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Edna Aizenberg
Professor Emeritus of Spanish
email
212-517-0641

Degrees
Ph.D., Latin American Literature, Columbia University

Edna Aizenberg specializes in contemporary Latin American and postcolonial literature, Judeo-Hispanic cultural relations, and contemporary memory discourses. Her publications include numerous articles and four books, including Borges and His Successors (1990) and Books and Bombs in Buenos Aires (2002). Prof. Aizenberg was San Martin Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 2012. Her latest book is Contemporary Sephardic Identity in the Americas (Syracuse University Press, 2012), co-edited with Margalit Bejarano. She has also been named to the four-member editorial board of a new series by Brill Publishers called Jewish Latin America.


2008-2009
Achievements in Scholarship and Service


AWARDS:


1988:
Fernando Jeno Prize (Mexico) for book, The Aleph Weaver (Spanish edition)
1974:
First Place, competitive examination for tenured appointment, Departmento de Idiomas Modernos, Universidad Central de Venezuela
1968:
Angel Del Río Prize for Excellence in Hispanic Studies, Columbia University





1968-1969 Achievements in Scholarships and Service

1974-1975 Achievements in Scholarships and Service

1988-1989 Achievements in Scholarships and Service

2008-2009 Achievements in Scholarships and Service

2010-2011 Achievements in Scholarships and Service