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Martha C. Galván-Mandujano

Associate Professor of Spanish

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Education

  • Ph.D., Spanish (2015) University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
  • M.A.,  Spanish with a minor in Marketing (2007) Texas A&M University - Commerce Texas
  • B.A., Spanish, Computer Information Systems and minor in Political Science (2000) Texas A&M University - Commerce Texas

Publications

Book Chapter
“Gendered Remembrance, Collective Memory, Memorialization and Forgiveness: Cambodia and Guatemala.” for inclusion in Remembrance and Forgiveness: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Genocide and Mass Violenceco-authored (with JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz), Ajlina Karamechi- Muratovic and Laura Kromjak, eds. Routledge Books, 2020.

Galván-Mandujano, Martha C. “Remembranza de género, memoria colectiva y formas de memorialización después del genocidio de Guatemala.” Descifrando Latinoamérica: Género, Violencia y testimonio. Margarita Peraza-Rugeley and Susana Perea-Fox, eds. chapter from the Universidad Autónoma de Morelos. Mexico, 2019.

Galván-Mandujano, Martha C. “Genocide in Central America: Testimonies of Survivors in Guatemala.” Women and Genocide: Gendered Experiences of Violence, Survival, and Resistance. An Anthology. Eds. JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz and Donna Gosbee. Canadian Scholars’ Press/Women’s Press. Canada, 2016.

Galván-Mandujano, Martha C. and José J. Colín. “Mujeres de Acción: La figura femenina en Adiós muchachos.” Sergio Ramírez: Acercamiento crítico a sus novelas. Ed. José Juan Colín. F&G Editores. Guatemala, 2013. (99-118).

Creative writing
Galván-Mandujano, Martha C. “Turanza, Nebaj.” Pegaso 3 (Fall 2009): 88-89. Galván-Mandujano, Martha C. “Por qué sobreviví.” Pegaso 3 (Fall 2009): 90.

Encyclopedia Entry
Romero, Archbishop Óscar, Murder of (1980). Encyclopedia of U.S. Military Interventions in Latin America. Ed. Alan L. McPherson. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2013. 556-557.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
“Una lectura queer en escritos de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648/1651-1695) y Madre Castillo de Tunja (1671-1742)” for inclusion in Cuaderno Internacional de Estudios Humanísticos y Literatura (International Journal of Humanistic Studies and Literature.

Conference Presentations

“Memorial Museums in Guatemala: The Role of Social Media and Never Again.” Eight Global Conference: A Night Longer than 500 Years: Voice, Memory, and Dignity in Lating America. International Network of Genocide Scholars (INoGS). Mexico City, Mexico, June 26-28, 2022. (with JoAnn DiGeorgio) (Virtually)

“La importancia del caso de Sepur Zarco: La lucha para lograr justicia por los abusos sexuales y la esclavitud doméstica de las mujeres en el Conflicto Interno de Guatemala (1960-1996).” Redes Transatlánticas: Re-presentar y Re-conocer: Cinco siglos de aportes de las mujeres hispánicas.  XXX Congreso de la Asociación de Géneros y Sexualidades (AEGS). Dominican Republic, November 17-21. (Virtually)

“Memorial Museums in Guatemala: The Role of Social Media and ‘Never Again’.” International Association of Genocide Scholars. The 15th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. Barcelona, Spain. July 18-23, 2021. (with JoAnn DiGeorgio) (Virtually)

“Memory Words” and Museums: The Efficacy of Never Again in Guatemala.” Narrating Transitional Justice Conference. Centre for Human Rights and Restorative Justice. McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. Virtually July 29-30, 2021.  (with JoAnn DiGeorgio) (Virtually)

Round Table Discussion on Memory Words and Genocide Museums: The efficacy of Never Again. Liberation War Museum Global Virtual Conference on Commemorating Past Genocide and Learning to Prevent Atrocity Crimes.  Bangladesh. March 12, 2021. (with Pizuar Hossain and JoAnn DiGeorgio) (Virtually)

“Genocide Memorialization: Memory and Gender Identity.” Genocides, Deportations and Massacres: Experiences, (hi)stories and interpretations Conference. Global Institute for Research, Education & Scholarship (GIRES), based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Virtually on November 14-15, 2020 (with JoAnn DiGeorgio)

"How are Perpetrators, Guerrilla Members and Victims portrayed in the Guatemalan Genocide Memorialization Process? International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS). Phnom Penh, Cambodia. July 2019 (with Elle McIntire)

“Representation of Perpetrators in Guatemalan Genocide Memorialization.” 66th Rocky Mountains Council for Latin American Studies (RMCLAS). Santa Fe, New Mexico. April 2019.

Gender and Genocide Memorialization in Guatemala. Why Remember? Memory and Forgetting in Times of War and Its Aftermath Conference. Why Remember? Ruins, Remains and Reconstructions. Sarajevo and Herzegovina, Bosnia. June 2018. Co-presented (with JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz).

Guatemalan Women’s Voices and Roles in the Post-Genocidal Remembrance and Memorialization Process. 13th International Holocaust and Genocide Studies Conference. Middle Tennessee State University. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. April 2018.

Nunca más, Gender and Genocide Memorialization in Guatemala. Copenhagen, Denmark. December 2017. Co-presented (with JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz).

Gendered Remembrance, Collective Memory, and Genocide Memorialization. Women in War 2nd Annual Conference. Yerevan, Armenia. September 2016. Co-presented (with JoAnn DiGeorgio- Lutz).

Lectura queer en “Entrevista con el ángel” de Cristina Peri-Rossi. Asociación de Literatura Femenina Hispánica. 73rd SCMLA. Dallas, Texas. November 2016.

Encrucijada musical: donde el aprendizaje de lenguas, la cultura y tecnología convergen. 2015 Annual ACTFL (American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages) Convention and World Languages Expo. San Diego, CA. November 2015. Co-presented (with Jeannette Sanchez-Naranjo).

“Una lectura queer en escritos de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648/51-1695) y Madre Castillo de Tunja (1671-1742).” Asociación International de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica. Marquette University. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. October 2015.

“Una lectura queer de Desastres íntimos (1997) de Cristina Peri Rossi (1941- ).” Asociación de Literatura Femenina Hispánica. 71st SCMLA. Austin, Texas. October 2014.

“Easy Women vs Queer Characters in Industrial Park (1933) as a Result of Economic Struggle and Sexual Need.” Luso-Afro-Brazilian Language and Literature. 70th SCMLA. New Orleans, Louisiana. October 2013.

“Erotismo y homoerotismo como variable queer en la literatura latinoamericana por mujeres.” 69th SCMLA. San Antonio, Texas. October 2012.

“La ruptura del sistema patriarcal por varios personajes femeninos en ‘Mi abuela fumaba puros y otros cuentos.’” 8th Annual Tierra Tinta Graduate Conference. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. October 2012.

“La función de la cama como cronotopo y símbolo sexual, espacio donde surgen personajes subalternos y subversivos en Realidad nacional desde la cama (1990).” 68th SCMLA. Hot Springs, Arkansas. October2011.

“Diálogo, género epistolar y memoria como estructuras narrativas de Desmoronamiento de Horacio Castellanos Moya.” 7th Annual Tierra Tinta Graduate Conference. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. October2011.

“Visión proto-feminista marxista y socialista ante el matrimonio y el capitalismo en La hija del bandido de Refugio Barragán de Toscano.” 67th SCMLA. Fort Worth, Texas. October 2010.

“Educating Women in Cambodia.” Society for Educating Women - Third International Conference Crossing the Borderlands of Town and Gown.” Albuquerque, New Mexico. July 2010.

“La liberación parcial femenina en dos obras de Gioconda Belli: Mujer habitada y Sofia de los presagios.” 6th Annual Tierra Tinta Graduate Conference. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. October 2010.

Creative Writing: “Turanza, Guatemala.” 4th Annual Tierra Tinta Graduate Conference. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. October 2008.

“Homoerotismo en Mayra Montero.” Céfiro 9th Annual Conference. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. March 2008

“Erotismo físico y emocional en Púrpura profundo (2000) de Mayra Montero.” 3rd Annual Tierra Tinta Graduate Conference. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. October 2007.

“Poetry on Displaced Communities.” A Symposium in Rhetoric: Rhetoric and Culture. Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, Texas. June 2005.

Invited Presentations

Guest Speaker: “Rigoberta Menchu and Mayans in Guatemala.” Survey in Latin American Literature, Modern Languages and Literatures, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. April 7, 2022. (Virtually)

Guest Speaker: “Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz y la vida en el convento.” Modern Languages and Literatures, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. February 2021. (Virtually)

“Current Topics of Research in Guatemala.” World Languages and Cultures Department, WLC 360 course, Cal Poly. February 4, 2021. (Virtually)

“Mujeres de Acción: La figura femenina en Adiós muchachos.” Sergio Ramírez: Acercamiento crítico a sus novelas. “In honor to the visit of former vice president of Nicaragua, renowned novelist, and essayist Sergio Ramirez.” Walton Arts & Ideas Series. University of the Ozarks. March 2015.

“Aprendizaje cooperativo en el aula, las redes sociales como Facebook, Instragram, Pic Collage y los videos.” Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, University of Oklahoma. April 3, 2014.

“Day of the Dead.” Tertulia Events at the University of Oklahoma. November 2013.

“Contemporary Latin American Literature: Eroticism and Homoeroticism in Before Night Falls, Deep Purple, Intimate Disasters and Giving up the Ghost.” Kappa Gamma Epsilon Student Research Day. Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, University of Oklahoma. April 10, 2010.

Guest Speaker: “Homosexuality, Bisexuaity and Travestism in Latinamerican Fictional Works.” Queer Studies Class, Department of Women and Gender Studies/Communication. University of Oklahoma. June 16, 2009.

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