Silvia Álvarez Curbelo

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Curbelo.
Silvia Álvarez Curbelo
Born 1940
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Occupation Architectural and cultural Historian
Writer, Educator
Nationality Puerto Rican
Notable works Un país del porvenir: el afán de modernidad en Puerto Rico (Siglo XIX)

Silvia Álvarez Curbelo (born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1940) is a Puerto Rican historian, and writer.[1] She is best known for her book Un país del porvenir: el afán de modernidad en Puerto Rico (Siglo XIX).

Early years

Álvarez Curbelo was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico.[2] She was a fellow at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies in 2004/2005.[3]

Career

Álvarez Curbelo is a professor of Communications at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus.[4] She is a historian and is a founding member of the Asociación Puertorriqueña de Historiadores (Puerto Rican Association of Historians). She is curator of the Entresiglos, Puerto Rico 1890–1910 exhibition, and the permanent exhibition of the history of San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the Museo de San Juan (San Juan Museum). She is currently director of the Centro de Investigaciones en Comunicación (Center for Communications Research) at the University of Puerto Rico.[5]

Works

Among her better known works are:[6]

Recognitions

She is honored at Ponce's Park of Illustrious Ponce Citizens.[7]

See also

Notes

    References

    1. "Silvia Alvarez Curbelo." Observatorio Iberoamericano de la Comunicación, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
    2. Silvia Álvarez Curbelo. Ediciones Callejon. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
    3. Essays and Statements: One of Fernando Coronil’s Last Wonderful Essays. The Social Sciences Research Council. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
    4. Their Toughest Fight was not in the Battlefield: Borinqueneers. (A documentary on the all-Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment). Retrieved December 9, 2011.
    5. Silvia Álvarez Curbelo. Ediciones Callejon. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
    6. Silvia Álvarez Curbelo. Ediciones Callejon. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
    7. Tricentennial Park: History. TravelPonce. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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