Oscar de la Torre Cueva
Department of History – University of Pittsburgh
WWPH 3702
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
412-849-5231
odc1@****.edu (just put pitt on the blank space)
Education
- 2004 Licenciatura (BA) in History, Universitat de Barcelona; Barcelona, Spain.
- 2007 MA History, University of Pittsburgh.
- Currently PhD Canditate, University of Pittsburgh.
Fields of Interest
- Latin America; Atlantic History; Race, Ethnicity, and Gender.
Teaching Experience
- Spanish-language Practicum, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2005-2006.
- History of U.S. from 1865, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2006-2007.
- Modern Latin America, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2006-2007.
Other Professional Activities
- Editorial Assistant, Hispanic American Historical Review, 2007-2008.
Conference Presentations
- “Darwinisme social i integració indígena a Bolívia, 1880-1920”, in the III Congress of Young Historians, organized by the International Historical Studies Center and the Association of Young Historians of the University of Barcelona, March 2003.
- “Representing Quilombos. A survey on the discourse and practice of black intellectuals and social movements in Brazil, 1910s-1988,” graduate students roundtable, Slavery and Freedom in the Atlantic World: Statutes, Science and the Seas, Ann Arbor, MI, March 2006.
- “A Middle-Class Project: Afro-Brazilian Political Activism in 1927-1937.” XII Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, February 2007.
Publications
- With Canals, Q.; Casals, P.; Guitart, C.; and Ibars, L.: Poll “The State of History”. Analysis. (original title: Encuesta “El Estado de la Historia”. Análisis) Published in electronic format in the site web Historia a Debate, www.h-debate.com , December 2002 (on the net in October 22, 2006).
- “Latinoamericanos en la Zona Bastarda: influencia latinoamericana en la cultura y la política barcelonesas, 1980-2005”, in Osamayor 17, 2006, pp. 81-95.
Fellowships, Awards
o Scholarship of the Ministery of Education, Culture and Sport called Collaboration-Scholarship (Beca-Colaboración) in the term 2003-2004, in the Department of Cultural Anthropology and History of America and Africa.
o Fellowship in Latin American Social and Public Policy granted by the Center for Latin American Studies of the University of Pittsburgh, year 2005-2006.
o Arts and Sciences Social Science Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships, summer 2007.
o Center for Latin American Studies Graduate Student Field Research Grants, summer 2007.
o Andrew W. Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, granted by the School of Arts and Sciences of the U. of Pittsburgh, 2008-09.
Translations
o George Reid Andrews, Afro-Latinoamérica, 1800-2000, Madrid: Iberoamericana Vervuert, 2007. English to Spanish.
Professional Affiliations
o American Historical Association, 2007.
