INVITACIÓN

La Comisión Fulbright tiene el agrado de invitar a usted a una charla informativa acerca de los programas de posgrado que ofrece la University of Maryland – College Park en las distintas áreas del saber. La charlaestará a cargo del Dr. Charles Caramello, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School, University of Maryland, y tambiéncontará con la presencia de Valerie Woolston, Executive Director, Office of International Initiatives, the Graduate School, University of Maryland, y SaúlSosnowski, Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture, University of Maryland.

La University of Maryland – College Park es uno de los principales centros de educación de posgrado e investigación en EE.UU. Ofrece sobre 200 programas de posgrado, incluyendo 83 programas de doctorado. En la actualidad cuenta con cerca de 11.000 estudiantes de posgrado en sus aulas y otorga aproximadamente 600 doctorados y 2.200 magíster por año.

La charla informativa se llevará a cabo el marte 19 de noviembre de 13:00 a 14:00horas en la sede de la Comisión Fulbright, ubicada en Av. Providencia 2331, oficina 902. La presentación será en inglés.

Para inscribirse enviar un correo electrónico a la dirección becas@fulbright.cl indicando su nombre y el  área de estudio de su interés.  Cuposlimitados.

 Más información en : www.fulbright.cl

CV de comitiva de U. Maryland

Charles Caramello

Dr. Charles Caramello is Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School at University of Maryland, a position he assumed in 2006.  Prior to that, he was Chair of the Department of English from 1998 to 2006, and, concurrently, Director of the Comparative Literature Program from 2003 to 2006. He holds academic appointments as Professor of English, Affiliate Professor of Comparative Literature, and Affiliate Professor of American Studies.  Dean Caramello earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in English from the University of Wisconsin, and his B.A. in English and Religion from Wesleyan University.  His research and teaching interests center on modern American literature in comparative contexts. He is the author of Silverless Mirrors: Book, Self, and Postmodern American Fiction (1983), Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and the Biographical Act (1996), and numerous book chapters, articles, and reviews. Dean Caramello has been a Fellow of the National Humanities Center and the Center for Humanities at Wesleyan University.  Under Dean Caramello’s leadership, the Graduate School has instituted numerous new fellowship, awards, and travel grant programs for graduate students  and faculty.He has conducted a thorough 18-month review of the university’s ~80 doctoral programs, and has established Graduate School Offices for International Initiatives and for Diversity Initiatives.

Valerie Woolston

Valerie Woolston is Executive Director, Office of International Initiatives , The Graduate School, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.  She joined the Graduate School in 2010.   Previously, she served as Director of International Education Services at the University of Maryland for over 30 years where she managed a comprehensive service office for international students and scholars and education abroad opportunities for enrolled University students.   Throughout her career, she was a leader in several educational associations, including NAFSA: Association of International Education.  She has written many articles and books on international education.  She continues to be active in international educational associations.  She presents sessions at national and regional conferences, mentors young administrators, and serves on national and university committees.  She holds degrees from the University of Maryland.

SaúlSosnowski

Born and raised in Buenos Aires, he is Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture at the University of Maryland, College Park; was Director of the Latin American Studies Center (which he founded in 1989) until 2009, and from 2000 to 2011, the University’s Associate Provost for International Affairs.  Since 2012 he is Senior Faculty Advisor on International Initiatives at The Graduate School.  Publications: Books: Julio Cortázar: una búsqueda mítica; Borges y la Cábala: la búsqueda del Verbo (translatedintoPortuguese and German); La orilla inminente: escritores judíos-argentinos, Fascismo y nazismo en las letras argentinas (co-author, with Leonardo Senkman);over 80 articles; editor orco-editor of 17 volumes. Founder and Editor of the literary journal Hispamérica, currently in its 42^nd year of continuous publication, he also serves on the boards of five scholarly journals.  Borges y la Cábala: senderos del Verbo, with Argentine artist MirtaKupferminc (Buenos Aires, ArtesGráficas, 2006)  led to major exhibitions in Buenos Aires, São Paulo, and the US.  In 1995 he launched the project “A Culture for Democracy in Latin America,” and in March 2001, in Buenos Aires, “New Leadership for a Democratic Society.”  His lectures and publications for over a decade have centered on issues of civil education, democracy and conflict management, and cultural politics with a focus on Latin America.