Elzbieta Sklodowska - Washington University, Saint Louis

Elzbieta Sklodowska (PhD Washington University 1983) is a Randolph Family Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. She also serves as General Co-Editor for Latin American Literature for Revista de Estudios Hispánicos. Her fields of interest include nineteenth- and twentieth century Caribbean narrative; literary and cultural theory; Cuban narrative and culture; poetics and politics of memory; testimonial literature. She has published widely on topics pertaining to Spanish American literature (60 articles or book chapters), including the following books: Testimonio hispanoamericano: historia, teoría, poética; La parodia en la nueva novela hispanoamericana (1960-85); Todo ojos, todo oídos: control e insubordinación en la novela hispanoamericana (1895-1935). She has co-authored or co-edited the following books: Huellas de las literaturas hispanoamericanas (co-authored with J. Garganigo, R. de Costa, G. Sabat-Rivers, A. Luiselli, B. Heller); La presencia de la literatura latinoamericana en Polonia (co-authored with Elzbieta Milewska and Irena Rymwid-Mickiewicz); Roberto Fernández Retamar y los estudios latinoamericanos (edited with Ben Heller). Her latest book, published by Iberoamericana-Vervuert is Espectros y espejismos: Haití en el imaginario cubano.