La Leyenda Negra/The Black Legend: Historical Distortion, Defamation, Slander, Libel, and Stereotyping of Hispanics This series was originally published in Somos Primos, 104th-115th Issue Part IBy Felipe de Ortego y Gasca, Scholar in Residence, Western New Mexico University; Professor Emeritus, Texas State University System—Sul Ross I was having dinner, not too long ago, with a group …
2009 National Hispanic Writers Conference Keynote Speech Keynote presentation at the 7th Annual National Latino Writers Conference hosted by the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 21-23, 2009 By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca Scholar in Residence and Chair, Department of Chicana/Chicano and Hemispheric Studies, Western New Mexico University; Professor Emeritus, Texas State …
Prepared for the Annual Conference of the New Mexico Library Association April 22-24, 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca Scholar in Residence, Western New Mexico University; Professor Emeritus, Texas State University System—Sul Ross Member Intellectual Freedom Committee, New Mexico Library Association The Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association …
Reflections on Chicanos and the Teaching of American Literature Prepared for the Conference on American Literature, Texas A&M University, October 21, 2001. By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca Professor of English, Texas State University System–Sul Ross; Visiting Scholar and Lecturer in English, Texas A&M University –Kingsville. By today’s standards 1982 is the dim past in …
Adios Chaucer! Adios Shakespeare! Americanizing the English Department and Its Curriculum—A Latino Perspective From Pluma Fronteriza, Part 1, April 20, 2011; Part 2, April 21, 2011 By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca Scholar in Residence / Chair, Department of Chicana/Chicano and Hemispheric Studies, Western New Mexico University Consider this scenario: I’m at an airline terminal …
