Alberto Moreiras
Regular Visiting Professor of Spanish
Office: 907 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2191 x 1184
Email: moreiras@buffalo.edu
Website: Personal site
Areas of Specialization
- Latin American literature and philosophy
Select publications
- Pensar en/la postdictadura. (Co-edited with Nelly Richard.) Santiago: Cuarto Propio, 2001.
- The Exhaustion of Difference. The Politics of Latin American Cultural Studies. Durham: Duke University Press, 2001. Translation into Portuguese published at Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Press (2001): A exaustão da diferença. A política dos estudos culturais latinoamericanos.
- Tercer espacio: Duelo y literatura en América Latina. Santiago: Arcis-LOM, 1999. Translation into English pending publication: "Third Space: Literary Mourning in Latin America," Duke University Press, [Fall 2002].
- Interpretación y diferencia. Madrid: Visor, 1992 [copyright 1991].
- La escritura política de José Hierro. Estudio y Antología. Ferrol: Esquío, 1987.
- "Cultura y politica." In Santiago de Chile: Palinodia, [2005]
- "Piel de lobo: Morfología de la razón imperial." In Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, [2005]
- "The Non-Subject of the Political: Subalternity and Deconstruction" [Planned completion Fall 2005]
- "The Future of Utopia." (Co-edited with Fredric Jameson). [2005]
- "Mexican Thrillers" (Co-authored with John Kraniauskas) [2006]
- "The Spain Reader." (Co-authored with Teresa Vilarós and José Luis Villacañas). [2006]]
- "María Zambrano/Walter Benjamin/Hanna Arendt/Simone Weil: A Study of Philosophico-Political Marginality." [2007]
Current Research Projects
- Work in progress:
Frequently Taught Courses
- Latin American novels
- Jorge Luis Borges
- International crime fiction
Professional Activities
- Member of the Editorial Board, Revista de estudios hispánicos.
- Member of the Editorial Board, South Atlantic Quarterly.
- Member of the Editorial Board, La tribuna.
- Member of the Editorial Board, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispanicos.
- Member of the Editorial Board, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies.
- Executive Editor, Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies.