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Prof Leonel Alvarado

Professor

School of Humanities Media and Creative Comm

Regional Director - Wellington

College Office - Wellington

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Latin American literature and popular culture

Travel writing

Central American literature

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Cultural Studies (200200): Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified (200299): Languages, Communication And Culture (200000): Literary Studies (200500): Literature in Spanish and Portuguese (200514)

Research Projects

Summary of Research Projects

Position Current Completed
Project Leader 0 3

Research Outputs

Journal

Alvarado, L. (2021). Rambler Dreams: poesía y modernidad en la Costa Norte de Honduras. Oltreoceano. 1(18), 55-64 Retrieved from http://www.lineaedizioni.it/
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
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Alvarado, L. (2020). Decir Berlin, decir Buenos Aires de Saúl Sosnowski. Latin American Literature Today. 1(16), Retreived from http://www.latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/es/2020/noviembre/decir-berl%C3%ADn-decir-buenos-aires-de-sa%C3%BAl-sosnowski
[Book Review]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
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Alvarado, L. (2020). Diário do Rio. Revista Alterjor: Jornalismo Popular e Alternativo. 21(1), 3-11 Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-1507.v21i1p03-11
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Alvarado, L. (2018). La astucia de los mitos: la poesía de Rosalba Campra. Casa de Las Americas. 291(abril-junio 2018), 107-112 Retrieved from http://www.casa.co.cu/publicaciones/revistacasa/291/5-Notas.pdf
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2018). Los poetas de Hispamérica cumplen 45 años. Estudios de Teoría Literaria. 7(14), 21-29 Retrieved from https://fh.mdp.edu.ar/revistas/index.php/etl/article/view/2866
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
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Alvarado, L. (2018). Memoria, sin tu equipaje no alces el vuelo: Las geografías panamadas de Rómulo Castro. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research. 23(3), 313-324 Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13260219.2017.1452682
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
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Alvarado, L. (2018). From positivism to YouTube: Music and nationalism in Central America. Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies. (Fall 2017 -Winter 2018), 42-49 Retrieved from https://clas.berkeley.edu/research/central-america-positivism-youtube-music-and-nationalism
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
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Bortolotto, MC., Díaz-Rodríguez, J., & Alvarado, L. (2017). Living legacies: Memories, identities, and belonging. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research. 23(3), 187-193
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L., Bortolotto, M., Diaz Rodriguez, J.
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Alvarado, L. (2017). Barroco, católico y homosexual: Edilberto Cardona Bulnes en sus Honduras. Chasqui. 46(1), 57-69
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2017). Poesia de las Honduras. Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos. 799(Enero 2017), 6-21 Retrieved from http://www.aecid.es/ES/cultura/publicaciones/cuadernos-hispanoamericanos
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2016). Mrs. Howe in Havana: Activismo político y exploraciones sociales en A Trip to Cuba. South Atlantic Review. 81(3), 21-35 Retrieved from https://samla.memberclicks.net/sar
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2014). Muestra de nueva poesia hondureña. Hispamerica. XLIII(128), 77-92 Retrieved from http://www.baquiana.com/Hispamerica_T%C3%ADtulos_Publicados.htm
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2014). Centroamericano 4ever: el nacionalismo musical en YouTube. Revista Casa de las Americas. 274(enero-marzo), 8-17 Retrieved from http://www.casa.co.cu/revistacasa.php
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
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Alvarado, L. (2011). Bello y Sarmiento: dos modos de estudiar la historia. Hipertexto. 13, 120-131
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2010). The shapes of the void. The writing of pain in the poetry of John Gelman. BULLETIN OF HISPANIC STUDIES. 87(5), 637-639
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2009). La invención lírica de la nación: Los himnos nacionales de Centroamérica. Cuadernos Americanos: nueva epoca. 129, 109-136
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2008). Lezama in Xibalbá: The Mesoamerican expression in Paradiso. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. 85(5), 717-732
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
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Alvarado, L. (2008). Lezama in Xibalba: Mesoamerican expression in 'Paradiso'. BULLETIN OF HISPANIC STUDIES. 85(5), 717-732
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Alvarado, L. (2007). Bolero: Sentimental Utopias, modernity, and mestizaje. Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 32(63), 147-166
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
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Alvarado, L. (2007). Toruno-Haensly, Rhina y Nelson, Ardis L., eds. Juan Felipe Toruno en dos mundos. Hipertexto. 6, 109-111
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2006). De Mallarme a Jimenez: los dados de Dios en el jardin de la pureza. Hipertexto. 4, 3-18
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2006). La hipnosis verbal en El libro de Calila e Digna. IXQUIC: International Hispanic Journal of Literacy and Cultural Analysis. 7, 113-130
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2006). Espacios privados y proyectos publicos en el romanticismo hondureno. La Torre. 11(40), 115-132
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2004). Tiempo, lenguaje y otras falsedades en la novela sentimental. IXQUIC. 5, 115-131
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2004). Una estetica de las cosas viejas: Modernismo, barroco y marxismo en la literatura centroamericana. Kipus: Revista Andina de Letras. , 33-44
[Journal article]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2004). Sirenas, bananos y Sandino: Modernismo y modernizacion en Centroamerica. Cuadernos Americanos. 105(3), 77-96
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Book

Alvarado, L. (2023). Cinco poetas de las Honduras: proyectos individuales y mitologías nacionales. In Pioneros. Los poetas centroamericanos que definieron el siglo XX. (pp. 115 - 162). El Salvador: Chifurnia Libros
[Chapter]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L.(2021). Un lugar donde caerme vivo. Antología.. Honduras: Editorial Efímera
[Authored Book]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L.(2018). El lirismo patriótico centroamericano: himnos, nacionalismo e identidad. San José: Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
[Authored Book]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
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Alvarado, L.(2018). El futuro que no fuimos. Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Editorial Universitaria UNAH
[Authored Book]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L.(2017). Estos dias se llaman Blanca/These Days are called Blanca. Bilingual edition. : National Autonomous University of Honduras Press
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Alvarado, L.(2014). Driving with Neruda to the Fish 'n' Chips. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Haunui Press
[Authored Book]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L.(2014). Xibalbá, Texas. Panama: Technological University of Panama
[Authored Book]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L.(2014). Retratos mal hablados. La Habana, Cuba: Casa de las Americas & Haunui Press
[Authored Book]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L.(2007). Vida y obra de Bulnes, el memorioso. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, C.A.: Universitaria
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Conference

Alvarado, L. (2013, June). Mrs Howe in Havana: Activismo político y exploraciones sociales en a trip to Cuba. Presented at Congreso Internacional Cuba Transatlántica.. Universidad de La Habana, Cuba.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2012, November). YouTubeing the nation: The online identity of the national anthems of central America. Presented at Arts New England’s Annual Research Symposium. Armidale, NSW.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2011, June). Los himnos (trans)nacionales de Centroamérica: Nacionalismo, inmigración e identidad en YouTube. Presented at II Central American Cultural Studies Conference. Northridge, CA.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2004, April). Modernismo y modernizacion en Centroamerica. Presented at Duodecimo Congreso Internacional de Literatura Centroamerican. Liverpool, UK.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2004). La Cuba portatil de Jose Maria Heredia. (pp. 116). , Society for Latin American Studies Annual Meeting and Conference Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands: Leiden University, Department of Latin American Studies
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Alvarado, L.

Other

Alvarado, L. (2021, March). Portable Aotearoa. A Kiwi Poet in Mexico and Central America. Presented at Online Conference. : National Autonomous University of Mexico.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2020, November). Music and Nationalism in Central America. In Open to the public. Presented at Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá -- Zoom. : Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2020, June). Mexico City and Other Real and Imaginary Places. In Open to the public. Presented at Embassy of Mexico in Wellington. : Embassy of Mexico.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2020, May). Poetry Reading and Conversation. In Open to the public. Presented at Zoom. : Dominican Republic International Book Fair.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2020, September). Poetry Reading and Conversation. In Open to the public. Presented at Zoom. : Latin American Poetry Festival.
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Alvarado, L. (2020, August). Honduran Poetry: An author's Journey. In Academic staff and students. Presented at Zoom. : National Autonomous University of Honduras.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2020, November). The Life and Works of Brazilian Writer Clarice Lispector. In Open to the public. Presented at Unity Books. : Unity Books and Brazilian Embassy.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2020, April). Bolero: Latin American Music and Modernization. In Latin American Club of Wellington members and guests. Presented at Zoom. : Latin American Club of Wellington.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2016, May). Tango and Bolero: Music, Migration and Modernisation. : Auckland Art Gallery.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2016, September). No More Magical Realism, Gracias!. Presented at Auckland Art Gallery.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L., Aitchison, J., McKergow, F., Plumb, V., & Watson, G. (2015, March). 'Manawatu- Writing in/Writing of.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L., Watson, G.Contributed to by: Watson, G.Edited by: Conroy, T.
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Alvarado, L. (2014, September). “Classicism, modernity and provincialism in the works of Honduran poet Edilberto Cardona Bulnes.”. Presented at National Autonomous University of Honduras.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2013). Poetry Selection. (pp. 85 - 88). Casa de las Americas
[Other]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2010). Book review: The shapes of the void. The writing of pain in the poetry of John Gelman. (pp. 637 - 639). Liverpool University Press
[Other]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2008). Book review: “Manlio Argueta. Poesía completa”. (pp. 190 - 193). Cuadernos Americanos
[Other]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2008). Book review: “Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera. Cuentos”. Edición crítica de José María Martínez.. (pp. 225 - 229).
[Other]Authored by: Alvarado, L.
Alvarado, L. (2007). Book review: “Juan Felipe Toruño entre dos mundos”. Edición crítica de Toruño-Haensly, Rhina y Nelson, Ardis L.. (pp. 109 - 111). University of Texas-Pan American
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Consultancy and Languages

Languages

  • Spanish
    Last used: All the time
    Spoken ability: Excellent
    Written ability: Excellent

Teaching and Supervision

Contact Supervisor

Summary of Doctoral Supervision

Position Current Completed
Co-supervisor 0 3

Completed Doctoral Supervision

Co-supervisor of:

  • 2023 - April-Rose Geers - Doctor of Philosophy
    Transnational Creative Activism: Writing Activism Poetry in Response to an International Human Rights Crisis
  • 2018 - Fahd Hamad A Alqasham - Doctor of Philosophy
    "Virtual social network-mediated English language learning in a Saudi tertiary EFL context: Innovation and agency"
  • 2011 - Van Nguyen - Doctor of Philosophy
    Computer-mediated collaborative learning in a Vietnamese tertiary EFL context

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