José Aguirre

[email protected]

Spanish & Portuguese Studies

304A Folwell Hall

9 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Collegiate Affiliation

Language Program and Remote Instruction Coordinator,

Spanish & Portuguese Studies

Links

A Fear of Empty Spaces

My research interests include, but not limited to the following areas: Transatlantic Studies, Contemporary Iberian and Latin American Cinema and Visual Arts, Memory Studies and the depiction of Mass Violence, and relations between Politics and Animistic Thought.

Educational Background

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Educational Background

MA: Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, & Linguistics, University of Minnesota, 2016 -
BA: Comparative Literarture, University of Valladolid, 2009 -
BA: Philosophy, University of Valladolid, 2007 -

Publications

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Publications

“La agonía de Franco: No estaba muerto, estaba de parranda”. Reflexiones en torno a La muerte del verdugo, Debate, Hispanic Issues Online. Volume edited by Sévane Garibian, Ana Forcinito and Zahira Aragüete-Toribio

Activities

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Activities

Professional

Chair: Horror Vacui, the 5th Annual Conference in Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. 2017 -
Member: Modern Language Association (MLA). 2017 - present
Member: Latin American Studies Association (LASA). 2017 - present
Panel organizer: "Memorias y prácticas afectivas en los espacios ibéricos y latinoamericanos", KFLC, Lexington, KY. 2017 -
Vice President: Spanish and Portuguese Research Group (SPRG), UMN. 2017 -
Co-Chair: Spanish and Portuguese Research Group (SPRG), UMN. 2016 -
Member of the Organizing Committee: 3rd International Conference of the Local Action in Response to Migration Network. University of Minnesota. 2016 -
Member: Latin American Anthropological Association (Asociación Latinoamericana de Antropología, ALA). 2015 - present
Panel organizer: co-organized with Juan Pablo Silva “Mirándose en el espejo: análisis crítico de prácticas culturales en América Latina”, ALA, México City. 2015 -
Presenter: Arrebato: la revancha de las imágenes, Cinelit, University of Oregon, Portland State University, and Oregon State University, Portland, Oregon. 2019 -
Presenter: La agonía de Franco: No estaba muerto, estaba de parranda, 6th INoGS Global Conference on Genocide. 2018 -
Presenter: A un paso de la muerte. La agonía del soberano, LASA, Barcelona. 2018 -
Presenter: Re-reading the Archive of a Nobody: On Florence Conard’s War Memories and Disciplinary Shifts. co-authored with Nezirevic, Erma “Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities” 6th Euroacademia International Conference. Florence. 2017 -
Presenter: Entre Amigos. Diego de Torres y la esfera de las lealtades políticas. KFLC: The Languages, Literatures and Cultures Conference. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. 2017 -
Presenter: Cartografiando la voz latina: La radio latina en las Twin Cities. 3rd International Conference of the Local Action in Response to Migration Network. University of Minnesota. 2016 -
Presenter: Radio KFAI, Espacios de Fisura para la Comunidad Mexicana en Minneapolis. Co-authored with Frye, Timothy, IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Antropología, Mexico City. 2015 -

Awards

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Awards

Hella Mears Graduate Fellowship in European Studies, Center for German and European Studies, University of Minnesota, 2019
SPPT Summer Research Fellowship - Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota, 2018
Graduate Research Partnership Program (GRPP) Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2017 - declined
PACE Project Grant Recipient, Language Center, University of Minnesota , 2016 & 2017
Graduate Student Travel Fellowship - Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota, 2015 - 2019

Courses

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Courses

SPAN 1022: Alternative Second Semester Spanish
SPAN 3015: Spanish Composition & Communication
SPAN 3105: Intro to the Study of Hispanic Cultures
SPAN 3104: Intro to the Study of Hispanic Literatures
GLOS 3144: Knowledge and Power