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<strong>Luis</strong> <strong>Castañeda</strong>, CV December 2011<br />
<strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Vitae</strong><br />
<strong>Luis</strong> <strong>Castañeda</strong><br />
<strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Music</strong> Histories, Syracuse University<br />
308 Bowne Hall A<br />
Syracuse, NY 13244-1200<br />
luis.m.castaneda@gmail.com<br />
(001)-315-443-4875<br />
Education<br />
2007-2011<br />
Institute <strong>of</strong> Fine <strong>Art</strong>s, New York University<br />
Ph.D. History <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong><br />
Major field: Twentieth-Century <strong>Art</strong> <strong>and</strong> Design in the Americas<br />
Minor field: East Asian <strong>Art</strong><br />
Dissertation: The Serpent <strong>and</strong> the Torch: The Politics <strong>of</strong> Design, Mexico, 1968<br />
Supervisors: Jean-Louis Cohen, Edward J. Sullivan, Barbara Weinstein<br />
2006-2007<br />
Institute <strong>of</strong> Fine <strong>Art</strong>s, New York University<br />
M.A., History <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong><br />
2002-2005<br />
School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, University <strong>of</strong> Houston<br />
B.A., History <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, Summa cum laude, Honors in Major<br />
Major Field: Ancient <strong>Art</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Americas.<br />
Senior Honors Thesis: Language <strong>and</strong> Power at Cerro de las Mesas, Veracruz, Mexico.<br />
Supervisor: Rex Koontz<br />
Book Manuscript<br />
Suspending Disbelief: Toward an Image Economy <strong>of</strong> the Mexican “Miracle” (in<br />
preparation).<br />
Juried Journal Publications<br />
2012<br />
-“Choreographing the Metropolis: Networks <strong>of</strong> Circulation <strong>and</strong> Power in Olympic<br />
Mexico.” (forthcoming, Journal <strong>of</strong> Design History, Special Issue on Olympic Design)<br />
-“Travels in Olmec Time” (under review)<br />
-“Translating Mexico: Glamour <strong>and</strong> Diplomacy at the Camino Real Hotel.” (in<br />
preparation).<br />
2010<br />
-“Beyond Tlatelolco: Design, Media <strong>and</strong> Politics at Mexico ‘68”, Grey Room, vol. 40<br />
(Summer 2010): 100-126.<br />
-“Image-Machine: Félix C<strong>and</strong>ela’s Palacio de los Deportes,” Pidgin, vol. 8 (Spring 2010):<br />
246-257.<br />
2009<br />
-“Surrealism <strong>and</strong> Constructions <strong>of</strong> National Identity in Mexico: Changing perceptions,<br />
1940-1968,” Journal <strong>of</strong> Surrealism <strong>and</strong> the Americas, vol. 3, no. 1-2 (Fall 2009): 9-29.<br />
Book Chapters<br />
2012<br />
-“Pre-Columbian Skins, Developmentalist Souls: The Architect as Politician.” In: Helen<br />
Gyger <strong>and</strong> Patricio del Real, eds. Latin American Modern Architectures: Ambiguous<br />
Territories. London: Routledge, (forthcoming).
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Book Reviews<br />
2011<br />
- Review <strong>of</strong> Felipe Hernández, Beyond Modernist Masters: Contemporary Architecture<br />
in Latin America (Basel: Birkäuser, 2010), in Journal <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> Architectural<br />
Historians vol. 70 no. 2 (June): 254-255.<br />
Other Publications<br />
2012<br />
Entries for “Zócalo,” “Metro” <strong>and</strong> “Plaza de las Tres Culturas” in Eric Zolov, ed. Icons <strong>of</strong><br />
Mexico (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2012) (in preparation)<br />
Academic Positions<br />
2011-present (beginning 08/23/2011)<br />
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Music</strong> Histories<br />
Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Courses taught:<br />
Survey <strong>of</strong> Latin American <strong>Art</strong> I - Pre-Columbian to Colonial (Fall 2011)<br />
Graduate Seminar: “Tropical” Imaginations in Modern Latin American <strong>Art</strong> <strong>and</strong> Design<br />
(Fall 2011)<br />
2009-2011 (09/01/09 to 05/18/11)<br />
New York University, New York, NY, <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong> History.<br />
Adjunct Instructor<br />
Courses taught:<br />
History <strong>of</strong> Architecture, from Antiquity to the Present (Spring 2011)<br />
Architecture in New York: A Field Study (Fall 2009, Fall 2010)<br />
Painting <strong>and</strong> Sculpture in New York: A Field Study (Spring 2010, Spring 2011)<br />
History <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong> II, Renaissance to Modern (Spring 2009)<br />
2008- 2009 (Summer)<br />
New York University, Urban Design in London, London, UK.<br />
Instructor / Program Assistant<br />
Course assisted: Exploring British Architecture (taught by Mosette Broderick).<br />
2007-2008 (09/01/07 to 05/16/08)<br />
New York University, <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong> History, New York, NY.<br />
Teaching Assistant<br />
Courses assisted: History <strong>of</strong> Twentieth-Century Architecture (taught by Carol Krinsky);<br />
Shaping the Urban Environment (taught by Mosette Broderick).<br />
Honors <strong>and</strong> Awards<br />
2012 Quadrant Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Study, University <strong>of</strong> Minnesota<br />
2012 Opler Grant for Emerging Scholars, Society <strong>of</strong> Architectural Historians<br />
2011-2012 Humanities Initiative Fellowship, NYU (declined)<br />
2009-2011 Morse Academic Plan Fellowship, Graduate School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong>s <strong>and</strong> Sciences,<br />
NYU<br />
2005-2011 Erwin Pan<strong>of</strong>sky Multi-Year Fellowship, Institute <strong>of</strong> Fine <strong>Art</strong>s, NYU<br />
2010 Dissertation Fellowship, Alumni Association, Institute <strong>of</strong> Fine <strong>Art</strong>s, NYU<br />
2009 Pinta Fund for Latin American <strong>Art</strong> award for dissertation research in Mexico<br />
City<br />
2008-2009 Connoisseurs Circle Fellowship, Institute <strong>of</strong> Fine <strong>Art</strong>s, NYU<br />
2008 Travel grant, Institute <strong>of</strong> Fine <strong>Art</strong>s, NYU<br />
2007-2008 Fellow, forum on “Forms <strong>of</strong> Seeing,” Graduate School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong>s <strong>and</strong><br />
Sciences, NYU<br />
2005 Linda Schele Award for Outst<strong>and</strong>ing Essay on the <strong>Art</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Americas, Univ. <strong>of</strong><br />
Houston<br />
2004 Peter Guenther Travel Award, School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, University <strong>of</strong> Houston
2003-2005 Dean’s List, University <strong>of</strong> Houston<br />
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Invited Lectures <strong>and</strong> Conferences<br />
2012<br />
-“Scenographies <strong>of</strong> Miraculous Mexico.” Quadrant Lecture, Institute for Advanced<br />
Study, University <strong>of</strong> Minnesota, February 9.<br />
2011<br />
- “Museum, Monument, City: Archaeologies <strong>of</strong> Power in Modern Mexico”, Colloquium on<br />
Spanish <strong>and</strong> Latin American <strong>Art</strong> <strong>and</strong> Visual Culture, Institute <strong>of</strong> Fine <strong>Art</strong>s, NYU, New<br />
York, December 1.<br />
-“Our Man in Peru: A Cold War Story.” Latino-Latin American Studies Program,<br />
Syracuse University, Syracuse, November 14.<br />
-“The Small Field Complex,” in Between Theory <strong>and</strong> Practice: Rethinking Latin American<br />
<strong>Art</strong> in the 21 st<br />
Century, Getty Research Foundation, Museum <strong>of</strong> Latin American <strong>Art</strong><br />
(MOLAA) <strong>and</strong> Museo de <strong>Art</strong>e de Lima (MALI), Lima, November 3 rd<br />
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-“Travels in Olmec Time.” <strong>Art</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Music</strong> Histories Colloquium Series, Syracuse<br />
University, Syracuse, October 24.<br />
-“Diplomacy by Design: Architecture <strong>and</strong> Latin America’s Cold War.” Clarence Ward<br />
Seminar, Oberlin College, Ohio, April 21.<br />
2010<br />
-“Burdens <strong>of</strong> Representation: Miraculous Mexico <strong>and</strong> the Hyperbolic Paraboloid.”<br />
Parsons School <strong>of</strong> Design, New York, December 6.<br />
-“Choreographing the Metropolis: Networks, Circulation <strong>and</strong> Spectacle in Mexico City.”<br />
School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, University <strong>of</strong> Houston, November 3.<br />
Conferences (Panels Chaired/Respondent)<br />
2013<br />
Panel co-Chair, with George Flaherty<br />
-“<strong>Art</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Transition: Visual Culture, Democracy <strong>and</strong> Disillusionment in Latin America”,<br />
College <strong>Art</strong> Association 101 st<br />
Annual Conference, New York, February 13-16.<br />
2011<br />
Panel Chair, “Street <strong>Art</strong> <strong>and</strong> the Use <strong>of</strong> Spray Paint.” Syracuse University School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong>,<br />
Syracuse, September 13.<br />
Respondent, Works in Progress in Latin American Society <strong>and</strong> History, NYU Center<br />
for Latin American <strong>and</strong> Caribbean Studies, May 6. Paper: “Todos Somos Narcos:<br />
Mexican Necropolitics at the 2009 Venice Biennale.” Christopher Fraga, New York<br />
University.<br />
2010<br />
Panel Chair, “The Predicament <strong>of</strong> Proclamation: Architecture as State Image <strong>and</strong><br />
Instrument,” at Architecture <strong>and</strong> the State, 1940 to 1970, Columbia University<br />
Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Architecture, Planning <strong>and</strong> Preservation, April 3.<br />
Respondent, Works in Progress in Latin American Society <strong>and</strong> History, NYU Center<br />
for Latin American <strong>and</strong> Caribbean Studies, April 30. Paper: “Essays, Ensayos <strong>and</strong><br />
Rehearsals <strong>of</strong> the Tragi-Cosmic Race.” Sarah J. Townsend, New York University.<br />
Respondent, Works in Progress in Latin American Society <strong>and</strong> History, NYU Center<br />
for Latin American <strong>and</strong> Caribbean Studies, October 21. Paper: “'Harnessing Blind but<br />
Powerful Forces': Architecture's Encounter with Self-Help Housing in 1950s Peru.”<br />
Helen Gyger, Columbia University.<br />
Conference Papers Delivered<br />
2012<br />
-“Architecture’s Cold Warriors: Rethinking Latin American Modernism,” Society <strong>of</strong><br />
Architectural Historians 65 th<br />
Annual Meeting, Detroit, April 19.<br />
-“Development’s True Colors: The Architectural Interventions <strong>of</strong> Carlos Cruz-Diez.” In
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Architectural Gestures: Spaces Between <strong>Art</strong>-Making <strong>and</strong> Architecture. 30 th<br />
Latin<br />
American Studies Association Meeting, San Francisco, May 23-26<br />
2011<br />
-“Olmec Heads, Cold Wars, Global Journeys: Mexico at the 1964-65 New York World’s<br />
Fair.” College <strong>Art</strong> Association Meeting, New York, February 12.<br />
2010<br />
-“Architect-politician: The work <strong>of</strong> Pedro Ramírez Vázquez.” Society <strong>of</strong> Architectural<br />
Historians 63 rd<br />
Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 23.<br />
2009<br />
-“After Tlatelolco: Architecture <strong>and</strong> ideology at the 1968 Mexican Olympics.” Buell<br />
Dissertation Colloquium, Columbia University, April 18.<br />
2008<br />
-“The architecture <strong>of</strong> a ‘Peaceful Revolution’: Fern<strong>and</strong>o Belaúnde, Planning <strong>and</strong> politics<br />
in mid-twentieth century Peru.” Forum on Forms <strong>of</strong> Seeing, Graduate School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong>s<br />
<strong>and</strong> Sciences, NYU, May 9.<br />
2007<br />
-With Carolyn Yerkes. ‘Housing Exhibitions at MoMA in the 1930s.’ The Museum <strong>of</strong><br />
Modern <strong>Art</strong>, New York, May 4.<br />
-“The dem<strong>and</strong> for visual authority: Fern<strong>and</strong>o de Szyszlo <strong>and</strong> the problem <strong>of</strong> Peruanidad.”<br />
The Frick Symposium, Institute <strong>of</strong> Fine <strong>Art</strong>s <strong>and</strong> The Frick Collection, New York, April<br />
20.<br />
-“Out <strong>of</strong> the burial chambers: Tomb looting as a cultural system.” Heist Symposium,<br />
Museum <strong>of</strong> Fine <strong>Art</strong>s, Boston, March 24.<br />
2006<br />
-“Busc<strong>and</strong>o América: The urban politics <strong>of</strong> salsa music.” 36 th<br />
Annual Popular Culture<br />
Association Conference, Atlanta, April 12.<br />
Administration <strong>and</strong> Service<br />
2011-present<br />
-Admissions committee member, Janklow <strong>Art</strong>s Leadership program, Syracuse<br />
University<br />
Curatorial experience<br />
2008 (February-July)<br />
Assistant to artist Gabriel Orozco.<br />
Exhibition: Gabriel Orozco (2009) at the Museum <strong>of</strong> Modern <strong>Art</strong>, New York.<br />
2005 (August-October)<br />
Assistant to Curator, <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Education, Grey <strong>Art</strong> Gallery, NYU<br />
2004-2005<br />
Docent, Education <strong>Department</strong>, Blaffer Gallery, University <strong>of</strong> Houston.<br />
2004 (June-December)<br />
Intern, <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Modern <strong>Art</strong>. Museum <strong>of</strong> Fine <strong>Art</strong>s, Houston.<br />
<strong>Art</strong>work<br />
-Architectural Photography (2002-present). Photographs included in The<br />
Phaidon Atlas <strong>of</strong> 20 th<br />
Century World Architecture (London: Phaidon, 2012).<br />
Languages<br />
English, Spanish, French (native speaker, fluency, <strong>and</strong> writing pr<strong>of</strong>iciency). Italian,<br />
German, Portuguese, Catalan (reading knowledge).<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Associations<br />
College <strong>Art</strong> Association<br />
Society <strong>of</strong> Architectural Historians