Elizabeth Monasterios
Chair, Professor of Latin American Literature, Co-editor of the Bolivian Studies Journal
Biography
Prof. Monasterios is co-editor of the Bolivian Studies Journal, Contributing Editor for the Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress), and has served as contributor and/or section coordinator for the Literary Cultures of Latin America. A Comparative History (Oxford University Press, 2004), A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture (Blackwell Publishing, 2008), and A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures in Continental Europe and its Empires (Edinburgh University Press, 2008). She is also a founding member of JALLA (Jornadas Andinas de Literatura Latinoamericana), and invited faculty for the Postgrado en Literatura Latinoamericana at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés.
Degrees
- PhD, University of Toronto
Selected Publications
- "La vanguardia plebeya del Titikaka. Gamaliel Churata y otras beligerancias estéticas en los Andes." La Paz and Lima: IFEA/Plural (2015).
- No pudieron con nosotras. El desafío del feminismo autónomo de Mujeres Creando. Editor and contributor. La Paz: Plural Editores (2006).
- Dilemas de la poesía latinoamericana de fin de siglo: José Emilio Pacheco y Jaime Saenz. La Paz: Plural Editores (2001).
- Con tanto tiempo encima: aportes de Literatura Latinoamericana en homenaje a Pedro Lastra. Editor and contributor. La Paz: Plural Editores (1997).
- Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos (Special Issue). Vol. XXVI. 1. Co-editor and contributor (2002).
Areas of Specialization
Andean Studies, Bolivian Studies, Latin American poetry and philosophy, postcolonial studies, cultural theory of colonialism and anti-colonialism