Nicasio Urbina

Professor of Latin American Literature. Director of Graduate Studies.
715 Old Chemistry Building
513-556-1838
nicasio.urbina@uc.edu
http://homepages.uc.edu/~urbinan

Professional Summary

Prof. Nicasio Urbina works on literary criticism of contemporary Latin-American literature, with emphasis in Central American literature. He has particular interest in genre theory, semiotics and narratology. He has taught seminars on humor, myth and violence in their multiples literary manifestations. He also writes short stories, poetry and novel. He considers writing to be a reflexive and personal exercise that can have universal implications and fundamental teachings. For him literature is the best ambassador amongst peoples, helping to their mutual understanding and peaceful coexistence. Prof. Urbina is also interested in the development of educational programs at all levels, educational policies and training programs.

Education

Ph.D. Spanish, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1987 (Latin American Literature).

Invited Presentations

Nicasio Urbina (2007). Lectura del “Soneto a Granada” de Pablo Antonio Cuadra. III Festival Internacional de Poesía de Granada, Granada, Nicaragua.

Nicasio Urbina (2007). Innovaciones en los cuentos de Ruben Dario. V Simposio Internacional Ruben Dario, Leon, Nicaragua.

Nicasio Urbina (2006). Ruben Dario y la idea de Nicaragua. Ruben Dario: A Sympsium, Hofstra University.

Nicasio Urbina (2006). Salomón de la Selva. De la Vanguardia al neoclasicismo. Instituto Nicaraguense de Cultura Hispanica, Managua, Nicaragua.

Nicasio Urbina (04/18/2008). Exilio y frontera: La literatura centroamericana en EEUU. South Texas College.

Nicasio Urbina (2008). "The Silent Boom: The New Central American Novel." Keynote Address at the 4th Annual Conference on Latin American, Spanish and Luso-Brazilian Literatures. . Conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma..

Nicasio Urbina (2007). Lucha de poder en las novelas de Sergio Ramírez. Universidad de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador.

Nicasio Urbina (2007). Darío y la invención de Nicaragua. Universidad de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador.

Nicasio Urbina (2009). Myth in Ruben Dario's Works. VII Annual Symposioum on Ruben Dario, Leon, NIcaragua.

Nicasio Urbina (2009). El Gueguence qas Myth and Prototext in Nicaraguan literarature" . International Conference on El Gueguence, Diriamba, NIcaragua.

Lectures

Nicasio Urbina (2008). Language and Thought. Language and Power. Freshman Seminar on Language, UC.

Paper Presentations

Nicasio Urbina. La seducción de la novela: El pergamino de la seducción de Gioconda Belli. Latin American Studies Association, Montreal, Canada. 2007.

NIcasio Urbina. Metafísica de la presencia en “Soneto a Granada” de Pablo Antonio Cuadra. 28th Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, Cincinnati. 2008.

Nicasio Urbina. El boom silencioso: la nueva novela centroamericana. XXXVII Congress of the Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana, Puebla, Mexico. 2008.

Nicasio Urbina. Alfonso Cortes: Entre la locura y la poesía. V INternational Poetry Festival, Granada, Nicaragua. 2009.

Nicasio Urbina. "La nueva novela centroamericana: método de análisis y corpus. 62nd Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, Kentucky. 2009.

Events Organized

Cincinnati Conference on Ramance Languages and Literatures (05/07/2009 to 05/09/2009), Netherland Hilton Hotel, Cincinnati..

Student Advising

Arturo Gutuerrez, Doctoral, Dissertation ,Committee Member, Completed 05-2009.

Marcelo Rioseco, Doctoral, Dissertation ,Chair, Completed 10-1008.

Julio Quintero, Doctoral, Dissertation ,Chair, Completed 05-2008.

Sandra Alzate, Doctoral, Dissertation ,Chair, Completed 04-2008.

Maria Inez Ortiz, Doctoral, Dissertation ,Committee Member, Completed 05-2007.

Courses Taught

15-SPAN-854 LA SHORT STORY I .

15-RLL-762 INTRO GRAD STUDIES .

15-LAS-421 SR INT STDS LAT AM .

15-RLL-764 PROF PRACTICES.

15-SWLC-803 TOPICS LIT THRY II.

15-LAS-403 INDIV WORK LAT AM.

15-LAS-402, Individual work in LAS.