2020-21
Sophie Maríñez
Sophie Maríñez is a 2021 Mellon/ACLS Fellow and a recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award at Borough of Manhattan Community College, where she is a professor of Modern Languages and Literatures. She is also an NEH awardee, a CUNY William P. Kelly Research Fellow, and a former Faculty Fellow at the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics of the Graduate Center, CUNY. During her residence at UConn in Fall 2021, Maríñez presented a talk and workshopped a chapter from her book project, Spirals in the Caribbean: Representing Violence in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Alejandro de la Guerra
Alejandro de la Guerra is a Nicaraguan artist and art teacher. His residence at UConn was sponsored by the Artist Protection Fund of the IIE as well as UConn's Human Rights Institute and School of Fine Arts. The main thematic point of reference of de la Guerra’s art is historical memory. Examples of his work may be seen at his Website and blogspot. De la Guerra experimented with new media while at UConn, and also mounted exhibits of his work, participated in group shows, and gave a memorable performance/talk with fellow Nicaraguan performance artist, Elyla, about activist art in Nicaragua and Central America.
