Mariana Aguirre Alonso

Enrique Rod 2814 Guadalajara, Mxico cel 333.401.1906 aguirre81@gmail.com

EDUCATION Ph.D. History of Art and Architecture, Brown University, Providence, RI, 2008 M.A. B.A. History of Art and Architecture, Brown University, Providence, RI 2002 Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, cum laude, 1999

DISSERTATION Artistic Collaboration in Fascist Italy: Ardengo Soffici and Giorgio Morandi Directors: Prof. Herv Vanel, Prof. Kermit Champa M.A. THESIS Lionello Venturi, Ardengo Soffici and Modern Italian Art Criticism Director: Prof. Kermit Champa EMPLOYMENT 2011-present, Blog Editor and English language translation and proofreading for print issue, Taxi Art Magazine 2009-2011, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History, Middle Tennessee State University 2008-2009, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History, Eastern Connecticutt State University 2007-2008, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History, The University of the South FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS 2007-2008, CSMP-Brown Foundation Fellowship, The University of the South 2005-2006, William A. Dyer Dissertation Fellowship for a Graduate Student in the Humanities, Brown University 2004-2005, Fulbright Fellowship, for independent research in Florence and Bologna, Italy 2004, Social Science Research Council-Mellon Dissertation Research Grant, Social Science Research Council-Mellon Foundation 2003, Woodrow Wilson-Mellon Research Grant, Woodrow Wilson-Mellon Foundation 1999- 2000, Irene Diamond Fellowship, Brown University, 1997-1999, Mellon May Undergraduate Fellowship, Mellon Foundation 1999, Elinor Nahm Prize in Italian language and literature, Bryn Mawr College

PUBLICATIONS Articles and Book Chapters: "Ardengo Soffici, fistfights and Futurism," in Sascha Bru and Luca Somigli (eds.), Futurism as Microhistory, (forthcoming) The Return to Order and Fascism, in Peter Brooker and Andrew Thacker (eds.), Modernist Magazines: A Critical and Cultural History Volume 3: Europe 1880-1940. Oxford University Press: Oxford (forthcoming). Ardengo Soffici e Il Frontespizio, Il Portolano, periodico trimestrale di letteratura XIV n. 53/54 (2008). Academic Reviews: Review of Francesco Arcangeli, Giorgio Morandi (Turin: Umberto Allemandi & C., 2007) for Journal of Modern Italian Studies 13 n.2 (Spring 2008). Web Cultural Criticism and Reviews: "Manny vs. Juan Manuel," Revista Replicante, November 2011 "El minimalismo a travs de sus textos," Revista Replicante, October 2011 "Un ahora petulante e impreciso," Revista Replicante, October 2011 "Eat Diveness," Revista Replicante, September 2011 "Sobre el legado de Clement Greenberg," Revista Replicante, September 2011 "David Byrne y los Bicycle Diaries," Revista Replicante, July 2011 "Mad Men," Revista Replicante, August 2010 CONFERENCES and LECTURES Futurism and Ardengo Soffici in the pages of Lacerba (1913-1915), Futurismo: Impact and Legacy, Stony Brook University, Florence University of the Arts and CCIS Florence, October 2009 Giorgio Morandi, Roberto Longhi and the 1966 Biennale, Festival dellArte Contemporanea, Faenza, Italy, April 2009. New Perspectives on Twentieth-Century Italy session. Ardengo Soffici and Giorgio de Chirico: Tradition, Nationalism and the Metaphysical School. College Art Association, Dallas, TX, February 2008 UNIVERSITY SERVICE Undergraduate Advisor, Eastern CT State University, 2008-2009 Coordinator, Italian Film Series, The University of the South, Spring 2008 ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2011-present, Head of Web Content and Social Media, Roxy Cultura Urbana, Guadalajara Intern, Department of Education, Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain Summer 1998

LANGUAGES Italian: near-native fluency in reading, writing, and conversation; Spanish: native language; French: good reading, writing and conversation. REFERENCES Herv Vanel, Department of History of Art, Brown University Mobile: 401.241.1868, E-mail: herve_vanel@brown.edu Kermit Champa (deceased), Department of History of Art, Brown University [Old recommendation letters available upon request] Tel: 401.863.1174 (dept. office), E-mail: chantee_weah@brown.edu Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg, Departments of Comparative Literature and Italian Studies, Brown University Tel: 401.863.3380 (work), E-mail: suzanne_stewart-steinberg@brown.edu Rogelio Flores Manrquez, President of the Board, ROXY Cultura Urbana E-mail: rogelio@roxy.org.mx Rogelio Villaerreal, Editor, Revista Replicante E-mail: rogelio56@gmail.com