Carla Estefania Flores Ortiz
Lecturer
Romance Languages and Literatures
Background
Estefan铆a Flores Ortiz鈥檚 research addresses the intersections between identity, race, class and gender in colonial Hispanic American literature and culture, with particular attention to the 18th century. She has published articles on Jesuit chronicles and historiography, female spiritual autobiography and theatrical representations.
Flores Ortiz is also interested in the practice of the digital humanities with the purpose of preserving, studying and circulating Early Modern archival documents and cultural production. In the spring of 2023, she was selected to participate in the NEH-AHRC Spanish Paleography and Digital Humanities Institute at the LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections at the University of Texas in Austin.
Before joining 黑料不打烊, she taught at different institutions in Ecuador and the United States. At 黑料不打烊, she teaches language courses from introductory to advanced levels, as well as Spanish for Heritage Speakers, and literature, culture and film courses to undergraduate and graduate students.
Publications
- 鈥淰estimenta, raza y calidad en el Baile o sainete del mercachifle de Diego Molina (ca. 1750)鈥. Latin American Theatre Review, vol. 56, no. 1, 2022, pp. 23-41.
- 鈥淓conom铆a espiritual y religi贸n experimental en la autobiograf铆a espiritual Secretos entre el alma y Dios de Catalina de Jes煤s Herrera鈥. In De escritoras a escritoras: Ensayos cr铆ticos sobre autoras ecuatorianas, edited by Alejandra Vela and Karina Ortiz. Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica del Ecuador, 2022, pp. 77-103.
- 鈥溾楽ue帽os de movilidad鈥: Desplazamientos espirituales y autoridad femenina en Secretos entre el alma y Dios (1758-1765), de Catalina de Jes煤s Herrera.鈥 Latin American Literary Review, vol. 47 no. 94, 2020, pp. 48-56.
- 鈥溾楥apitan铆as del cielo contra aquellas huestes infernales鈥: la Rebeli贸n de los Barrios de Quito y la defensa de la Compa帽铆a de Jes煤s en la Compendiosa relaci贸n de Bernardo Recio.鈥 Dieciocho, vol. 43, no. 1, 2020, pp. 81-102.
- 鈥淩evuelta plebeya, conciencia criolla y reivindicaci贸n jesuita: pol铆tica y gobernanza en la Historia del Reino de Quito, de Juan de Velasco.鈥 Colonial Latin American Review, vol. 26, no. 3, 2017, pp. 386-410.
Education
- Ph.D. Spanish, Tulane University
- M.A. Spanish, Tulane University
- B.A. Communication, specialization in literature, Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica del Ecuador
Awards
- Fulbright Foreign Student Program Scholarship (2009-2011)