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Laurietz Seda
Associate Professor of Spanish, Latin American and Cultural Studies
 Education
Ph.D, University of Kansas, 1995
Areas of Expertise
Latin American literature of the 20th century with an emphasis on Latin American theater
Contact Information
Office/Hours: Arjona 214 TuTh 10:15-11:25/12:20-1:00 and by appt
Phone: 860-486-3314
E-mail: laurietz.seda_ramirez@uconn.edu
Website
Bio:
Twentieth Century Latin American and Caribbean Literature, postmodernism, globalization, film, drama, women and cultural studies. A recipient of two National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Grants (2000, 2003), professor Seda is the editor of the theatre anthology La nueva dramaturgia puertorriqueña and co-editor of Teatro de frontera11/12. She was the guest editor for a Special Issue on Caribbean Theatre for Latin American Theatre Review (Spring 2004). Professor Seda is member of the editorial board for Latin American Theatre Review, Revista Teatro XXI and Boletín del Archivo Nacional de Teatro y Cine del Ateneo Puertorriqueño. She has also published numerous essays on contemporary Puerto Rican, Cuban, Mexican, Argentine, and Chilean theatre in edited collections and in journals such as Hispanic Journal, Latin American Theatre Review, Gestos, Conjunto, and Revista Teatro XXI. In 2005 she directed and organized the VI Conference/Festival Latin American Theatre Today:Translation, Trangender and Transnationalism. And in the same year she created the Premio de Teatro Latinoamericano George Woodyard. Professor Seda is currently working on a book tentatively titled: Cruzando puentes: La dramaturgia latinoamericana ante la globalización, and is co-editing a book of essays entitled Trans/Acting:The Politics of Performing Latin American Theatre.
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