GEORGINA MEJA AMADOR Currculum Vitae

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date and place of birth: October 11th, 1985. Mexico City, Mexico. Nationality: Mexican Marital status: Single Address: San Francisco 23-202, Del Valle, C. P. 03100, Mxico, D. F. Mexico e-mail: geoeg1110@gmail.com Mobile no. 005215518417124

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degrees
MA: Literature (Mexican Literature), FFyL (Facultad de Filosofa y Letras/Faculty of Philosophy and Literature), UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico/National Autonomous University of Mexico). From August 2010 to June 2012. Currently receiving scholarship from UNAM. Dissertation title: Representaciones del cuerpo femenino en la poesa maya de Briceida Cuevas Cob y en la poesa binniz de Irma Pineda (Representations of the Female Body in the Maya Poetry of Briceida Cuevas Cob and in the Binniz Poetry of Irma Pineda). BA: Modern Literatures (English Literature), FFyL, UNAM. From August 2004 to June 2008. Dissertation title: Lo cristiano y lo pagano en el poema anglosajn Beowulf y la construccin del hroe a partir de su fusin (The Role of Christianity and Paganism in the Shaping of the Hero in Anglo-Saxon Poem Beowulf). This dissertation was awarded with the 1st Colin White Prize for the best thesis on English Literature of the year at the FFyL in 2009. Final grade: 9. 41 (1-10)

Teaching areas as assistant professor

August-November 2011. Teaching of Anglo-Saxon period in the course History of English and North American Culture I for students of the BA in Modern Literatures (English Literature), at the FFyL of UNAM. Responsible scholar of the course: Luca Guzmn. March 2011. Teaching of fragments of the Popol Vuh as well as basic lessons of Maya language in the course Pre-hispanic Literature II for students of the BA in Hispanic Literature, at the FFyL of UNAM. Responsible scholar of the course: Dr. Patrick Johansson.

Areas of interest and study: English literature, Indigenous literatures.

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Languages
Spanish native speaker; English: TOEFL iBT 107; French: reading comprehension diploma.

Affiliations to Professional Organizations

ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association), member since 2009. IASA (International American Studies Association), member since 2011. MLA (Modern Language Association of America), member since 2011.

Papers presented at international conferences

Upcoming presentations "Representations of Female Indigenous Body in the Poetry of Briceida Cuevas Cob (Maya) and Irma Pineda (Zapotec)", at the conference Indigenous Perspectives in North America. Kroli Gspr University of the Reformed Chruch in Hungary and Etvs Lornd University. Budapest, Hungary. March 8-10, 2012. Former presentations Literature in Mexico: the paradox of multiculturalism in center/periphery literary relations between the Spanish mainstream and indigenous languages, at the 5 th IASA World Conference. Universidade Federal Fluminense. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. July 27-29, 2011. Exoticing and Indigenizing Beauty: Two Films Starring Mexican Actress Dolores del Ro, in the seminar (Re)defining Identities and Representations of Indigenous Women in Literature and Cinema, at the ACLAs annual meeting, World Literature, Comparative Literature. Vancouver, Canada. March 30-April 3, 2011. Translating in Spanish: A Need? The Case of Maya Poet Briceida Cuevas Cob, in the seminar Diasporic Acts of Identity: Dialogic Approaches to Translation and Creolization, at the ACLAs annual meeting Creoles, Diasporas and Cosmopolitanisms. New Orleans, USA. April 1-4, 2010. Dreams, thus, possessed all. Death, dreams and syncretism in Mexican Poetry written in Nhuatl, Spanish and Diidxaz, in the seminar Border zones: Spanish in Norteamrica, at the ACLAs annual meeting Global Languages, Local Cultures. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USA. March 27-30, 2009.

Publications Literature in Mexico: the Paradox of Multiculturalism in Center/Periphery Literary Relations

Between the Spanish Mainstream and Indigenous Languages, in New World Colors: Ethnicity, Belonging and Difference in the Americas, Josef Raab (ed.) To be published in 2012 by Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier in Europe and by Bilingual Press in the Americas, in the book series Inter-American Studies/Estudios interamericanos. (In press).

Academic distinctions
2009. First Colin White Prize for the best dissertation on English Literature, FFyL, UNAM. 2010. Nomination to the Frenz Horst Prize for the best paper presented at the ACLAs annual meeting by a graduate student. 2011. Second nomination to the Frenz Horst Prize for the best paper presented at the ACLAs annual meeting by a graduate student.

Extracurricular activities/Courses
Literary talks in Indigenous languages Polifona: Voces de Mxico (Polyphony: Voices of Mexico). I was invited to chat with the Maya poet, Briceida Cuevas Cob, about her poetry in the context of the contemporary indigenous literature in Mexico. National Museum of Popular Cultures, Mexico city, Mexico. April 27, 2011. 4th Poetry Festival Las lenguas de Amrica (Languages of America). I acted as volunteer in logistic and organization activities. Sala Nezahualcyotl, UNAM, Mexico. October 11, 2010. Course on Maya Language and Culture. Mexican Languages Academy, UNAM. From October 2009 to August 2010. Norwegian Literature (ECTS Grade B) and Intensive Elementary Norwegian, Level I (ECTS Grade B). International Summer School, University of Oslo, Norway. From June 23 to August 4, 2006.

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LABOR EXPERIENCE

2009. Editors Assistant at the Childrens Books Department of the publishing house FCE (Fondo de Cultura Econmica), Mexico. Employee. 2008-2009. Testing elaborations in the areas of Spanish language skills for children in Mexican elementary schools. National scale test Enlace at CENEVAL. Free lance. 2008-2009. Revision of elementary schools books and manuals with the Ministry of Education of Guanajuato State, Mexico. Free lance.