Silvia Serrano, Student of Center for Latin American Caribbean Studies and Romance Studies

Please note: Silvia has left the "Center for Latin American Caribbean Studies" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

PhD Candidate in Latin American Studies
Romance Studies Department

Research Interests: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Latin American Cultural and Literary Studies; Intersections of Literature and Media in 20^th century Latin America; Media and Social Change; Vernacular Culture; Andean Rural Cultural Productions.

Education:

M.A. Spanish and Latin American Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2014

M.A. Humanities, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, PA, 2011

B.A. Communication and Media Studies, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá

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Web Page:	http://romancestudies.duke.edu/people?Gurl=%2Faas%2FRomance&Uil=silvia.serrano&subpage=profile

Teaching (Spring 2024):

• SPANISH 301.01, ADV SPANISH WRITING Synopsis

  Crowell 107, MW 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

• SPANISH 303.05, INTRO CULTURAL STUDIES Synopsis

  West Duke 202, MW 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

• SPANISH 203.01, INTERMEDIATE SPANISH Synopsis

  Friedl Bdg 126, MWF 08:45 AM-09:45 AM

• SPANISH 203.08, INTERMEDIATE SPANISH Synopsis

  West Duke 106, MWF 03:20 PM-04:20 PM

• SPANISH 301.03, ADV SPANISH WRITING Synopsis

  Class Bldg 135, TuTh 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

Education:

Ph.D.	Duke University	2019
M.A.	Penn State Harrisburg	2011
A.B.	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia)	2000

Specialties:

Spanish
Latin-American Studies
Modern and Contemporary

Recent Publications

1. Serrano, S, Weaving Words and Meanings for the Colombian Countryside: Jorge Velosa’s Carranguera Lyrics., in Territories of Conflict Traversing Colombia Through Cultural Studies (April, 2017), Boydell & Brewer, ISBN 1580465803  [abs]
2. Serrano, S, Wearing Ruana and Tie: Trino Epaminondas Tuta Negotiates Power and His Rural Origins in the City., Revista De Estudios Colombianos no. 48 (December, 2016)
3. Serrano, S, Review of Aurality: Listening and Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century Colombia, CROLAR, Critical Reviews on Latin American Research, vol. 4 no. 2 (August, 2015), pp. 30-32