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  • Julian Montague to speak
  • Students, faculty in Scrabble tournament
  • Learned lunch: Morocco
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  • Blog launched to prepare March Italian philosophy conference
  • Madrid architect to speak in RLL
  • French play staged December 1st
  • Moreiras addresses Humanities Institute

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Ramón Soto-Crespo

Ramón Soto-Crespo

Assistant Professor
Office: 933 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2191 x 1199
Email: rs55@buffalo.edu
Website: Personal site

Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Purdue University in 1996

Areas of Specialization

  • Latina/o and Caribbean literature, Continental philosophy, psychoanalysis, and queer studies

Publications

  • articles on Caribbean literature, Marxism, and psychoanalysis in MLN, Contemporary Literature, Textual Practice, Modern Fiction Studies, and in Homosexuality and Psychoanalysis (U of Chicago P).

Current Research Projects

  • a manuscript entitled Caribbean Troubles: Queer Writing, Nationhood, and the Diaspora, 1959-1997

Frequently Taught Courses:

  • courses on Latina/o and Caribbean literature and culture, Latin American literature, queer, cultural, and psychoanalytic theory

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