Olga Sanz Casasnovas

Olga Sanz Casasnovas

Graduate Assistant

Professional Summary

Olga Sanz holds a degree in Hispanic Studies from the University of Zaragoza (2019). In 2021, she finished a Spanish MA at the University of Cincinnati. She is currently in her second year of a Spanish Ph.D., working as a TA for this same department and as the editorial assistant of Cincinnati Romance Review. 

 

Education

Filología Hispánica: Universidad de Zaragoza Zaragoza (Aragón) , 2019

Spanish M.A. : University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH , 2021 (Spanish and Latin American literature. )

Spanish Ph.D. : University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH , 2024 (Spanish and Caribbean Literature. )

Research and Practice Interests

Interested in grotesque as an aesthetic category, Olga studied this subject for her final project at the University of Zaragoza. She investigated La vida de Pedro Saputo, an Aragonese novel, and its relation with this aesthetic category. This study was qualified with a 9.1 of 10. 
Currently, she is interested in the dialogue between the Caribbean and Spanish literature, as well as the construction of identity through the body in novel and poetry. 
 

Positions and Work Experience

08-2022 -12-2022 Teaching Internship - Spanish Literature, Full semester as a teaching assistant of Dr. Maria Paz Moreno - SPAN 3041 ("Introduction to Spanish Literature"). , University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

08-2021 - Editor Assistant in academic journal Cincinnati Romance Review, https://www.artsci.uc.edu/crr.html, University of Cincinnati (RALL Department), Cincinnati, OH

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Olga Sanz Casasnovas (2021. ) El grotesco como herramienta de autorrepresentación: una aproximación al teatro popular de mujeres en Fonz .Rolde, Revista de Cultura Aragonesa, , (176-177 ) ,42-63

Other Publications

Olga Sanz Casasnovas (2018. ) Revista IMAN (nº 19), 47-50

Additional Publications

Presentations

Invited Presentations

Olga Sanz Casasnovas (09-2020. ) "Oral Assessments" .RALL Online Workshop Series, University of Cincinnati. Workshop. . Level:Department

Colloquium

Olga Sanz Casasnovas (05-05-2023). "Y el verbo se hizo carne": cuerpo, corpus y reescritura del mito bíblico en Mujer sin Edén (1947) de Carmen Conde .Universidad de Zaragoza (España). Conference. Level:International

Paper Presentations

Olga Sanz Casasnovas (04-2022. ) "Prácticas contra-sexuales en Cobra (1972) de Severo Sarduy” .University of Cincinnati. UC. Level:International

Olga Sanz Casasnovas (04-2022. ) “De la construcción del icono a la destrucción de la historia en De donde son los cantantes de Severo Sarduy” .University of Kentucky . Conference. Level:International

Olga Sanz Casasnovas (04-2023. ) Ritmo, jerarquía y totalidad en Mazurca para dos muertos (1983) de Camilo José Cela: hibridez literaria y transición democrática .University of Nuevo México (NM). Conference. Level:National

Olga Sanz Casasnovas (04-07-2023. ) Cuerpo y corpus durante la Revolución cubana: "colonialidad" en El Central y "Los dispositivos hacia el norte" de Reinaldo Arenas .University of Cincinnati. UC. Level:International

Symposium

Olga Sanz Casasnovas (03-22-2019. ) “El elemento grotesco en la Vida de Pedro Saputo: El episodio del convento” .Madrid (Spain). Conference. Level:University

Olga Sanz Casasnovas (04-2021. ) El renacimiento de la poesía escrita en Aragonés en los años 70 .University of Cincinnati. UC. Level:International

Olga Sanz Casasnovas (04-2021. ) El cuerpo femenino como elemento subversivo en Mujer sin Edén de Carmen Conde .University of Kentucky . Conference. Level:International

Olga Sanz Casasnovas (04-17-2023. ) The epistemological revolution of gender politics in Spain during the COVID-19 crisis: a challenge to national identity and masculinist neoliberalism .University of Cincinnati. UC.

Honors and Awards

06-2022 -08-2022 "Dissenting Discourses: Body as an Archive versus the National Body in Two Novels by Severo Sarduy" Graduate Summer Fellowship Taft Research Center (University of Cincinnati) Status:Recipient Level:University Type:Fellowship

06-2023 -08-2023 Ensambles transatlánticos: literatura y música de Cuba, Puerto Rico y España en el marco de los “long-sixties” Taft Enhancement Grant commissioned by the Graduate Student Committee. Taft Research Center (University of Cincinnati) Status:Recipient Level:Department Type:Grant

Professional Affiliation

2023 -2025: Laboratorio de Investigaciones Literarias Abisal Margen (LIL-AM): Zaragoza, Aragón, ES Research collaborator of LIL-AM (H35_23R), funded by the government of Aragón (Spain), for a period of two years. Link to the website of the research group: https://iphunizar.com/grupos/laboratorio-de-investigaciones-literarias-abisal-margen-lil-am/. University of Zaragoza (Spain) and Government of Aragón, Spain

Courses Taught

-SPAN-1001 BASIC SPANISH I Level:Undergraduate

15-SPAN-102 BASIC SPANISH II Level:Undergraduate

Introduction to Spanish Literature Level:Undergraduate