Professional Activities

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Papers, Talks, Lectures, Consultations, and Chaired Sections

 

"Ra’ces de la violencia en obras teatrales representativas del teatro hispanoamericano de hoy," paper presented at the Latin American Theater Today: History, Gender, Genre, Performance and Latin American Theater: New Developments and New Critical Approaches Conference held at the University of Kansas at Lawrence from April 28 - May 2, 1992.

 

"El Cisne de Apolo de Luis Alfonso de Carvallo y su contribuci—n al desarrollo del concepto de la literatura," paper presented at the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference held in Lexington, Kentucky, on April 24-27, 1991.

 

Spoke to my wifeÕs (Maritza B. Almeida) senior-level Spanish American Theater course on the ÒTheater of the AbsurdÓ at Guilford College on December 16, 1988

 

Organized and Chaired the section, Greensboro Hispanic Writers, for the Philological Association of the Carolinas held at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on March 12-14, 1987. 

 

"Why Study Foreign Languages?" talk presented to the General Assembly of the Upper School at Greensboro Day School at Greensboro, North Carolina, in celebration of National Language Week on March 5, 1987.

 

Consultant: Demonstrated the Living Language Method of teaching Spanish at the University level at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on August 30 and 31, 1985.

 

"Influence of Mexican Americans on the United States," talk presented to Prof. Ramiro Lago's Spanish American Civilization class, Spanish 572, on April 17, 1984.

 

"Origen de la tragedia de equivocaciones de Xavier Villaurrutia," paper presented at the National Symposium on Hispanic Theater held at the University of Northern Iowa at Cedar Falls on April 22-24, 1982.

 

"Colombia a travŽs de diapositivas," talk presented for Miss Patricia Lupo's Spanish Club meeting at Page High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, invited by Mr. Don Collier, presented on April 23, 1981.

 

"La Espa–a contempor‡nea," lecture presented for Prof. JosŽ S‡nchez-Boudy Spanish 571 Civilization class at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on April 22, 1981.

 

"La exageraci—n como tŽcnica literaria en el Busc—n," paper presented at the Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures, La Chispa, held at Tulane University and sponsored by Tulane University and Louisiana State University on February 26-28,1981.

 

"El censo y los hispanos, problemas y soluciones," paper presented at the Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference held at Clemson University at Clemson, South Carolina, on October 23-25, 1980.

 

"Las ideas literarias en La Dorotea," paper presented at the I Congreso Internacional sobre Lope de Vega y los or’genes del teatro espa–ol held at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient’ficas in Madrid, Spain on June 30 - July 6, 1980.

 

"Hispanics and the 1980 Census," paper presented for an A& T University Symposium on the Census held at the Golden Eagle Motel in Greensboro, organized by Prof. Ehned Fasih of A & T University on March 20, 1980.

 

ÒHispanics in the United States,Ó presented at the HUD offices in Greensboro, North Carolina in celebration of Hispanic week,  Contacted by Ms. Heide Zimmer-Meyer.  Held on October 1, 1980/

 

"Manifiestos chicanos," presented at the Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference held at West Virginia State College in Institute, West Virginia, on October 18-20, 1979.

 

Spoke at a banquet honoring Mexican-American graduating seniors in Waco, Texas, invited by JosŽ A. Martorell, Reverend Father of St. Francis Catholic Church on June 9, 1979.

 

Chaired a section in 18th and 19th century Spanish literature at the Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference held at Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, on October 12-14, 1978.

 

"Lyric Ballad of the 16th and 17th Centuries in Spain," talk invited by Dr. Kathy Kish of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro to speak to her Spanish Ballads class on November 28, 1977.

 

"Amor cortesano en la poes’a de Sor Juana InŽs de la Cruz," paper presented at the Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference held at Tennessee State University at Johnson City, Tennessee, on October 13-15, 1977.

 

"El concepto aristotŽlico de la imitaci—n en el Renacimiento de las letras espa–olas: siglo XVI," paper presented at the VI.o Congreso de la Asociaci—n  Internacional de Hispanistas at the University of Toronto, Canada, on August 22-26 1977.

 

"Conformaci—n de los estudios herrerianos," paper presented at the Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference held at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University at Blacksburg, Virginia, on October 13-26, 1976.

 

"Elementos picarescos en la poes’a sat’rica del Siglo de Oro,"paper presented at the I congreso Internacional sobre la Picaresca, held in Madrid, Spain, under the auspices of the Instituto de Cultura Hisp‡nica and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient’ficas on June 21-27, 1976.

 

Consultant:  Invited back to Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia as a Consultant on the ÒLiving Language MethodÓ of teaching in Spanish.  Held in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages on September 16-17, 1978.,

 

Consultant: Verbal-Active Method for the Department of Modern Foreign Languages.  Invited by B. Stith Clark, Chairperson of Foreign Languages  of Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia on March 12-13, 1976.

 

Discussant for "Herrera y la escuela sevillana: cr’ticos criticones y critiquillos,"  paper presented by Stanko B. Vranich.  Seminar 146: Siglo de Oro Poetics, Fernando de Herrera at the Modern Language Association meetings held in San Francisco on December 26-29, 1975.

 

"Variety and contrast in Garcilaso's First Eclogue," paper presented at the Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference held at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, on October 10-12, 1974.

 

"Spanish in the United States,"  talk presented at Walter Hines Page Senior High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, on November 7, 1973.

 

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