Belen Atienza
Associate Professor, Language, Literature & Culture
Scholarly Interests
Gender Studies, Renaissance and Baroque Spanish Literature, Baroque Painting, Colonial Spanish Literature
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Dr. Atienza received a B.A. from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 1993 and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1995 and 2000, respectively. She has been at Clark since 2003.
Dr. Atienza is currently working on a book tentatively titled Cervantes and the Chameleon: The Story of Shame in Early Modern Spain. While shame is often seen in contemporary culture as simply a painful emotion or even a psychological disorder, in this study she argues that Cervantes’ vision of shame is more complex and closely linked to his nuanced understanding of issues in early modern Spain such as identity, hybridity, secrecy, and the problematic position of excluded minorities such as conversos. She is especially interested in the literary representations of marginal groups—the poor, the ill, the outcast—as well as the conditions in which they lived. Her other research interests include gender and women’s studies, history of theater, pedagogy, and cinema.
Dr. Atienza teaches courses in Spanish language as well as advanced undergraduate courses on Early Modern Spanish literature and history. These courses include the history of madness and the carnivalesque, the Spanish inquisition, the history of gender in the Hispanic World—Spain, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
Degrees
- Ph.D. in Romance Languages, Princeton University, 2000
- M.A. in Romance Languages, Princeton University, 1995
- B.A. in Spanish Philology Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, , 1993
Affiliated Department(s)
- Language, Literature & Culture
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Scholarly and Creative Works
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Una, Las pizarras negras, Mi tierra es una lengua
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2022
Fundacion Armando Duvalier
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San Cristobal Las Casas: Chiapas
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Las hadas que no leen, Las hadas desveladas, Corales de ternura
May
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2022
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Vol. 35
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Issue #392
Alfa & Omega
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Santo Domingo
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Reading at the 15th Hispanic Latino Book Fair of New York
Hispanic Latino Cultural Center of New York (Queens)
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New York City
Oct. 8, 2022
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Tertulia Salarrue (Poetry reading with authors Alberto Lopez Serrano, Josue Moz and Mario Zetino)
Casa Museo Salarrue
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Planes de Renderos (El Salvador)
Jul. 11, 2021
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Presentation of my book Tierra de noches inmensas
Cultural Center of Spain
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San Salvador (El Salvador)
Jul. 9, 2021
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Presentation of my book Tierra de noches inmensas
Fundacion cultural Alkimia/Miercoles de Poesia (Los Tacos de Paco)
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San Salvador (El Salvador)
Jul. 6, 2021
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Reading of selections of my book Tierra de noches inmensas at a round table with three other poets
5th Feria Internacional del libro de New Jersey (virtual event, shared live via Facebook)
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New Jersey
Jun. 6, 2022
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"Una voz migrante: seleccion de prosas y poemas de Belen Atienza"
August
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2021
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Canarias
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Read at the official presentation of my book Tierra de noches inmensas (virtual presentation with talks by editors Susana Reyes and Mario Zetino) (May 5, 2021)
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Virtual Reading Zoom Based
May. 5, 2021
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Para no lastimarte/So As Not to Wound You; Geminis/Twins, Temblor de Agua/Water Trembling
Winter/Spring 2021
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2021
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Mi tierra es una lengua, Quien eres, Temblor de agua, Una
May
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2021
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Tierra de noches inmensas
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2021
Indole
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Mi tierra es una lengua
Eternoretornografo
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2021
Proyecto Editorial La Chifurnia
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Margarita de Austria y el patronazgo como creación poética. Presented at NEMLA
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Boston
Mar. 5, 2020
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Read at the presentation of my first poetry book entitled Tierra de noches inmensas. I read my poetry in Spanish and translator Rhina Espaillat read it in English
Sep. 9, 2020
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Read ten poems at the International Poetry Festival Amada Libertad
Festival Internacional de Poesía Amada Libertad
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El Salvador
Nov. 12, 2020
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Read a selection of my poetry at the International Poetry Festiva LaOtra FIL
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Guadalajara, México
Dec. 2, 2020
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La soledad es oficio/Solitude is a Life's Work
November
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2020
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Vol. 72
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"El Madrid de Cervantes: gitanos y payos en plazas e iglesias". Presented at a panel entitled La ciudad plural. NEMLA Annual Conference
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Washington DC: USA
Mar. 26, 2024
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Memoria, olvido y trauma en La gitanilla de Cervantes. Presented at the Women of the Mediterranean: Memory (Conference)
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Sorrento: Italy
Jun. 4, 2019
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Cinco poemas de B. Atienza
October
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2019
Letralia
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Women in the Mediterranean: Dinamiche di Potere (peer reviewed volume)
Chapter: "El canto y el llanto de la mujer gitana: a propósito de La gitanilla de Cervantes".Published by Casa Editrice Rocco Carabba
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2018
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Macbeth Sandinista: Testimonio y crítica en la dramaturgia de Polo Keratry
Published in Paso de Gato. Revista de experimentación teatral
Summer
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2016
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Saltaparedes
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2011
El taller del Poeta
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El loco en el espejo. Locura y melancolia en la Espana de Lope de Vega
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2009
Rodopi
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Awards & Grants
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Seminar and Practicum for Translating Contemporary Dominican/American Poetry From English to Spanish: Technical and Cross-Cultural Issues with Rhina Espaillat
Faculty Development Fund
May. 19, 2022 - Jul. 31, 2023
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Faculty Travel Fund
Jun. 4, 2019
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Funding to present paper at NEMLA Boston 2020
Higgins School of the Humanities
Mar. 3, 2020
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Support to Travel to El Salvador and Edit poetry book
Higgins School of the Humanities
Jan. 1, 2020
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