Andrés Arteaga
Faculty of Arts
Languages and Cultures
Associate Professor
Office: MN424
Phone: 902 420 5811
Email: andres.arteaga@smu.ca
My research focuses on the exercise of writing after social and individual trauma, including victims of political violence in Colombia, Latin American émigré authors and the Latin American community in Atlantic Canada. I have published peer reviewed articles on Revista de Estudios Colombianos, Letras Hispanas, Affectio Societatis and Diálogos: Revista de Estudos Culturais e da contemporaneidad. I have also published the following books:
Arteaga, A. Dam-Mazzi, M (2022). Voces de la pandemia: Stories written during the COVID19 pandemic by the Hispanic Community in Atlantic Canada. Aguamala Editorial, Halifax 2022. E-Book
Arteaga, Andrés (2019). Levaduras de destrucción. Melancolía y desvanecimiento del yo en la obra de Álvaro Mutis. Editorial Biblos. Buenos Aires.
Arteaga, A. (2016) El Refugio del Fenix: El Final de una noche de agonía. Textos sobre Guerra y reconciliación en Colombia / Phoenix’s Haven: The End of a Night of agony. Writings about war and reconcilitation in Colombia. Broken Jaw Press, Fredericton, Canada.
Arteaga, A. & Rozotto, David (2013). Notas Viajeras. Escritura de viajes y testimonio. Nuevos Autores Latino-Canadienses. Brokenjaw Press, Fredericton, Canada
Related Links
Academia →The place of digital storytelling narratives and collective resilience among organized groups of women in Colombia after the peace agreements between the FARC guerrillas and the Colombian government (Current research project)
Historical trauma, critical memory and post-conflict in 21st century Colombian émigré literature. (On-going research project)
Colombian émigré literature, storytelling and historical memory, trauma narratives.
PhD in Spanish Literature. University of Ottawa (2011)
Master´s in Psychoanalysis. Université de Paris 8 Saint Denis-Vincennes, France (1998)
B.A in Psychology (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia (1996)