Dr. Christian Fernandez-Palacios
Associate Professor - Spanish, Transnational Studies
Bachelor's Degree(s): Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Lima, Peru) Bachelor of Arts. Literature (20th century Latin American literature)
Master's Degree: Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Seoul, South Korea) Master of Arts. Political Science (Latin American International Relations)
PhD: The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies. Field of concentration: Latin American Literature and Culture. Sub-field: Colonial Studies Master of Arts. Hispanic Studies
Phone: (225) 578-6616
E-mail: cferna2@lsu.edu
Office: 316 Hodges Hall Ext 5176, 346 Hodges Hall
Area of Interest
Latin American colonial and postcolonial studies, early modern studies, transatlantic studies, Latin American narratives, Andean studies, critical theory, comparative literature.
Awards & Honors
2006. Sabbatical leave for fall semester. Granted by 海角社区.
2005. Nominated by the Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures for the 2005 Phi Kappa Phi Non-Tenured Faculty Awards in Humanities & Social Sciences
2003-2004. Research Fellowship for Non-Tenured Faculty. Awarded by the College of Arts & Sciences, 海角社区. (One semester leave)
2002. Learning Community Incentive Grant, awarded by the Office of Academic Affairs at 海角社区. This competitive grant is awarded for planning and implementing the proposed interdisciplinary and interdepartmental learning community course 鈥淣ew Approaches to Colonial Texts of the Americas.鈥�
2002. Summer Research Stipend Grant, awarded by the Council on Research at Louisiana State University for the research project 鈥淎ndean Memory in Colonial Texts: Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.鈥�
2001. National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute. Brazil, The Invisible Giant in (Latin) American Studies. Center for Latin American Studies, The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio. June 25-July 27.
Travel Grant. Office of Research and Graduate Studies at 海角社区. Several times.
Junior Travel Grant. Office of Research and Graduate Studies at 海角社区. Several times.
2002 (2 times). Travel Grant awarded by 海角社区 Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. The Campus Federal Credit Union Teaching Enhancement Fund.
1997. Assistant in a Kenan Grant Instructional Project for the Language Lab in Intermediate Spanish, The Johns Hopkins University.
1997. Study Abroad Grant, Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies, The Johns Hopkins University. (Summer)
1996. Summer Research Grant, Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies, The Johns Hopkins University.
1996. Study Abroad Grant, Latin American Studies Program, The Johns Hopkins University.
1993-1998. Graduate Studies Tuition Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University.
1993-1998. Teaching Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University
1988-1991. Graduate Studies Scholarship, Ministry of Education of South Korea.
Selected Publications
Scholarly Books
Inca Garcilaso: imaginaci贸n, memoria e identidad. Lima: Fondo Editorial de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2004.
Online since April 2005 at the University of San Marcos Library web page: http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bibvirtual/libros/historia/Inca%20Garcilaso_imaginacion/ficha.htm
Edited Books
Co-edited with Alejandro Cortazar. Proceedings of the 23rd Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures. Baton Rouge: Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, 海角社区, 2003.
Assistant Editor for the Critical Edition of The Fox from Up Above and the Fox from Dawn Below. (El zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo) By Jos茅 Mar铆a Arguedas. Pittsburgh and Paris: University of Pittsburgh Press/Colecci贸n Archivos. 2000.
Articles
鈥淟a teor铆a de la historia y el concepto de comentario en los escritos del Inca Garcilaso.鈥� In Carlos Garc铆a-Bedoya (Compilador): Memorias de JALLA 2004 Lima. Lima: JALLA - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2005. 541-549.
鈥淭he Death of the Author in El zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo.鈥� Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Vol. 147: 91-98, 2004. Published previously in 2000 in the English critical edition of Arguedas novel, but selected by Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism as one of the representative articles on Jos茅 Mar铆a Arguedas published in the last twenty years.
鈥淐onsideraciones para una edici贸n cr铆tica de la Segunda parte de la historia general llamada 铆ndica de Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa.鈥� In Ignacio Arellano and Ferm铆n del Pino eds. Lecturas y ediciones de cr贸nicas de Indias: Una propuesta interdisciplinaria. Madrid/Frankfurt: Iberoamericana/Vervuert, 2004: 319-325.
鈥淓l zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo: ficci贸n o autobiograf铆a.鈥� El Hablador # 5 (septiembre, 2004): 24-32. 7 Sep. 2004 <http://www.elhablador.com.zorro/htm>.
鈥淟a tradici贸n del comentario como recurso ret贸rico en los Comentarios reales.鈥� In Antonio Garrido Aranda鈥檚 Actas de las IX Jornadas Internacionales Inca Garcilaso: El Universo de Garcilaso. University of Cordoba, Spain. Forthcoming.
鈥淏uenas maneras: la formaci贸n del ciudadano moderno en Do帽a B谩rbara. In Alejandro Cortazar鈥檚 and Christian Fern谩ndez鈥� Proceedings of the 23rd Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures. Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, 海角社区, Baton Rouge. 2003: 67-75.
"The Death of the Author in El zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo." In Julio Ortega鈥檚 English critical edition of The Fox from Up Above and the Fox from Down Below. By Jos茅 Mar铆a Arguedas. Pittsburgh and Paris: University of Pittsburgh Press/Colecci贸n Archivos. 2000: 290-306.
鈥淓l tama帽o de la influencia: Gauchesca, criollismo y naci贸n. Sarmiento y G眉iraldes le铆dos por Borges鈥� In Inti. Revista de Literatura Hisp谩nica. Diciembre # 49-50, 1999: 9-25. (Special issue on Jorge Luis Borges)
"La textualizaci贸n de la memoria andina en los Comentarios Reales." Revista de Cr铆tica Literaria Latinoamericana. A帽o 24, # 48, 1998: 229-239.
"Autobiograf铆a e identidad en La tentaci贸n del fracaso." Asedios a la heterogeneidad cultural: Libro de homenaje a Antonio Cornejo Polar. Eds. Jos茅 Antonio Mazzotti and U. Juan Zevallos Aguilar. Philadelphia: Asociaci贸n Internacional de Peruanistas, 1996. 411-17.
Other publications:
鈥淟os secretos de La Florida del Inca.鈥� Identidades Suplemento Cultural del Diario Oficial El Peruano. A帽o 4 # 90, agosto 8, 2005: 8-9.
鈥淗er谩ldica andina durante la conquista y colonizaci贸n.鈥� Identidades, Suplemento Cultural del Diario Oficial El Peruano. A帽o 3 # 87, junio 20, 2005: 12-13.
鈥淟as putas nobeles y v铆rgenes de Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez y Yasunari Kawabata.鈥� Identidades, Suplemento cultural del Diario Oficial El Peruano. A帽o 3 # 82, abril 4, 2005: 6-8.
鈥淕uillermo Cabrera Infante: difunto.鈥� Identidades, Suplemento Cultural del Diario Oficial El peruano. A帽o 3 # marzo 7, 2005: 12.
鈥淎dela y Matilde: 驴La gran novela espa帽ola sobre la independencia de Am茅rica?鈥� Identidades, Suplemento Cultural del diario El Peruano. A帽o 3 # 78, February 7, 2005: 5-7.
鈥淟a Coronela: primera versi贸n de Do帽a B谩rbara.鈥� Identidades, Suplemento Cultural del diario El Peruano. A帽o 3 # 70, October 4, 2004: 5-7.
Fiction
Somos de junto al r铆o. Lima: Hipocampo Editores, 2004. 2nd edition. (Short story collection)
Somos de junto al r铆o. Lima: Naylamp Editores, 1986. 1st edition. (Short stories collection)
鈥淏urbujas de amor.鈥� In Destellos digitales: Escritores peruanos en los Estados Unidos (1970-2005). Hostos Review # 3, 2005. 73-75.
鈥淵 le hizo adi贸s con la mano.鈥� In Sietevientos: Revista de Literatura. A帽o XIV, # 11, 2004. 19-22.
鈥淐arta de Candelaria Pur铆sima a su amante poeta.鈥� In Rafael Gutarra鈥檚 Un metro del pasado: dos d茅cadas de poes铆a y cuento en Piura (Antolog铆a). Piura: La Garua Ediciones, 2001.
鈥淧uras mentiras.鈥� In Alberto Alarc贸n鈥檚 Poetas y narradores contempor谩neos de la regi贸n Grau. (Anthology) Lima: Editoral San Marcos, 1999.
"La noche de visitaci贸n." In Jos茅 A. Bravo鈥檚 脷ltimos y recientes narradores nacidos entre 1950-1965. (Anthology) Lima: Banco Central de Reserva del Per煤, 1997. pp. 236-239 (Short story).
鈥淧uras mentiras.鈥� In Sigifredo Burneo鈥檚 Antolog铆a comentada de la expresi贸n literaria contempor谩nea en la Regi贸n Grau. Piura: Sietevientos Editores, 1992.
鈥淪omos de junto al r铆o.鈥� In Sietevientos I: Revista de Literatura, (Anthology) Piura: Sietevientos Editores, 1990
"Puras mentiras." In Houdini Guerrero鈥檚 Ocho narradores piuranos. (Anthology) Lima: Lluvia Editores, 1988. (Short story.)
"Carta de Candelaria Pur铆sima a su amante poeta." In Narradores Sanmarquinos. (Anthology) Lima: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 1987.