Patricio Rizzo-Vast, Ph.D.

Patricio Rizzo-Vast, Ph.D.

Instructor of Spanish

Office:  Lech Walesa Hall 2033
Phone:  (773) 442-4293
Email:  P-Rizzovast@neiu.edu
Office Hours:  MW 7:05 - 9:05 pm and by appt
CV:  CV-Patricio-Rizzo-Vast.pdf
Country:  United States

Expertise

Spanish and Portuguese language, Latin American literature and culture translation

SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II
SPAN 225 Composition I
LLAS 101 Introduction to Latin American Studies

Research Interests

At present my work focuses on the representation of space in the poetry and prose of Oliverio Girondo and Jorge Luis Borges  The representation of nature in the work of Octavio Paz  Rewriting a book on Oliverio Girondo and the Legacy of the Avant-Gardes

Education

Ph.D. in Spanish, University of California, Davis, Dissertation: 鈥淓l lugar de Girondo鈥 Major Field: Latin American Literature
M.A. in Spanish, San Francisco State University
Teaching Credential in Spanish, 1992, Spanish-English Bilingual Certificate of Competence for the State of California, 1993
B.A. in Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, School of Law

Selected Publications

Books:

Ser libre. Evanston: Studio Mosaid, 2013

Luz vital. Buenos Aires: Bibliografika, 2011

Ananda naranja. Buenos Aires: Dunken, 2007

Jard铆n en Playa Uni贸n. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Corregidor, 2005

El lugar de Girondo.  Buenos Aires: Ediciones Corregidor, 2001

Deuda externa: condicionalidades y desarrollo infraestructural en la Argentina, Buenos Aires: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas, 1993

Desde el oc茅ano. From the Ocean.  Oakland: Inkworks, 1981

Articles:

鈥淧aisaje e ideolog铆a en Campo nuestro de Oliverio Girondo,鈥 Revista Iberoamericana, Pittsburgh, Vol. LXVII,  Num. 194-195, January-June 2001, pp. 105-120

鈥淧aisaje e ideolog铆a en Los pasos perdidos de Alejo Carpentier,鈥 La Torre, Puerto Rico, A帽o 5, 17, Julio-Sept. 2000, pp. 463-477

鈥淢ercedes Sosa: voz de Am茅rica,鈥 Canto, San Francisco State University, Fall 1994-Spring 1995, Vol. 2, Num. 2, pp. 36-41

Selected Exhibitions

Presentation 鈥溾橧nterlunio鈥 y la actitud contestataria de  Oliverio Girondo  (1937-1940)鈥 Co-Chair, Critical Dialogues on the Latin American Avant Gardes. Latin American Studies Association, San Francisco, May 2012

Presentation 鈥淩ecepci贸n cr铆tica a la obra de Borges en Espa帽a en la d茅cada de 1920鈥 Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland, October 2011

Presentation 鈥淓l espa帽ol en la cultura global鈥 秘密研究所, March 2009

Conference, 鈥淚mages of Globalization in Jose Saramago's La caverna" Latin American Studies Association, Montreal, September 2007

Conference, 鈥淎spectos del panorama orillero borgiano (1936-1948)" University of Iowa, May 2007

Conference, 鈥淎n Exploration of the Catholic Nationalist "Dialect" in Argentina 1976-1983." 秘密研究所, November 2006

Conference, 鈥淢ecanizaci贸n y Globalizaci贸n en La caverna de Jos茅 Saramago,鈥 XXVIIII Simposio Internacional de Literatura. Literatura y Globalizaci贸n, Montevideo, August 2006

Conference, 鈥淭he Desert in the Poetry of Jacobo  Fijman,鈥 Latin American Studies Association, Puerto Rico, March 2006
American Studies Association, Puerto Rico, March 2006

Conference, 鈥淓l Mart铆n Fierro y la naci贸n argentina,鈥 California State University, Fullerton, December 2003

Conference, 鈥淧aisaje e ideolog铆a en Campo nuestro de Oliverio Girondo,鈥  Columbia University, New York City, April 2000

Conference, 鈥溍塼ica y est茅tica en 鈥楨stival鈥 de Rub茅n Dar铆o.鈥 Octavo Congreso Internacional de Lit. Centroamericana, Guatemala City, March 2000

Presenter, UC Davis Summer Sessions Film Series: 鈥淔our Days in September,鈥 September, 1998 and 鈥淭he
Star Maker,鈥 August 1997

Conference, 鈥淟enguaje e ideolog铆a: aspectos del  dialecto nacionalista-cat贸lico en la Argentina.鈥
UC Davis, May 1998

Conference, 鈥淟andscape and Ideology: The Figure of the Desert in Argentine  Literature.鈥 University
of California, Davis, July 1997

Conference, 鈥淚deolog铆a modernista en 鈥楨stival鈥 de Rub茅n Dar铆o.鈥 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 1997

Conference, 鈥淟a pasi贸n de los tigres: cultura y violencia en 鈥楨stival鈥 de Rub茅n Dar铆o.鈥 UC Davis, December 1996

Background

Lecturer in 秘密研究所, Chicago, August 2004 to the present
Instructor of Spanish, Wright College, Chicago, August 2005 to the present
Instructor of Spanish, Solano Community College, Solano-Suisun, California September 2002 to June 2004
Spanish Teacher in Woodland Unified School District, Woodland, California, 2002 to 2004
Lecturer in the University of California, Davis, September 2000 to June 2002
Teaching Assistant for the University of California, Davis, 1995 to 1998
Spanish Teacher in the Oakland Unified School District, Oakland, California, 1990-1995
Translator for Current Anthropology, a publication of the University of Chicago and the Dept. of Anthropology of UC Davis, 2002 to present
Translator for the Department of Public Health, San Francisco, 1993
Researcher for Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1991-1992
Copyeditor for Houghton and Mifflin for Spanish bilingual texts for the State of Texas, 1984-86
Interpreter for A.M.S. Associates, San Francisco, working with injured immigrant field workers in California, 1980-1984