Faculty Profile for Dr. Carlos Abreu Mendoza
Dr. Carlos Abreu Mendoza
Associate Professor — Dept of World Languages & Literatures
CENT 214
phone: (512) 245-2360
Biography Section
Biography and Education
Carlos Abreu Mendoza was born in Huelva, Spain and earned a B.A. in Spanish Philology from the University of Seville. He holds an M.A. in Hispanic Literature and a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Research Interests
Dr. Abreu Mendoza’s research interests include nineteenth century and contemporary Latin American literature, postcolonial studies, aesthetics, the genealogy of the sublime, and Andean studies. He has co-edited the volume Crítica de la razón andina with anthropologist Denise Y. Arnold (Editorial A Contracorriente, 2018). This book aims to rethink the historical and disciplinary complexity of “lo andino” and the way in which this concept shapes key debates concerning politics, identity and territory in Latin America. Alongside his theoretical interest in Andean Studies, he continues to pursue his long-standing research in Southern Cone contemporary fiction, especially the work of Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges, and Juan José Saer.Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Abreu Mendoza, C. (2020). “José María Samper entre Colombia y Europa: la economía de lo sublime en la literatura de viajes.” Perífrasis, 11, 47–66. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.25025/perifrasis202011.22.03
- Abreu Mendoza, C. (2018). Más allá de la necrografía: una relectura del suicidio en la vida y obra de Horacio Quiroga. Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos, 42(2), 267–290.
- Abreu Mendoza, C., & Arnold, D. Y. (2018). Crítica de la razón andina. Raleigh, United States: Editorial A Contracorriente.
- Abreu Mendoza, C. (2017). La paternidad conciliadora de El entenado: Borges, Di Benedetto y la tradición argentina. Chasqui, 46(2), 161–177.
- Abreu Mendoza, C. (2017). Reading Simón Bolívar’s Delirium: Messianism and its Publics. Modern Language Notes, 132(2), 291–315.
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity. July 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Grant and Proposal Writing Certificate, College of Liberal Arts. November 13, 2019
- Award / Honor Recipient: Buchan Award for Excellence in Scholarship in Spanish, The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. May 1, 2014
Selected Grants
- Abreu Mendoza, Carlos. Awards for Faculty at Hispanic Serving Institutions, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $60000. (Submitted: April 2023, Funded: September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2025). Grant.
- Abreu Mendoza, Carlos (Principal). Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $6560. (Submitted: December 1, 2015). Grant.
- Abreu Mendoza, Carlos (Principal). Mellon Dissertation Fellowship, Institute for the Study of the Americas, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institutional (Higher Ed), $1500. (Submitted: May 1, 2011). Grant.
- Abreu Mendoza, Carlos (Principal). Dana B. Drake and Isabella Payne Cooper Dissertation Research Fellowship for Spanish, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institutional (Higher Ed), $3000. (Submitted: April 1, 2011). Grant.
- Abreu Mendoza, Carlos. Erasmus Scholarship, Institutional (Higher Ed). (Funded: September 2003 - June 2004). Grant.
Selected Service Activities
Editorial Review Board Member
Nineteenth-Century Section / Latin American Studies Association
May 2019-May 2021
Undergraduate Advisor
Rincón Hispano Universitario
August 2017-May 2019
Member
Modern Language Association Delegate Assembly
January 1, 2015-January 1, 2018
Organizer
20th Annual Carolina Conferences on Romance Literatures
August 1, 2013-May 1, 2014
Assessment Coordinator of Spanish
Assessment Coordinator, Spanish Section
August 2023-Present