoted to dissident theatricalities, visual arts and cultures. Karpa is a peer-reviewed journal sponsored by California State University Los Angeles and published semiannually. (More information here)
PUBLICATIONS
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| "Masový kabaret Jesusy Rodríguez a
kulturní pozadí performance". Ročenka textů
zahraničních profesorů (The Annual of texts by
Foreign
Guest Professors). Praha : Univerzita Karlova (Charles University). "El fin de la simulación: comentarios al cabaret masivo de Jesusa Rodríguez y Liliana Felipe”. Las mujeres y la dramaturgia Mexicana del siglo XX: aproximaciones críticas. Copilado por Claudia Gidi y Jacqueline Bixler . Ediciones El Milagro/U Veracruzana/U de Sonora/U de Virginia Tech: México. D.F., 265-299. |
2012 2011 |
| “Fiesten una pastorela multitudinaria de Las Reinas Chulas”. Contemporary Latin American and Spanish dramatist. Letras Femeninas 37.1 (2011): 71. | 2011 |
| "Carlos Mayolo: una vida contra las imágenes y los libretos establecidos". Revista de Estudios Colombianos. 37-38 (2011): 68-72. | 2011 |
| Along with Paola Marin. “On Rosemberg Sandoval’s performance actions: questioning the North/South paradigm”. Contemporary Theater Review 22 (2011): (forthcoming) | 2011 |
| Along with Paola Marin editor of Karpa Journal 4.1-4.2 (summer 2011) | 2011 |
COMPLETE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. Contemporary Mexican Theater, 1997
- Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Masters Latin American Art and Performance, 1991
- Universidad del Rosario
Bogotá, Colombia.
B.A. Contemporary Latin American Literature, 1989
- Universidad Javeriana
Bogotá, Colombia.
- Real Conservatorio Superior de Música y Canto
Madrid, Spain
COURSE LISTING
| Course | Course Title | Day & Time | Room | Quarter |
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| Span 100 A-5 | Elem Span for Non-Heritage Speak | TR 1:30 - 3;10 p.m. | Fall 2011 | |
| Span 421-1 | 20th Century Mexican Literature | TR 6:10 - 7:50 p.m. | Fall 2011 | |
| SPAN 413 | Spanish-American Literature II | TR 8:00 - 9:40 p.m. | Fall 2011 |