Orange Alert

Syracuse University, College of Arts and Sciences

Alicia B. Ríos

Alicia B. Ríos

Alicia B. Ríos

Associate Professor, Spanish

CONTACT

Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
323B HB Crouse Hall
Email: abrios@syr.edu

PROGRAM AFFILIATIONS

Latino-Latin American Studies
Spanish Language Literature and Culture

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Latin American Literature, University of Maryland (1992)
  • M.A., Latin American and Spanish Literature, University of Maryland (1984)
  • B.A., Literature, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas (1981)

Courses Taught

  • SPA 301 Approaches to Reading Texts
  • SPA 322 Introduction to Latin American Literature
  • SPA 400 Bolívar in Film
  • SPA 462 Border Cultures
  • SPA 498 Citizenship and Urban Violence in Latin America
  • SPA 600 Nation(s) and Citizenship(s) in Latin America
  • SPA 686 Thinking/Writing the Nation
  • SPA 687 Home, Nostalgia, and Passion: Revisiting “Foundational Fictions”
Research and Teaching Interests

Professor Ríos specializes in 19th century Latin America, as well as Literary and Cultural Theory. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on Latin American literature and culture. Her most recent book is Nacionalismos banales: el culto a Bolívar. Literatura, cine, arte y política en América latina (Iberoamericana-IILI, 2013). With Ana del Sarto and Abril Trigo, she is the co-editor of The Latin American Cultural Studies Reader (Duke UP, 2004). Ríos current research focus on representations of Venezuela’s War of Independence and Race in literature and film.

Books
Career
  • Associate Professor, Spanish, Syracuse University, 2006-present.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Language and Literature, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, 2004-2005.
  • Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Stanford University, 2002-2003.
  • Mellon Fellow, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Stanford University, 2000-2002.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Language and Literature, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, 1994-2002.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Connecticut, 1989-1993.
News
Recognitions Roll in for LLL Faculty

(Jan. 28, 2015)

Syracuse professors occupy top positions at Modern Language Association, International Association of World Englishes, and Linguistic Society of America

Scholarly Articles
  • “El general en su laberinto de Gabriel García Márquez: veinte años después.” Latin American Literary Review [Pittsburgh] 76.38 (2010): 71-105.
  • “Los Estudios Culturales Latinoamericanos (¡sigamos con el debate!).” Nuevo Texto Crítico [Stanford] 25/28 (2000-2001, published 2005): 161-67.
  • “La tradición culturalista en América Latina.” Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Avanzados-Relea [Caracas] 14 (2003): 169-83.
  • “La guerra y la prensa: aparatos de captura del Estado republicano.” Estudios [Caracas] 11 (1998): 107-18.
  • “El Correo del Orinoco: prensa y nación en la Venezuela independentista.” Estudios [Caracas] 9 (1997): 127-38.
  • “Narrativa venezolana inédita: la generación de la democracia.” Hispamérica [Maryland] 76/77 (1997): 161-87.
  • “Bello, Bolívar y Rodríguez: trinomio fundacional.” Estudios [Caracas] 6 (1995): 369-80.
  • “Los fundadores de una escritura nacional: Andrés Bello, Simón Bolívar y Simón Rodríguez.” Historia y Cultura [Cartagena] 2 (1994): 109-21.
  • “Los años de 1810 a 1830 en la Historiografía Venezolana.” Bolivarium [Caracas] III-3 (1994): 315-40.
  • “Oviedo y Baños: los difusos límites entre la historia y la literatura.” Eidos [Caracas] 9 (1994): 49-59.
  • “La época de la independencia en la narrativa venezolana de los ochenta.” Hispamérica [Maryland] 64/65 (1993): 49-54.
  • “La idea de nación y cultura nacional en las primeras constituciones venezolanas.” Translations Perspectives [Binghamton] VI (1991): 235-40.
Book Chapters
  • “El Gran Dispensador by Manuel Trujillo: The Weaknesses of the National Hero.” Simón Bolívar: Travels & Transformations of a Cultural Icon. Maureen G. Shanahan and Ana María Reyes, eds. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2016. 169-182.
  • “Otro Bolívar. Relecturas del héroe patrio.” Literatura, prácticas críticas y transformación cultural. Jalla-2006 Bogotá. Carmen Elisa Acosta, Carolina Alzate, et al. eds. Bogotá: Universidad de Los Andes-Pontificia Universidad Javeriana-Universidad Nacional, vol. II, 2008. 65-79.
  • “Gestar la nación: prensa y cultura en el siglo XIX.” Nación y literatura: itinerarios de la palabra en la cultura venezolana. Carlos Pacheco, Luis Barrera Linares, and Beatriz González-Stephan, eds. Caracas: Fundación Bigott, 2006. 177-85.
  • “Los estudios culturales y el estudio de la cultura en América Latina.” Prácticas intelectuales latinoamericanas en cultura y poder. Daniel Mato, ed. Caracas: CLASCO, 2002. 247-54.
  • “Venezuela entre 1810 y 1830: las diversas concepciones de lo nacional.” Esplendores y miserias del siglo XIX. Cultura y Sociedad en América Latina. Beatriz González Stephan, et al. eds. Caracas: Monte Avila Latinoamericana-Equinoccio, 1995. 139-58.
  • “De El Carnero a Crónica de una muerte anunciada.” En el punto de mira: Gabriel García Márquez. Ana María Hernández ed. Madrid: Pliegos, 1985. 251-59.
Edited Collections
  • Special Dossier. “Lectores y lecturas del siglo XIX latinoamericano.” Cuadernos de Literatura [Bogotá] 39 (2016): 54-228.
  • Special issue. “Homenaje a Angel Rama.” Estudios [Caracas] 22/23 (2004): 9-15.
  • Special issue. “Los estudios culturales latinoamericanos.” Alicia Ríos, Ana del Sarto, and Abril Trigo, eds. Revista Iberoamericana [Pittsburgh] 203 (2003): 323-331.
  • Especial issue. “El nuevo archivo de la cultura.” Estudios [Caracas] 11 (1998).
Translations (English into Spanish)
  • Ahmad, Aijaz. “'Literatura del Tercer Mundo' e ideología nacionalista.” Cultura y Tercer Mundo 1. Cambios en el saber académico. Beatriz González-Stephan, ed. Caracas: Nueva Sociedad, 1996. 61-98.
  • Jameson, Fredric. “A propósito de los 'Estudios Culturales'.” Cultura y Tercer Mundo 1. Cambios en el saber académico. Beatriz González-Stephan, ed. Caracas: Nueva Sociedad, 1996. 167-232.
  • Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. “Responsabilidad.” Cultura y Tercer Mundo 2. Nuevas identidades y ciudadanías. Beatriz González-Stephan, ed. Caracas: Nueva Sociedad, 1996. 49-119.
Editorial Board
  • Alter/nativas. Revista de Estudios Culturales Latinoamericanos. The Ohio State University (2013 to present).
  • Member of the Adhoc Committee for Revista Iberoamericana. University of Pittsburgh (2011 to present).
  • Symposium. A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures. Syracuse University (2010 to present).
  • Revista Estudios. Departamento de Lengua y Literatura, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas (1998 to present).
  • Member of the “Review Committee” for Revista Iberoamericana. University of Pittsburgh (2002-2007).
  • Revista Argos. División de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas (1999-2000).
Other Related Work Experience
  • Executive Committee, Division on Latin American Literature from Independence to 1900, Modern Language Association (MLA) (2015-2020).
  • Executive Committee, Venezuelan Studies Section, Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (2017-2019).
  • Executive Committee, Venezuelan Studies Section, Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (2014-2016).
  • Spanish Section Coordinator, Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, Syracuse University. (2015-1017).
  • Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Arts and Science, Syracuse University (2012-1013).
  • Graduate Advisor, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Syracuse University (2006-2013).
  • Steering Committee, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean (PLACA), Syracuse University (2009-2012).
  • Faculty Representative for the College of Arts and Sciences, University Senate (2009-2010).
  • Senate Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Syracuse University (2009-2010).
  • Consejo Asesor, Coordinación del Postgrado de Literatura Latinoamericana, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas (2004-2005).
  • Consejo Asesor, Coordinación del Postgrado de Literatura Latinoamericana, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas (1997-2000).
  • Researcher for “Programa de capacitación y actualización para docentes de Básica y Media Diversificada en el área de Lenguaje”. Dirección de Extensión Universitaria, Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas (1994).
  • Active faculty member of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs (1989-1993)
  • Graduate Assistant, National FLES* Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Summer 1988).
  • Technical Assistant, Prismal-Cabral, Literary Magazine of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Maryland, College Park (1982-1985).
  • Assistant Director of the Amateur Theater Group "UCAB 8", Caracas (1978-1979).