Mónica Poza Diéguez

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

University of California,
Davis One Shields Ave 95616 Davis, CA
mpoza@ucdavis.edu
Education

University of California-Davis, Davis, CA

Ph.D., Department of Spanish and Portuguese, expected June 2011 Dissertation: “La
bisagra discursiva de la memoria: ortodoxias y heterodoxias de la imago en el teatro religioso del
Siglo de Oro.”Director: Adrienne L. Martín. Readers: Linda Egan, José Ángel Ascunce Arrieta

University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV

M.A., Foreign Languages (Spanish), May 2006

M.A Thesis: “Apoteosis de la esfera: el gran theatrum orbi de la memoria calderoniana.” Thesis
advisor: Jaime Leaños. Committee members: Mar Inestrillas, Carmelo Urza.

I.N.E.M-Logical Design, Bilbao, Spain Graphic Design and Webmaster Certificate (639
hours) September 2004

U.N.E.D (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia), Madrid, Spain Ph.D.

Graduate courses (Spanish), October 2002-September 2005.

University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain B.A. + M. A (Licentiate on Hispanic Philology cum

grado), October 2002

Professional Fields

16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Colonial Literature, Religious Drama in the Colonies;
Spanish Religious Drama of Golden Age; Trasatlantic Studies; Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz;
Auto Sacramental; Discurses of power and counter-discurses in Literature; Art of Memory
and Hermetism; Eroticism in Spanish Literature; Graphic Design; Technology on Education;
Photography

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Grants, Fellowships, Awards, Honors

University of California-Davis, Davis, CA Teaching Assistanship, September 2006- June

2011 Travel Grant, 2008

University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV Teaching Assistantship, January- May 2006

Literary Award, (Foreign Languages Department), 2006 Travel Grant, 2005-2006
Research Assistantship, January 2005-December 2005

University of Deusto-Basque Government, Bilbao, Spain Scholarship, September

1994-June 1998

Work Experience

Szegedi Tudományegyetem (University of Szeged, Hungary), Visiting Professor & Scholar,

Hispanisztika Tanszék, September 2010-June 2011. Courses taught: El cuento hispano del siglo
XX (undergraduate seminar), Fall Semester, 2010. La ensoñación del imperio (graduate
seminar-master), Fall Semester, 2010

University of California-Davis, Davis, CA Associate Instructor, Department of Spanish &

Portuguese, September 2007-June 2010 Teaching Assistant, Department of Spanish &
Portuguese September 2006-August 2007. Courses taught: Spanish language (initial,
intermediate level)

University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV Teaching Assistant in Spanish, Department of

Foreign Languages and Literatures, January-May 2006 Research Assistant, Department of
Foreign Languages of Nevada, Reno-Latino Research Center, January-December 2005 Courses
taught: Spanish language (intermediate level)

University Studies Abroad Consortium, Alicante, Spain Professor of Spanish, Summer

session 2005. Courses taught: Spanish language (advanced level)

University Studies Abroad Consortium, Bilbao, Spain Professor of Spanish, Fall 2004
Courses taught: Spanish language (initial, intermediate level)

University Studies Abroad Consortium, San Sebastián, Spain Professor of Spanish,

Summer session 2004 Courses taught: Spanish Language (advanced level)

Alfaguara Publishing, Madrid, Spain Freelance editor and reviewer, January-December, 2003

El País Newspaper, Madrid, Spain. Freelance editor, July-September 2003

University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary. Teaching Internship Courses taught: Peninsular

Contemporary literature undergraduate course, taught under supervision of Zsuzsanna Csikós.
Cultural events promoter. October 1999-June 2002

El BaciYelmo Association for Literary Communication, Bilbao, Spain Cultural activities

promoter, September 1998-August 1999

University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain Library Assistant, September 1994-June 1998

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Publications

1. “Magia bruniana y socialismo utópico: el concepto de imaginación dialéctica de Alfonso Sastre

en ¿Dónde estás Ulalume, dónde estás?” (In press).

2.“Muerte sensual y heroica santidad. Sexo y sensualidad en el teatro martirológico de la

Contrarreforma.” (In press).

3. “Estrategias ideológicas del nacional-catolicismo en Raza: compensación utópica y reficación

barroca” Letras Hispanas 5.1 (2008) 32-49

<http://letrashispanas.unlv.edu/vol5iss1/Poza.pdf>

4. “Cámaras y perdices: Don Juan Manuel y el arte de la memoria” Divergencias 4.2 (2006):

31-42 <http://w3.coh.arizona.edu/divergencias/archives/invierno2006/Camarasyperdices.pdf>

5. “El concepto de teatralidad en el teatro medieval castellano” Espéculo 26 (2004).

<http://www.ucm.es/info/especulo/numero26/teamedie.html>

6. “La sugerencia de la trama o la magia narrativa de Espido Freire” Espéculo 20 (2002)

<http://www.ucm.es/info/especulo/numero20/freire.html>

Presentations, Seminars, Workshops

1. “Technology in class” (La tecnología en el aula). Workshop of 3 hours taught at Hispanisztika

Tanszék, Szegedi Tudományegyetem (Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Szeged
(Hungary). December 2, 2010

2. “The Great Theater of Memory and Hermetic Tradition in Early Modern Spanish Drama: The
Case of Calderón de la Barca and El gran teatro del mundo.” Imagination and Memory. Stanford
University. May 23, 2009

3. “The Great Theater of Memory and Hermetic Tradition in Early Modern Spanish Drama: The
Case of Calderón de la Barca and El gran teatro del mundo.” Shifting Paradigms in Early Modern
Studies. San José University. May 2, 2009

4. “Raza y el mito fascista: la reificación del imaginario barroco”. Myth and Mythmaking in
Iberian and Luso-Hispanic Literatures. University of Chicago. October 31-November 1, 2008
5. “Estrategias ideológicas del nacional-catolicismo en Raza: compensación utópica y reificación
barroca”. 4th Annual Graduate Student Colloquium on Hispanic Languages, Literatures and
Cultures. University of California, Davis. October 25, 2008

6. “Muerte sensual y heroica santidad: Sexo y sensualidad en el teatro martirológico de la

Contrarreforma.” Behind the Cape: Heroes and Antiheroes in Romance Studies. XVI Annual
Conference Studies. RLGS Boston College. April 4-5, 2008

7. “Jorge Luis Borges: el poeta de ensayos ficticios. La poética narrativa del autor argentino a
partir de El otro poema de los dones.” IV International Conference on the Hispanic Poetry of
Europe and the Americas. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, May 22-25, 2006.

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8. “Cámaras y perdices: Don Juan Manuel y el arte de la memoria: La construcción del relato de
don Illán conforme al modelo retórico de los sermones dominicos, en El conde Lucanor.”
Sixteenth Annual Hispanic Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and
Culture. Department of Spanish and Portuguese. The University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ. February
16, 17 and 18, 2006.

9. “Don Quijote: la visión creadora.” Graduate Romance Association Colloquium: Vision and
Madness. University of Pennsylvannia, Philadelphia, PA. March 18-19, 2005.

10. “La sugerencia de la trama o la magia narrativa de Espido Freire.” Conferencia Miradas de
mujer: Literatura escrita por mujeres en España. Department of Hispanic Studies, University of
Szeged, Hungary. April 26, 2001.

Work in Progress

“Heterodoxias en la arquitectura retórica del auto sacramental de Sor Juana” (article).

University and Department service

Webmaster, websites for the courses El cuento hispano del siglo XX and La ensoñación del
imperio (co-designed with Álvaro LLosa). Hispanisztika Tanszék, Szegedi Tudományegyetem
(Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Szeged, Hungary), September-December 2010

Creative Designer and Photographer, Advertising campaign “De ex illis ex!”. Spanish
Drama Performance El retablo de las maravillas. La Poltrona Theater Group. University of
California-Davis. June 2008

Committee member, Perspectives on Latin America and Iberian Languages, Literatures and
Cultures Colloquium 2007, University of California-Davis

Webmaster, Department of Spanish & Portuguese website. University of California, Davis.

(co-designed with Álvaro Llosa), 2007-2008

Webmaster, La Poltrona Theater Group. University of California-Davis. (Co-designed with

Álvaro Llosa), 2007-2008

Community and Related Service

Committee member, El BaciYelmo - Association for Literary Communication, Bilbao, Spain.

1998-1999 Contributor, Reviews of books, readings and literary content, Gorliz Irratia radio
station. Gorliz, Spain, 1998-1999. Co-organizer, Homage to Blas de Otero, June 28-29, 1999.
Bilbao, Spain 1999 Member, Choir of The University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain. 1996-1997

Languages

Spanish (native fluency) English (advanced level) Basque (intermediate level) Portuguese
(intermediate level) Hungarian (initial) Italian (initial-intermediate level)

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