Curriculum Vitae

MARCO V. CARVAJAL, Ph.D.
 

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EDUCATION

 

2025 — Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

   Ph.D., Spanish & Portuguese Studies

     Areas of specialization:

        - Ecuadorian and Andean literature

        - Hispanic modernismo

        - Decadent aesthetics

        - Gender and cultural studies

        - Cosmopolitanism & transatlantic studies

        - Fin-de-siècle and avant-garde movements

        - France–Latin America cultural exchanges
                      

2017 — Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR
   M.A., Literary Studies

     Areas of specialization:

         - Alterity

         - Mobility

         - Translation & bilingualism

2013 — Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
   B.A., Liberal Arts (Literature & Art History)

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LANGUAGES

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Spanish            Native

Portuguese      BIlingual

Kichwa             Intermediate

French              C2

English             C1

Italian               B2

German            B1

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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2017-2024 — Northwestern University –

     

   Courses taught:

   Spanish:

       Span. 121: Intermediate Spanish I

       Span. 122: Intermediate Spanish II

       Span. 123: Intermediate Spanish III

   Portuguese:

       Port.115: Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
       Port.380: Contemporary Brazil: Literature and Film

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   Teacher Assistant

       Spanish 220: Introduction to Literary Analysis
       Spanish 380: Topics in Latin American Film

           

   Language Tutor:

       Spanish and Portuguese

 

2016 — Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR   

   Course taught:

       El Boom latinoamericano.

 

2014 — El Sauce Highschool, Cumbayá, Pichincha

       Teacher of Literature & Philosophy

                                 

PUBLICATIONS

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Scholarly Work:

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- Alfredo Gangotena, poeta em trânsito. M.A. Thesis,

  UFPR, 2017 (Available online).

- “Liminar.” In Alfredo Gangotena, Poesía (3rd ed.).

  Quito: Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 2015.

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Translations:

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Portuguese → Spanish

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- Lissovsky, Mauricio. “Coppola y Aleijadinho: un fo-

  tógrafo, tres cámaras.” In Brizuela, Natalia, et Ale-

  jandra Uslenghi (eds.), La cámara como método,

  Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia, 2021.

- Arinos, Afonso. “La esteradora.” In Alemán, Álvaro.

  Vecindades de sangre, Quito: USFQ Press, 2022.

- Cruls, Gastão. “Noches blancas.” In Alemán Álvaro.

  Vecindades de sangre, Quito: USFQ Press, 2022.
 

French → Spanish (revision):

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- Jorge Carrera Andrade, Poesía traducida. Edición

  crítica anotada. Quito: Fakir, 2017.

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