Aleksín H. Ortega received his academic degrees from three CUNY schools. His areas of specialization are Colonial Spanish American Literature in the Andean region, and Heritage language Teaching and Second Language Pedagogy.
Aleksín has worked also as a free-lance translator for many years. He currently volunteers as a translator for TED.
Degrees
Ph.D. The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY
M.Ph. The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY
M.A. The City College of New York, CUNY
B.A. Hunter College, CUNY
Articles:
“El colonialismo español en América, etapas de su discurso ideológico. La Historia índica de Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1572) como instrumento retórico.” Guaraguao. Revista de cultura latinoamericana. 6. pp.63-86.
2011 “El sacrificio mítico en Hombres de maíz.” LLJournal. 6.1. <gc.cuny.edu.index.php
/lljournal/ article/view/689/886.>
Books:
2012 Ortega et al. El español y su estructura. New York: Peter Lang.
2010 Ortega et al. El español y su sintaxis. New York: Peter Lang.
Encyclopedia Entries:
2013 “Cockfighting”. Encyclopedia of Latino Culture: From Calaveras to Quinceañeras.
Book reviews:
2020 Review of José Cárdenas Bunsen’s La aparición de los libros plúmbeos y los modos de escribir historia: de Pedro de Castro al Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and James W. Fuerst’s New World Postcolonial: The Political Thought of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. Colonial Latin American Review. Vol. 29. Issue 4, pp. 666-669.
2010 Review of Eva María Valero Juan’s Tras las huellas del Quijote en la América virreinal: Estudio y edición de textos in Inti: Revista de Literatura Hispánica. 71-72, pp. 475-6.
Courses Teaching
- SPN 112
- SPN 219
- SPN 313
