African and African Diaspora Studies

Aurora G. Morcillo

 

EDUCATION
1995  Ph.D. History (Modern

Spain & Italy and Gender) University of New Mexico

 

COURSES TAUGHT AND DEVELOPED

Historia de España contemporánea (developed for LACC and Modern Languages to implement Spanish across the curriculum at FIU)

The Gendered History of the body

From National-Catholicism To Constitutional Monarchy: Spain ’s Transition To Democracy

 

Introduction to Women’s Studies

 

Feminist Theory

History of Women in Modern Spain

Nationalism, Gender, and Sexuality under Totalitarian Regimes

Historical Research for the Study of Gender and Education

Religion, Sexuality and Gender Roles Western Culture

 

SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS

 

2004                              Provost Research Award FIU $14,000

2002                      Research Scholar  $2,500

Program for Cultural Cooperation

Between Spain 's Ministry of Culture and

United States Universities

University of Minnesota

2000                      Research Scholar $2,500

Program for Cultural Cooperation

Between Spain 's Ministry of Culture and

United States Universities

University of Minnesota

 

PUBLICATIONS

Books
True Catholic Womanhood:
Gender Ideology in Franco Spain
(Dekalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2000)

Chapters in Books
“Uno, Dos,Tres, Cuatro. Women Modern Docile Bodies” in Andrew McFarland and Boria Majumdar eds. Journal Sport in Society, (special issue forthcoming 2007, Routledge)

“Tiempos Modernos. Feminismo Y Lucha Política Durante La II República Y La Guerra Civil” in Pilar Folguera comp. El Feminismo en España ( Madrid: Fundación Pablo Iglesias, forthcoming second edition 2007)

Shaping True Catholic Womanhood: Francoist Educational Discourse on Women" in Victoria Enders and Pamela Radcliff eds., Constructing Spanish Womanhood. Female Identity in Modern Spain (Albany: SUNY Press, 1999)

 

Articles

“ “Walls of Flesh. Spanish Post-War Reconstruction and Public Morality” in Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Volume LXXXIV,Number 6, 2007.

“Women in Portugal and Spain ” Encyclopedia of Women in World History Bonnie Smith ed. ( Oxford University Press)

“Falange” Encyclopedia Of The Modern World ( Oxford University Press, 2008)

“Walls of Flesh. Spanish Post-War Reconstruction and Public Morality” in Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Volume 84, Issue 6 September 2007 , pages 737 – 758

“Women in Portugal and Spain ” Encyclopedia of Women in World History Bonnie Smith ed. ( Oxford University Press, 2008)

“Falange” Encyclopedia Of The Modern World ( Oxford University Press, 2008)

“Did the Spanish Civil War constitute a watershed in the evolving role of women in the modern world?” In History in Dispute vol. The Spanish Civil War Estes and Kowalsky eds. ( Columbia SC: Manly Inc. 2004)

“De todo lo Visible y lo Invisible” in Crítica  Madrid Spring-Summer 2002

“Satire, Journalism, and Madrid's Gedeón: National Images and National Characters in Spanish-American War of 1898 ” Colonial Latin American Historical Review, vol. 8 n.1 winter 1999

"De Olympia de Gouges a nuestros días” Crítica (Junio 1995).

"Nuevas señas de identidad" Crítica (Madrid, 1992)

"Aproximación a un análisis comparativo de la presencia de las mujeres en las universidades norteamericana y española 1939-1950” in La Mujer en Andalucia: Primer Encuentro Interdisciplinar de Estudios de la Mujer (Granada: University of Granada Press, 1990)

"La mujer en la Revolución Francesa: notas sobre un bicentenario" Crítica (Madrid, 1989)

"Por la senda del franquismo" Historia 16 (Madrid, 1988)

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

 

Associate Professor

Women’s Studies/History

Women’s Studies Center

Florida International University

DM216A

Tel (305) 348 1151

Tel (305) 226 47 50 (h)

E-mail: morcillo@fiu.edu 

http://www.fiu.edu/~morcillo