Curriculum Vitae - University of Minnesota
Curriculum Vitae - University of Minnesota
Curriculum Vitae - University of Minnesota
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Employment<br />
Antonio Y. Vázquez-Arroyo – <strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Vitae</strong><br />
Current: Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Political Science, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Minnesota</strong> 2008-present<br />
Previous: Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong> Political Science, Virginia Tech, 2005-08<br />
Visiting Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong> Puerto Rican/Latin American Studies, John Jay<br />
College, CUNY, 2003-05<br />
Instructor, Social Thought and Political Economy Program, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Massachusetts at<br />
Amherst, 1999-2003<br />
Education: Ph.D. <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Massachusetts, Amherst (Political Science), May 2004<br />
B. A. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (Political Science, Magna Cum Laude), May<br />
1997<br />
Books<br />
• Scenes <strong>of</strong> Responsibility: Responding to Power and Suffering in a Post-Political Age (Under<br />
Review)<br />
Journal Articles (Refereed)<br />
• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “Democracy Today: Four Maxims,” Theory and Event<br />
13:2 (June 2010)<br />
• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “Minima Humana: Adorno, Exile, and the Dialectic,”<br />
Telos 149 (Winter 2009): 105-125<br />
• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “Universal History Disavowed: On Critical Theory<br />
and Postcolonialism,” Postcolonial Studies 11: 4 (December 2008): 451-473<br />
• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “Liberal Democracy and Neoliberalism: A Critical<br />
Juxtaposition,” New Political Science 30: 2 (June 2008): 127-159<br />
• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “Responsibility, Violence, and Catastrophe,”<br />
Constellations 15:1 (March 2008): 98-125<br />
• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “Re-cognizing Recognition: A Commentary on<br />
Patchen Markell’s Bound by Recognition,” Polity 38:1 (January 2006): 4-12<br />
• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “El nuevo imperialismo norteamericano,” Historia y<br />
Sociedad 25 (2004): 85-107<br />
• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “Agonized Liberalism: The Liberal Theory <strong>of</strong> William<br />
E. Connolly,” Radical Philosophy 127 (September/October 2004): 8-19<br />
Book Chapters<br />
• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “La dialéctica de la catástr<strong>of</strong>e y la ‘catastr<strong>of</strong>ización’ de<br />
la política” Antropolítica, ed. Monica Espinosa Arango and Alex Betancourt-Serrano<br />
(Bogotá: Editorial de la Universidad de los Andes, Forthcoming 2011)<br />
Review Essays<br />
• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “Inverted Totalitarianism,” Telos (Forthcoming 2011)<br />
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• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “Utopia: A Critical Archaism or an Ideological<br />
Anachronism?,” Political Theory 36:2 (April 2008): 321-332<br />
• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “Agamben, Derrida, and the Genres <strong>of</strong> Political<br />
Theory,” Theory & Event 8:1 (2005)<br />
• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “Recasting the Left at the End <strong>of</strong> History,” Polity 34:3<br />
(Summer 2002): 553-569<br />
Work in Progress<br />
• Shadows <strong>of</strong> Catastrophe (book project)<br />
• Universal History and Political Forms (book project)<br />
• “Wayward Dialectics, or, Fredric Jameson and the Dialectical Legacy” (essay under<br />
review)<br />
• “How Not to Learn from Catastrophe” (essay under review)<br />
• “‘Swallows and Bats’: Franquismo, Fascism, and Counterrevolution” (essay<br />
manuscript, in progress)<br />
• “Undisciplined Political Theory” (essay manuscript, in progress)<br />
Invited Paper Presentations<br />
• “Power, Freedom, and Political Forms,” Sponsored by the conference Freedom and<br />
Democracy in an Imperial Context: Dialogues with James Tully, Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Political Science, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Victoria, Victoria, BC, May 27-29, 2010.<br />
• “Unseen Catastrophes: Capitalism and Colonialism as Non-Events,” Sponsored by<br />
the Political Theory Seminar in the Department <strong>of</strong> Political Science, New School for<br />
Social Research, NY, May 4, 2010.<br />
• “La dialéctica de la catástr<strong>of</strong>e y la “catástr<strong>of</strong>ización” de la política,” Rutas de Poder,<br />
Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, November 13-14, 2008.<br />
• “Democratic Responsibility as Fidelity.” Sponsored by the Department <strong>of</strong> Political<br />
Science, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Massachusetts at Amherst, MA, April 20, 2007.<br />
• “Slavery: Modernity’s Root Metaphor?” Sponsored by the Department <strong>of</strong> History,<br />
Pomona College, CA, April 10, 2007.<br />
• “Universal History Disavowed: On Critical Theory and Postcolonialism.” Sponsored<br />
by the Political Theory Workshop, Department <strong>of</strong> Political Science, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Virginia, VA, February 23, 2007.<br />
• “Hannah Arendt y la responsabilidad política.” Sponsored by Departamento de<br />
Ciencias Sociales and Centro de Estudios Iberoamericanos, Universidad de Puerto<br />
Rico, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, March 9, 2006.<br />
• “La responsabilidad ante la catástr<strong>of</strong>e en el siglo XX” Sponsored by Departamento<br />
de Historia, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, March 8, 2006.<br />
• “Recasting the Idea <strong>of</strong> Universal History,” Sponsored by the Departments <strong>of</strong> History<br />
and Politics, Ithaca College, NY, April 29, 2003.<br />
Teaching<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Minnesota</strong><br />
• Undergraduate courses: POL 1201: Political Ideas and Ideologies (Fall 2009, Fall<br />
2010); POL 3251: Ancient and Medieval Political Thought (Fall 2009, Fall 2011);<br />
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POL 4010: Totalitarianism and the Idea <strong>of</strong> Total Power (Fall 2008); POL 4210:<br />
Catastrophes, Crises and Political Life (Spring 2011); POL 4253: Late Modern<br />
Political Thought (Spring 2011).<br />
• Graduate courses: POL 8201: Understanding Political Theory (Fall 2008); POL 8060:<br />
Research Proseminar in Political Theory; POL 8260: Enlightenment, Catastrophe,<br />
and Memory (Spring 2009); POL 8260: The Dialectical Legacy (Fall 2010); POL<br />
8990: Directed Study in Critical Theory (Fall 2009); POL 8990: Directed Study on<br />
Hegel’s Science <strong>of</strong> Logic (2009-10)<br />
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