Cristóbal Cardemil-Krause
- Department Chairperson
- Professor of Languages
- M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University
- B.A., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Research Interests
- General literature in Spanish
- General literatures from Brazil
- Cultures of Latin America
- Indigenous and regionalista literatures of Latin America
- Literature from the Southern Cone
- Space, Violence, and Post-Colonial Theory
- Health Humanities and Spanish in Healthcare
Courses Taught in the Last Five Years
- CLS 165: Introduction to World Literature
- ESP 310: Latin American Narrative from the European Conquest to 1930s
- ESP 311: Contemporary Latin American Narrative
- FYE 100: First Year Experience
- HSP 339: Advanced Spanish for Healthcare Professionals
- IDS 490: Interdisciplinary Studies Capstone
- LAN 100: Language and the Human Experience
SPA 301: Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition
- SPA 302: Advanced Spanish Grammar and Conversation
- SPA 444: Advanced Spanish Proficiency Development
- SPA 556: Seminar: Indigeneity in Latin American Literature
- SPA 556: Seminar: Latin American Geographies.
Publications
- Forthcoming: “Tracing the Fault Line of Chilean Republicanism: Nostalgia and Emergencies
in the Work of Hernán Rivera Letelier.” Latin American Literary Review (expected Fall 2024).
- Forthcoming: “Trampas intelectuales, ilusiones y exclusiones en El Hablador de Mario
Vargas Llosa.” Hispanic Review (expected Fall 2024).
- “Brus Rubio: Nuevos horizontes del arte amazónico.” Latin American Research Review. 2024;59(1):144-159. doi:10.1017/lar.2023.39
- “Hildebrando Fuentes’s Peruvian Amazon: National Integration and Capital in the Jungle.”
Contested Modernities: A Literary Geography of the Amazon. Eds. Felipe Martínez Pinzón (Brown University) and Javier Uriarte (Stony Brook University).
Liverpool University Press, England. 2019.
- “O turista aprendiz: testimonio y patrimonio del modernismo brasileño.” South Atlantic Review. 83.1. September 2016. Eds. Rafael Ocasio. 90-108.
- “Deconstrucciones discursivas en Edipo entre los inkas de César Calvo.” Taller de Letras. 51. November 2012. Ed. Ruby Carreño. 87-100.
- “(In)movilidad de clases: posiciones y situaciones de la clase alta limeña.” Divergencias: Revista de estudios lingüísticos y literarios. 6.2 Winter 2008. 15-24.
- SAMLA 2013: "O turista aprendiz: ¿obra en colaboración?"
- ACLA 2014: "Early 20th Century National Representations of the Amazon and the Politics
of Space."
- NeMLA 2014: "Canaima: una perspectiva venezolana de la Amazonía gomera."
- LASA 2014: "Cuando las palabras no dan: La obra pictórica de Brus Rubio y la recuperación
de (O)tra historia oficial."
- SAMLA 2014: "Modernizing the Jungle: Modernity and Future Sustainability in Rómulo
Gallegos's Canaima."
- PADLA 2014: : "Making Asynchronous Online Instruction Worth the While."
- West Chester University Research Day 2015: "Hildebrando Fuentes's Peruvian Amazon:
National Integration and Capital in the Jungle, 1904-1905"
- RECAP 2015: "Best Practices to Designing Online Courses that Will Engage"
Selected Conferences
- Upcoming: Organize Panel “Perspectives and Representations of Nostalgia in Latin American
Cultures.” Present Paper: “Nostalgia en la obra de Hernán Rivera Letelier.” NeMLA
2025.
- Organized and moderated: “Launch of the Spanish in Healthcare Certificate Panel.”
Latin American and Latinx Studies Conference Series. West Chester University, Oct.
4, 2024.
- Presented: “Spanish for Healthcare and the Health Humanities: Curricular Development.”
ACTFL 2023. Chicago. Nov. 17-19, 2023.
- Organized Panel: “Freedom and Resistance in Latin American Imaginaries of ‘Absolute’
Space.” Presented: "Espacio absoluto y espacio productivo en La serpiente de oro de
Ciro Alegría." NEMLA 2023. Niagara Falls, Mar. 23-26, 2023.
- Presented: “Creating a BS in Spanish in Healthcare.” ACTFL 2022. Boston. Nov. 18-20,
2022.
- Presented: “Violencia sexual y simbolismo en dos textos indigenistas peruanos.” NEMLA
2022. Baltimore. Mar. 10-13, 2022.
- Presented: “De indio a obrero: una mirada de clase en El tungsteno de César Vallejo.”
LASA 2021. Online. May 26-29, 2021.
- Organized 2 Panels, chaired 1, and Presented: “Hernán Rivera Letelier’s Microcosm
of Chile: Representing the Nitrates Mining Industry in Chile.” NEMLA 2021. Online.
March 11-14, 2021.
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