Fernando Arenas

Curriculum Vitae

Department Affiliations

Ph.D.: Luso-Brazilian Literatures, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1994.

Arenas, Fernando. Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence. University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Arenas, Fernando. Utopias of Otherness: Nation and Subjectivity in Portugal and Brazil. University of Minnesota Press, 2003.
Susan C. Quinlan and Fernando Arenas. Lusosex: Gender and Subjectivity in the Portuguese-Speaking World. University of Minnesota Press, 2002.

“Between Migration and Citizenship: Cultural Imaginings at the Borderlines of Africa and Europe“: 2010-11
Guggenheim Fellowship: Globalization, Postcolonialism, and the Cultures of Lusophone Africa, 2005 - 2006
Grant in Aid in Research, Artistry, and Scholarship, Graduate School, University of Minnesota : For research in Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, and Sí£o Tomé & Príncipe, 1999 - 2000

Visiting Professor of Brazilian and Lusophone African Studies: Harvard University, Department of Romance Language & Literatures , 2003
Visiting Professor of Portuguese and Angolan Literature: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , 2002
Guest Lecturer: Brown University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Kennesaw State University, Smith College, University of Arizona, University of Chicago, UC Berkeley, UMass-Dartmouth, University of Michigan, University of Texas at Austin , 2002 - 2010
Member, Executive Committee: Portuguese Division, Modern Language Association , 2002 - 2006

Guest Speaker, Discussion Facilitator, Interpreter: Walker Art Center (Film Program), 1999 - 2009
Consultant, Wilson Library: Acquistions in Portuguese, Lusophone African, and Brazilian Cultures, 1995 - 2010
Consultant, Language Center, University of Minnesota: DVD/Video Acquistions from Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa, 1995 - 2010