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Dr. Joshua Alma Enslen is an Assistant Professor of Portuguese at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He began his professorship at West Point soon after completing his PhD in Romance Languages (Portuguese and Spanish) at the University of Georgia in 2008. He teaches a variety of courses in the Portuguese program ranging from basic Portuguese to the Brazilian short story. He also manages West Point’s study abroad programs at Pontifícia Unversidade Católica in São Paulo and at the Universidade de Brasília, the latter scheduled to begin in the fall semester of 2013. In the summers, he enjoys traveling with students to Portuguese-speaking countries and engaging them in activities that push them to see the world with new eyes. When he’s not busy with cadets, you may find him playing soccer with cadets, playing guitar with friends or fishing with his kids.

PhD, University of Georgia, 2008
MA, University of Georgia, 2004
BM, University of Alabama, 2002

Article. “Escrever é para mim trabalho braçal”: Cabral’s “O cão sem plumas” and the Brazilian Consulate in Barcelona (1947-50). Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies. Forthcoming.

Article. “Between Tijuca and Mars: Maddening Intertextualities in Clarice Lispector’s ‘A imitação da rosa’”. Luso-Brazilian Review. Forthcoming.

Chapter. “The Portuguese Program at the United States Military Academy: Sixty-five Years of Tradition and Transformation.” Ensino de Português nos Estados Unidos: História, Desenvolvimento, Perspectivas. org. José Marcelo Freitas de Luna. Jundiaí, SP: Paco Editorial, 2012. 159-88.

Chapter. “Patronos e diplomatas: A formação de uma tradição na Academia Brasileira de Letras.” Joaquim Nabuco e o novo Brasil. Recife: Companhia Editora de Pernambuco, 2011. 123-9

Article. “Vinicius de Moraes and ‘Pátria minha’: The Politics of Writing in Post-War Brazil.” Hispania 94.3 (2011): 416-428.

Article. “A morte é um carnaval: João Grilo e o espaço social em Auto da Compadecida.” Romance Notes 50.3 (2010): 345-53.

Chapter. “Diplomatas e escritores: Nabuco, Machado e a fundação da Academia Brasileira de Letras.” Conferencias sobre Nabuco: Yale & Wisconsin. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Bem-te-vi, 2010. 157-169.

Article. “The Hour and Turn of João Guimarães Rosa: Symbolic Discourse and Death in the Academia Brasileira de Letras.” Mester 36 (2007): 72-85.

Article. “Feminist Prophecy: A Hypothetical Look into Gloria Anzaldúa’s ‘La Conciencia de la Mestiza: Towards a New Consciousness’ and Sara Ruddick’s ‘Maternal Thinking.’” LL Journal 1.1 (2006): 53-61.

Note. “Práticas pedagógicas de português como língua estrangeira.” Co-authored with Anita Melo and Mariana Torres. Portuguese Language Journal 1 (2006): 7 pages (online)

Article. “Between Diplomacy and Letters: A Sketch of Manuel de Oliveira Lima’s Search for a Brazilian Identity.” História 24.2 (2005): 243-59.

Dr. Enslen’s current research is focused on the cultural and historical relationship between literature and diplomacy in Brazil which includes writer-diplomats such as Vinícius de Moraes, João Guimarães Rosa and João Cabral de Melo Neto. He has also recently published an article on Ariano Suassuna's Auto da Compadeçida and has a forthcoming article with the Luso-Brazilian Review on Clarice Lispector's short story "Imitação da Rosa." Among his other favorite Brazilian authors are Oswald de Andrade and Gonçalves Dias.

You can view Dr. Enslen's academic profile and select publications at http://usma.academia.edu/JoshuaEnslen

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