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Schneider, Morgan

Schneider, Morgan

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Morgan Schneider

Morgan Schneider

Morgan Schneider is Ph.D. student in Spanish at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in the department of World Languages and Cultures. Morgan’s research interests are Hispanic literature and transatlantic approaches to the early modern period, including representations of magic and the occult through theatrical performance of varying genres. Her working dissertation title is “Imperial Devils: Representing the Diabolical in the Early Modern Hispanic Transatlantic”, in which she explores various representations of devils, demons, and other diabolical figures in the cultural production of the Hispanic transatlantic world using a range of literary genres and performances practices from the 16th-18th centuries.

Publications

Journal Articles
• Schneider, Morgan L. (2021). “Reyita y Reyita: Sus contradicciones narrativas y trasfondos afrocubanos.” Spanish and Portuguese Review, vol. 7, pg. 69-76.
M.A. Thesis
• Schneider, Morgan, “Voicing Narrative Through Transatlanticism and Transformation in Historia de la Monja Alférez by Catalina de Erauso.” Master’s Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2022. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/6435
Selected Conference and Invited Presentations:
• “Gabriel García Márquez: Magic and Reality,” GaboFest: the 2022 University of Tennessee- Knoxville AuthorFest, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 22, 2022.
• “Shadowshaper: espacialidad y su conexión con la libertad social,” Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (MIFLC), Greensboro, North Carolina, October 20, 2022.
• “Reading the (Extra)Ordinary Identity of Latin America: Magic, History, and Cultural Crossroads,” Magic & Reality in Latin America Spring 2023 Faculty Roundtable, Knoxville, Tennessee, April 12, 2023.
• “Magic and Humanity: Powers of Trickery in the World of María de Zayas,” Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (MIFLC), Shenandoah, Virginia, October 13, 2023.
• “Writing in Spanish: Where Students Go Wrong and How They Can Go Write!” The Vernacular Symposium, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 22, 2024.
• “Ins and Outs: Interiority and Exteriority of Catalina de Erauso’s Transatlantic Voice,” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, April 20, 2024.
• “Habla salvaje y mito nacional: Exploración e identidad de Las Batuecas del Duque de Alba de Lope de Vega,” AITENSO (Asociación Internacional de Teatro Español y Novohispano de los Siglos de Oro) and AHCT (Association for Hispanic Classical Theater) Joint Conference in collaboration with LA Escena, Los Angeles, California, September 13, 2024.

Awards/Honors

• Recipient of the Department of World Languages and Cultures 2023 Spanish Graduate Student Teaching Award, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
• Recipient of the 2023-2024 UTK MARCO Anne Marie Van Hook Memorial Travel Fellowship

Email: mschne19@vols.utk.edu

Personal Website: utk.academia.edu/MorganSchneider

Education

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville –Master of Arts in Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, 2022

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville –Bachelor of Arts in Hispanic Studies and Creative Writing, 2019

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  1. Screening of Disney's Encanto

    Screening of Disney's Encanto

    Bienvenidos a clases! Join Latin American & Caribbean Studies in celebrating our continued interdisciplinary programming on the theme of Magic & Reality. Students will enjoy...

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