Prof Gustavo San Roman

Prof Gustavo San Roman

Emeritus Professor

Researcher profile

Email
gfsr@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

I was born in Montevideo in 1956 and continued my education in the UK, gaining a BA in Linguistics and Spanish at Nottingham University (1st Class, 1985), and a PhD at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1990). I spent my whole academic career (1989-2022) in the Spanish Department at St Andrews, teaching language and literature from Spain and Latin America at all levels. My main research has been on the literature and culture of Uruguay. 

Panel at the inauguration of an exhibition of José Enrique Rodó's materials held at the Museo Histórico Nacional, Montevideo (28 October 2021)

Interview on José Enrique Rodó at the Museo Histórico Nacional, Montevideo (18 October 2021)

Presentation of José Enrique Rodó: una biografía intelectual, Biblioteca Nacional, Montevideo, on the 150th anniversary of the birth of the author, with the presence of national cultural authorities (15 July 2021)

Presentation at Cervantes Institute and Institute of Modern Language Research, London, of Special Issue of Journal of Romance Studies on Galician Mobilities: Revisiting Migration and Morriña, Vol. 20, No. 3, Winter 2020 (February 2021)

Conversation on Juan Carlos Onetti at Instituto Cervantes, London: (June 2019)

Radio interview on José Enrique Rodó, En perspectiva, Montevideo (August 2018)

Interview with Álvaro Brechner and Gary Piquer, Director and protagonist of Mal día para pescar and Mr Kaplan Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (October 2016)

Lecture at Universidade de Vigo, Spain (February 2016)

photo credit: Oli Walker

Selected publications

  • José Enrique Rodó: una biografía intelectual

    San Roman, G. & Averbach, M. (Translator), 8 Jul 2021, Montevideo: Planeta. 604 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  • Open access

    José Enrique Rodó, empresario

    San Roman, G., 1 Dec 2021, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.

    Research output: Other contribution

  • Open access

    Rodó, patrimonio universal

    San Roman, G., 3 Oct 2021, In: Revista del Patrimonio. 21, p. 8-12 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorial

  • Rodó, profesor

    San Roman, G., 23 Sept 2021, La Mañana, p. 15 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  • Open access

    Sobre la vuelta de Rodó a las aulas

    San Roman, G., 17 Nov 2021, In: Páginas de Educación. 14, 2, p. 132-140

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • Borges and the Banda Oriental

    San Roman, G. F., 1 Feb 2020, Jorge Luis Borges in Context. Fiddian, R. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 18-25 7 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  • Open access

    Posmorriña in Ángel Rama’s Tierra sin mapa

    San Roman, G., 1 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Romance Studies. 20, 3, p. 461-488 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • Open access

    “Rodó y el idealismo en acción”

    San Roman, G., 28 Nov 2019, Lecturas contemporáneas de José Enrique Rodó. Podetti, R. (ed.). Online and Paper: Sociedad Rodoniana, p. 101-115

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  • A companion to José Enrique Rodó

    San Román, G., Apr 2018, Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer. 510 p. (Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias; vol. 375)

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  • Open access

    José Enrique Rodó: la genealogía y el contexto familiar

    San Roman, G. F., 31 Oct 2018, Alicante: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. 35 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

 

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