Roberto Diaz Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Comparative Literature Contact Information E-mail: rdiaz@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-1271 Office: THH 374 LINKS Curriculum Vitae

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Tenure Track Appointments

• Associate Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, University of Southern California, 1999-  
• Assistant Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, University of Southern California, 1994-1999  
• Assistant Professor of Spanish, Bates College, 1992-1994  

Visiting and Temporary Appointments

• Visiting Associate Professor of Spanish, University of California, Los Angeles, Spring 2001   

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Conferences and Other Presentations

Conference Presentations

• ""Eva Perón y la ópera"", Peronismo and the Aesthetics of Power, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Los Angeles, California, University of Southern California, Invited, 2006-2007   
• ""La sátira, la ópera y la novela: Comunidades de Alejo Carpentier"", Dixième Colloque International du Centre de Recherches Interuniversitaires sur les Champs Culturels , Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed , Paris, France, CRICCAL / Institut du Mexique, 2006-2007   
• ""Mercedes Merlin y Maria Malibran: la ópera, el Atlántico y el cosmopolitismo"", Journées d’études sur les Voyageurs Français dans les Amériques, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Amiens, France, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Invited, 2006-2007   
• ""Transatlantic Deficits; or, Alberto Vilar at the Royal Opera House"", Conference on Europe and Its Others, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed , St. Andrews, Scotland, University of St. Andrews, 2006-2007   
• ""Abducting Europe: Havana and the Transports of Opera, 1833-1851"", Conference on the Iberian Atlantic, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed , Liverpool, England, University of Liverpool, 2005-2006   
• ""Opera and the Republic: Sounds of Cuba"", Talk/Oral Presentation, , Victoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Universidad de San Andrés, Invited, 2005-2006   
• ""The New World Afterlife of Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Opera Librettist"", Conference on Icons and Iconoclasts: 1603-1714, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed , Aberdeen, Scotland, University of Aberdeen, 2005-2006   

Other Presentations

• ""Borges and the Craft of Writing in Latin America"", The Arts in Latin America, Urban Education Project, LAUSD / LACMA, Los Angeles, California, Fall 2007   
• ""Conversación con Álvaro Vargas Llosa"", Celebration of José Martí, Patronato José Martí, Los Angeles, California, Spring 2006   
• ""España en la ópera"", Spanish Teachers in Los Angeles, Spanish Resource Center, USC, Los Angeles, California, Spring 2006   

Publications

Book

• Diaz, R. I. "Abductions of Opera: Passion and Absence in Latin America, 1701-2005". Abductions of Opera: Passion and Absence in Latin America, 1701-2005.

Conference Proceeding

• Diaz, R. I. (2007). "Transatlantic Deficits; or, Alberto Vilar at the Royal Opera House.
• Diaz, R. I. (2005). "Mercedes Merlin, la ópera y Reinaldo Arenas". Actas del XXXV Congreso de Literatura Iberoamericana/Universite de Poitiers.

Journal Article

• Diaz, R. I. (2007). "The Spirit of Cuba and the Ghost of Opera". Symposium. Vol. 61.1, pp. 57-74.
• Diaz, R. I. (2004). "Silencios de Caruso o la ópera en La Habana". América: Cahiers du CRICCAL. Vol. 31, pp. 153-59.

Honors and Awards

• Rockefeller Foundation, Residency at the Bellagio Study Center, 2/3/2008-3/4/2008  

Service to the Profession

Committees

• Member, Executive Committee on Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature, Modern Language Association, 01/01/2006-