CURRICULUM VITAE
ENRIQUE YEPES
Peter M. Small Associate Professor of Spanish
Bowdoin College
7800 College Station • Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 725-3357 • fax (207) 725-3348
eyepes@bowdoin.edu
Education
• Ph.D. Spanish-American Literature. Rutgers University, May 1998.
  Dissertation: Los poderes del goce: La revisión cultural en poesía hispanoamericana 1960-1995. (The Powers of Enjoyment: Cultural Revision in Spanish American Poetry 1960-1995).
Dissertation director: Dr. Carlos R. Narváez.
• Licenciatura (B.A. equivalent) in Education-Modern Languages.
  Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. (Medellín-Colombia), 1989.
Publications
• Book Review
  on Kuhnheim, Jill.  Textual Disruptions: Spanish American Poetry at the End of the Twentieth Century. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2004.
Dissidences: Hispanic Journal of Theory and Criticism. Number 2, Fall 2006.
• “El Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín: Gestión en la aldea global”.
  (Medellín’s International Poetry Festival: Agency in the Global Village). Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana 58 (2003): 91-104.
• "Rastrear el entusiasmo: La enseñanza de narrativa breve latinoamericana".
  (Tracing Enthusiasm: Teaching Latin American Short Narrative). ReD Lecturas (Medellín-Colombia) 1.1 (2004): 49-66.
• Oficios del goce: Poesía y debate cultural en Hispanoamérica (1960-2000).
  (Practices of Pleasure: Poetry and Cultural Debate in Spanish-America). Medellín (Colombia): Fondo Editorial Universidad Eafit, Colección Antorcha y Daga, 2000. 420p.
• "La tigra de 1930 a 1990: Los cambios del proyecto nacional ecuatoriano".
  (The Tiger Woman from 1930 to 1990: Changes in Ecuador's National Project). Cine-Lit 2000: Essays on Hispanic Film and Fiction. Eds. George Cabello-Castellet, Jaume Martí-Olivella and Guy H. Wood. Corvallis, Oregon: Cine-Lit Publications, 2001. 86-98.
• "Fuera Yo: El Manual de tolerancia de Héctor Abad Gómez".
  (The Tolerance Manual, a book by Colombian essayist Héctor Abad Gómez). Revista Universidad de Antioquia, (Medellín-Colombia) 262 (Oct.-Dec 2000): 105-110.
• Book Review
  on Francesca Denegri's El abanico y la cigarrera. Latin American Literary Review 25. 50 (July-December 1997).
• "El microcuento hispanoamericano ante el próximo milenio".
  (Spanish American short fiction facing the next millennium). Revista Interamericana de Bibliografía / Inter-American Review of Bibliography. 46.1-4 (1996): 95-108.
• Contributing writer to Pasajes: Lengua, Cultura, Literatura. 4th Ed.
  Intermediate Spanish Textbook by Mary Lee Bretz, Trisha Dvorak and Carl Kirschner. San Francisco: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
• Spanish version of Lanford Wilson's Eukiah.
  Art Teatral, Cuaderno de Minipiezas Ilustradas. 8.8 (1996): 75-80.
• "Notas para un análisis semiológico del salón de clases".
  (Notes for a Ssemiological Analysis of the Classroom). Educación y Pedagogía, Revista de la Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín - Colombia). 3.7 (1992): 47-58.
• "La estructura ausente: un reporte de lectura".
  (The Absent Structure: A Reading Report). Escritos U.P.B., Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana International Magazine (Medellín) 8.21 (1990): 95-104.
• "Dolor y libertad en Prometeo encadenado".
  (Pain and Freedom in Prometheus Bound). Escritos U.P.B. 8.20 (1989): 209-16.
Papers Delivered at Professional Conferences
• “Respondiendo a la violencia: Poesía en Medellín”
  (Responding to Violence: Poetry in Medellín). Latin American Studies Association (LASA) XXVIII International Conference. Montreal, Canada, September 5-8, 2007.
• “The Dynamics of Contemporary Mapuche Poetry”.
  “Culturas en el aire” Symposium. A Conference of Scholars, Writers and Activists on Indigenous Movements in the Americas organized by Harvard University in Santiago, Chile. October 14-16, 2005.
• "Fuera de lugar: Fútbol, masculinidad y nación en dos películas sudamericanas recientes".
  (Out of Place: Soccer, Masculinity and Nation in Two Recent South American Movies). Florida International University Conference on Spanish and Latin American Film and Literatures. Miami, Florida, Feb. 27-29, 2004.
• "La gestión (po)ética indígena en el cambio de siglo: Ariruma Kowii (Ecuador) y Vitorio Apüshama (Colombia)".
  (Indigenous Poetic/Ethic Agency at the Turn of the Century: Kowi and Apüshama). 19th International Symposium of the Instituto Literario y Cultural Hispánico (California). Lima, Perú, Aug. 7-12, 2000.
• "La tigra y el proyecto nacional ecuatoriano de 1930 a 1990".
  (The Tiger Woman and Ecuador's National Project from 1930 to 1990). Cine-Lit 2000, International Conference on Hispanic Literatures and Cinematography. Portland, OR, Oregon State University, Feb. 18-21, 2000.
• "Atravesar defensas: Tres poemas de Alarcón, Caulfield y Sarduy en torno al SIDA"
  (Three poems on AIDS by Hispanic Writers in the US and France]. AATSP Conference, Madrid, July-August 1998.
• "La imaginación radical y las localidades hispanas en Poesída"
  (Hispanic imagery and collective unconscious in the poetry of AIDS in Spanish). Interdisciplinary Conference on Hispanic Cultural Locations. University of San Francisco, October 1997.
• "Fuera yo: El Manual de tolerancia de Héctor Abad Gómez, a diez años de su asesinato".
  (Self representation in Colombian Héctor Abad Gómez's essays). 10th Coference of the Colombianists International Association. The Pennsylvania State University, August 1997.
• "El poder del contacto en Poesída".
  Presentation of a poetry volume edited by Carlos A. Rodríguez Matos (New York: Ollantay, 1995). The Powers of Poetry Conference at the University of Oregon, October 1996.
• "Dislocated Identities: Evohé by Cristina Peri Rossi and 'Pequeñas canciones' by Alejandra Pizarnik."
  Modern Languages Association Conference in Chicago, December 1995.
• "Fábulas de la garza desangrada, de Rosario Ferré: un neo-barroco feminista?"
  (Feminist baroque style in Puerto Rican Rosario Ferré's poetry). Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature. Univ. of Colorado, October 1995.
• "La vorágine y Canaima: o cómo la modernidad se enmaraña en la selva".
  (The contradictions of modernity in two South American novels of the 1920s). 23rd Annual 20th-Century Literature Conference. Univ. of Louisville, Kentucky. February 1995.
• "El testimonio de los 'desechables' de Medellín en la textualidad posmoderna".
  (Literary value of poetry written by slum teenagers from Medellín - Colombia). Second Graduate Conference on Peninsular, Latin American and Luso-Brazilian Literatures. Univ. of Maryland at College Park, April 1994.
• "La disonancia tecnológica en la poesía nadaísta".
  (Representation of technology in Colombian poetry in the 1960s). Third Graduate Conference on Spanish and Portuguese Literatures, Columbia Univ. New York, March 1994.
• "Del manifiesto al ensayo en Gonzalo Arango: otra versión del compromiso intelectual en los años sesenta".
  (A Colombian poet's essay writing as a political strategy in the 1960s). First Colloquium on Hispanic Literatures. Rutgers Univ., November 1993.
• "What is the Question?: Literary Theory From a Latin American Male U.S. Graduate Student's Perspective."
  Third Graduate Colloquium on Literary Studies. Rutgers Univ. April 1993.
Papers Delivered as a Guest Speaker
• “Estudiar América Latina desde Estados Unidos.”
  A lecture series organized by the Curricular Development Committee of the Education and Literature Department, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, June 21, 2006.
• “Hasta Siempre: Re-inventing Che Guevara as a Cultural Icon.”
  A lecture series organized by Students for Democratic Socialism, Bowdoin College, April 27, 2005.
• "Cuban poetry and music: Intersections".
  Cuba Week Lecture sponsored by the Brunswick-Trinidad Sister City Association. March 30, 2004.
• "Poetry as contemplation: San Juan de la Cruz."
  Jungian Studies Association of Brunswick, Maine. March 2003.
• "To Be at Home: Reflections on the Concept of Home in Personal and Collective Transformation."
  Karofsky Encore Lecture for the Bowdoin College Common Hour, Brunswick, Maine, August 31, 2001. (Listen)
• "Glocal Cultures: Medellín's Poetry Festival."
  Bowdoin College Faculty Lecture Series, Brunswick, Maine, April 2001.
• "La enseñanza del cuento hispanoamericano: Un modelo de trabajo."
  (Teaching Spanish-American Short Story: A Working Model). Keynote presenttion at the lecture series organized by Colombia's Ministry of Education in Medellín to celebrate "The Spanish Language History Month", April 13, 2000.
• "José Torres Tama's We are Patriots with Dark Faces."
  Center for Cultural Exchange, Portland, ME. March 27, 1999.
• "Poetry and Human Rights in Central America, 1970s."
  Women Studies Lecture Series on Human Rights. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, May 1998.
• "No Futuro: Los "desechables" de Medellín".
  University of Southern Maine Spanish Immersion Weekend. Freeport, ME, March 20-21, 1998.
• Latin American Literature in Translation.
  Penobscot School / Camden Foreign Affairs Conference. Rockport, ME, January 6 and 13, 1998.
• "Hyphenated Identities: The Latino Experience."
  Latin American Student Organization's celebration of the Hispanic Heritage Month, Bowdoin College, Fall 1996.
Academic Service
• Director, Latin American Studies Program, Bowdoin College, 2004-07.
• Consultant for Teaching, Bowdoin College, 2006-07.
• Ad Hoc Committe for Sociology Search, Bowdoin College, 2006.
• Co-organizer of “Insularity and Integration: Recent Trends in Caribbean Scholarship” Symposium. Bowdoin College, December 2-3, 2004.
• Committee of Appointments, Promotion and Tenure, 2003-06.
• Steering Committee for the CBB Program in Quito, 2003-04.
• Ad Hoc Committee for Asian Studies Search, 2003.
• Co-organizer of “Multiple Caribbeans” Symposium. Bowdoin College. Summer 2003.
• Latin American Studies Committee, Bowdoin College, 1997-2007.
• Faculty liaison for the Latin American Student Organization, Bowdoin College, 1997-2007.
• Off-Campus Study Committee, 2002-03 (chair), 2005-07.
• Classroom Design Committee, 2005-06.
• Governance Committee, Bowdoin College, 2001.
• Appeals Committee, Bowdoin College, 2001.
• Faculty Resources Committe, Bowdoin College, 1998-99.
• Faculty liaison for Picante, the Spanish Club at Bowdoin College, 1997-99.
• Ad Hoc Committe for Asian Studies Job Search in Japanese, Bowdoin College, 1998.
• Pre-Major Academic Advisor, Bowdoin College, 1997-2007.
• Bias Incident Group. Bowdoin College, 1997-98.
• Graduate Student Association representative, and delegate to the Council on Languages and Literatures, Rutgers University, Fall 1995.
• Assistant Director for the Rutgers Summer Study in Spain (Madrid, Salamanca), 1993.
Academic Honors
• Appointed Peter M. Small Associate Professor of Spanish, 2007.
• MERLOT Peer-Reviewed Classic Award for On-Line Pedagogical Materials, 2006.
• Sydney B. Karofsky Teaching Prize for Junior Faculty, 1999.
• William R. Kenan Fellowship, Bowdoin College, 1999-2001. $25,000.
• Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Mellon Language Technology Project Stipend for devolpment of World Wide Web instructional materials. Summer, 1998. $2,500.
• Rutgers Graduate School-New Brunswick Doctoral Fellowship, 1995-96. $10,000.
• "The 1992-93 Faculty of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Contributors to Undergraduate Education", May 4, 1993. Rutgers University.
• Teaching Assistantship, Rutgers University, 1991-1995.
• "Beca de Honor" (Merit Fellowship for highest GPA), Univ. Bolivariana, 1988.
• "Diploma de Reconocimiento a Estudiantes Avanzados" (Outstandig Student Diplomma), Univ. de Antioquia, 1988.
Teaching Experience
• Associate Professor of Spanish, Bowdoin College:
  US-Latino Literature in Spanish. Fall 2006.
  Advanced Spanish. Fall 2002-05, Spring 2006.
  The Gaze: Reading Modern Poetry in the Americas. Fall 2002, 2003 and 2005.
  Reaging Images: Intersections between Words and Visual Texts in 20th-Century Latin America. Spring 2005.
  Caribbean(s): An Interdisciplinary Approach. Spring 2004
  (taught in collaboration with Dr. Allen Wells, Roger Howell Jr. Professor of History).
  Latin American Cultures. Spring 2003-07.
• Assistant Professor of Spanish, Bowdoin College:
  Colombia: Disentangling 100 Years of Conflict. Spring 2002
  (taught in collaboration with Dr. Allen Wells, Roger Howell Jr. Professor of History).
  Latin American Cultures. Fall 1996, 97 and 98. Spring 2001, 02.
  Fiestas. Senior Seminar. Spring 1999 and 2001.
  Ecuador's National Projects Through Its Literature. Fall 1999.
  Advanced Spanish. Fall 1998, 2001, 02.
  Hybrid Cultures. Senior Seminar. Spring 1997 and 1998.
  Introduction to the Study and Criticism of Modern Hispanic Literatures. Spring 1998 and 99.
  Intermediate Spanish. Fall 1997.
  Introduction to Hispanic Literatures. Spring 1997.
  Spanish American Short Story. Fall 1996, 2001.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant of Spanish, Rutgers University:
  Literature and Culture of Hispanic Caribbean. 1993- 95.
  Advanced Grammar Workshop. 1993-95.
  Introduction to Hispanic Literatures. Spring 1994.
  Conversation and Composition. Fall 1992 and 1994.
  Intermediate Spanish. 1991-92. Course Coordinator 1994-95.
• Adjunct Professor, Jersey City State College:
  19th Century Spanish American Literature. Summer, 94.
• Profesor Asistente de Cátedra (Adjuct Assistant Professor), Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana :
  Teoría Literaria. 1991.
  Fundamentos de Literatura. 1990-1991.
  Seminario III de Literatura: Poética. 1990.
Memberships
  Modern Language Association
  Latin American Studies Association
  Colombianists Association
  Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana
  American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
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