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Edgar Illas | Faculty
Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Office: Ballantine Hall 875
TEL:
Email: eillas
Education
Ph.D., 2007, Duke University
B.A., 1999, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Specializations
- Contemporary Catalan and Spanish Culture
- Theories of Architecture
- Post-Marxism and Deconstruction
- Postmodernism/Globalization
Selected Publications
- Postmodern Barcelona (under review, Duke UP.)
- “Short Stories against Barcelona’s Urban Transformation.” Transtext(e)s Transcultures. Journal of Global Cultural Studies 3 (2007): 84-97. (http://www.transtexts.net)
- “Visca la mort del català! Una proposta modesta per a les llengües minoritàries.” Dissidences. Hispanic Journal of Theory and Criticism. On line. Internet: 15/09/05 (http://www.dissidences.org/MortDelCatala.html).
- “Marià Vayreda: el carlisme reciclat i l’inconscient català.” El Contemporani13 (2004): 27-32. (Spanish version: “Marià Vayreda: el carlismo reciclado y el inconsciente catalán.” Res publica. Revista de filosofía política 13-14 (2004): 87-96.)
- El gel de bany sobre l’esponja(novel) (Barcelona: Columna, 2003). Literary Prize Finalist, “La primera columna.”
Honors and Awards
- Bass Instructorship, Graduate School, Duke University, 2006-7.
- “Premi Extraordinari,” 1st in Class of 1999, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Current Research Projects
- Mapping Catalan Ideologies
- Nature and Architecture: From Gaudí to Gehry
