Curriculum Vitae - University of Minnesota

• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “Utopia: A Critical Archaism or an Ideological
Anachronism?,” Political Theory 36:2 (April 2008): 321-332
• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “Agamben, Derrida, and the Genres of Political
Theory,” Theory & Event 8:1 (2005)
• Vázquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y., “Recasting the Left at the End of History,” Polity 34:3
(Summer 2002): 553-569
Work in Progress
• Shadows of Catastrophe (book project)
• Universal History and Political Forms (book project)
• “Wayward Dialectics, or, Fredric Jameson and the Dialectical Legacy” (essay under
review)
• “How Not to Learn from Catastrophe” (essay under review)
• “‘Swallows and Bats’: Franquismo, Fascism, and Counterrevolution” (essay
manuscript, in progress)
• “Undisciplined Political Theory” (essay manuscript, in progress)
Invited Paper Presentations
• “Power, Freedom, and Political Forms,” Sponsored by the conference Freedom and
Democracy in an Imperial Context: Dialogues with James Tully, Department of
Political Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, May 27-29, 2010.
• “Unseen Catastrophes: Capitalism and Colonialism as Non-Events,” Sponsored by
the Political Theory Seminar in the Department of Political Science, New School for
Social Research, NY, May 4, 2010.
• “La dialéctica de la catástrofe y la “catástrofización” de la política,” Rutas de Poder,
Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, November 13-14, 2008.
• “Democratic Responsibility as Fidelity.” Sponsored by the Department of Political
Science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA, April 20, 2007.
• “Slavery: Modernity’s Root Metaphor?” Sponsored by the Department of History,
Pomona College, CA, April 10, 2007.
• “Universal History Disavowed: On Critical Theory and Postcolonialism.” Sponsored
by the Political Theory Workshop, Department of Political Science, University of
Virginia, VA, February 23, 2007.
• “Hannah Arendt y la responsabilidad política.” Sponsored by Departamento de
Ciencias Sociales and Centro de Estudios Iberoamericanos, Universidad de Puerto
Rico, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, March 9, 2006.
• “La responsabilidad ante la catástrofe en el siglo XX” Sponsored by Departamento
de Historia, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, March 8, 2006.
• “Recasting the Idea of Universal History,” Sponsored by the Departments of History
and Politics, Ithaca College, NY, April 29, 2003.
Teaching
University of Minnesota
• Undergraduate courses: POL 1201: Political Ideas and Ideologies (Fall 2009, Fall
2010); POL 3251: Ancient and Medieval Political Thought (Fall 2009, Fall 2011);
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